John, religion is a joke. It is a artifact that belongs in a museum. 
Don't know you know there is a difference between spirituality and 
religious dogma? Everything that is in the Bible could be distilled down 
to a pamphlet. Wake up with the rest of us who walked away or never 
bothered with religion.

John wrote:
> To All:
>
> A recent article shows that we are undergoing the effects of Kali Yuga.  It 
> is said that eventually the entire world population will be occupied mostly 
> by mlecchas, the lowest type of human beings ever.  At that time, Kalki will 
> incarnate to wreak havoc among the population of the earth.
>
> ************
>
> More Americans say they have no religion
>          
> By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer Rachel Zoll, Ap Religion Writer – Mon Mar 
> 9, 12:14 am ET AP 
>
> A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic 
> population has been shifting out o of the Northeast to the Southwest, the 
> percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more people say they 
> have no religion at all.
>
> Fifteen percent of respondents said they had no religion, an increase from 
> 14.2 percent in 2001 and 8.2 percent in 1990, according to the American 
> Religious Identification Survey.
>
> Northern New England surpassed the Pacific Northwest as the least religious 
> region, with Vermont reporting the highest share of those claiming no 
> religion, at 34 percent. Still, the study found that the numbers of Americans 
> with no religion rose in every state.
>
> "No other religious bloc has kept such a pace in every state," the study's 
> authors said.
>
> In the Northeast, self-identified Catholics made up 36 percent of adults last 
> year, down from 43 percent in 1990. At the same time, however, Catholics grew 
> to about one-third of the adult population in California and Texas, and 
> one-quarter of Floridians, largely due to Latino immigration, according to 
> the research.
>
> Nationally, Catholics remain the largest religious group, with 57 million 
> people saying they belong to the church. The tradition gained 11 million 
> followers since 1990, but its share of the population fell by about a 
> percentage point to 25 percent.
>
> Christians who aren't Catholic also are a declining segment of the country.
>
> In 2008, Christians comprised 76 percent of U.S. adults, compared to about 77 
> percent in 2001 and about 86 percent in 1990. Researchers said the dwindling 
> ranks of mainline Protestants, including Methodists, Lutherans and 
> Episcopalians, largely explains the shift. Over the last seven years, 
> mainline Protestants dropped from just over 17 percent to 12.9 percent of the 
> population.
>
> The report from The Program on Public Values at Trinity College in Hartford, 
> Conn., surveyed 54,461 adults in English or Spanish from February through 
> November of last year. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5 
> percentage points. The findings are part of a series of studies on American 
> religion by the program that will later look more closely at reasons behind 
> the trends.
>
> The current survey, being released Monday, found traditional organized 
> religion playing less of a role in many lives. Thirty percent of married 
> couples did not have a religious wedding ceremony and 27 percent of 
> respondents said they did not want a religious funeral.
>
> About 12 percent of Americans believe in a higher power but not the personal 
> God at the core of monotheistic faiths. And, since 1990, a slightly greater 
> share of respondents — 1.2 percent — said they were part of new religious 
> movements, including Scientology, Wicca and Santeria.
>
> The study also found signs of a growing influence of churches that either 
> don't belong to a denomination or play down their membership in a religious 
> group.
>
> Respondents who called themselves "non-denominational Christian" grew from 
> 0.1 percent in 1990 to 3.5 percent last year. Congregations that most often 
> use the term are megachurches considered "seeker sensitive." They use rock 
> style music and less structured prayer to attract people who don't usually 
> attend church. Researchers also found a small increase in those who prefer 
> being called evangelical or born-again, rather than claim membership in a 
> denomination.
>
> Evangelical or born-again Americans make up 34 percent of all American adults 
> and 45 percent of all Christians and Catholics, the study found. Researchers 
> found that 18 percent of Catholics consider themselves born-again or 
> evangelical, and nearly 39 percent of mainline Protestants prefer those 
> labels. Many mainline Protestant groups are riven by conflict over how they 
> should interpret what the Bible says about gay relationships, salvation and 
> other issues.
>
> The percentage of Pentecostals remained mostly steady since 1990 at 3.5 
> percent, a surprising finding considering the dramatic spread of the 
> tradition worldwide. Pentecostals are known for a spirited form of 
> Christianity that includes speaking in tongues and a belief in modern-day 
> miracles.
>
> Mormon numbers also held steady over the period at 1.4 percent of the 
> population, while the number of Jews who described themselves as religiously 
> observant continued to drop, from 1.8 percent in 1990 to 1.2 percent, or 2.7 
> million people, last year. Researchers plan a broader survey on people who 
> consider themselves culturally Jewish but aren't religious.
>
> The study found that the percentage of Americans who identified themselves as 
> Muslim grew to 0.6 percent of the population, while growth in Eastern 
> religions such as Buddhism slightly slowed.
>
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