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In 2007, then-Senator Barack Obama told the Christian Broadcasting Network that the United States was “no longer just a Christian nation.” But a new Gallup poll indicates that not only is the country Christian, it is overwhelmingly Christian.
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According to Gallup, 78 percent of Americans consider themselves Christian. Breaking down the numbers we find 56 percent of Americans identify themselves Protestant and 22 percent — Catholic.
But there may be trouble on the horizon. Gallup’s poll reveals a religious decline across the fruited plain. In 1948, 91 percent of Americans said they were Christian. Today – just 78 percent.
At least one prominent conservative Christian leader said that’s not necessarily bad news.
I’m pretty encouraged by this poll that shows a decline in Christianity,” said Dr. Robert Jeffress, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas. “That sounds strange, but I think it indicates a much-needed differentiation between cultural Christianity and true faith.
In other words, evangelical Christians believe that just because you go to church, doesn’t mean you’ll past the pearly gates.
“Christians have always done better as a persecuted minority rather than a powerful majority,” Jeffress said. “I think it’s encouraging to say that people are really defining what real Christianity is and isn’t.”
Gallup also released some interesting religious facts:
– Our most Catholic state? Rhode Island
– Our most Jewish state? New York.
– Our most non-religious state? Oregon.
Todd Starnes is a FOX News Radio reporter and best-selling author.
Our most non-religious state? Oregon? Not true, the religion of green/global warming is prominent there.
I believe the more correct term would be a "Church Going Nation"
no wonder why Rhode Island can't pass gay marriage….
you're all welcome in Massachusetts….we don't discriminate based on religion here!
In b4 "Massachusetts is a liberal cesspool"
Darn right we are a Christian nation, not an arab nation.
As a Jew I believe that it is a Country of all it's citizens, equally, although Christians are the majority, But that's the beauty of it, tolerance! I am proud to share this great Country with my Christian Brother's and Sisters.
The United States was founded as and still is a Christian nation. The difference now is that we are a Christian nation under attack from within. Each American citizen has always been free to practice their religion or lack thereof. Now, sexual perverts and the godless demand to flaunt their sick lifestyles in public and to indoctrinate our young with their filth. Is America a better place for allowing our Christian principles to be overshadowed by Atheists and Islamists? Will we be a better nation when there is nothing we can measure or trust because of the loss of our moral compass? I truly think that even the most Liberal Progressive will hate the country they are trying to create if they succeed in creating it. Evil must have a host on which to feed. If not, it will devour its own.
This whole article the people who are bashing this is based an excerpt of an Obama quote. Why doesn't the right ever say the WHOLE quote when complaining about one more useless thing? The entire quote is:
"Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers."
When the right makes the hoop-la about the not a Christian statement, they never include the whole thing. More disingenuous BS from the right when they have nothing of substance to complain about.
The United States was founded by Christians. We welcome people of other faiths, provided they do not attempt to force their religion on us, by threat of death.
Yes we are a Christen Nation and you better beleive it. After 30 + years in the United States Marine Corps, I met many a young troop who played the "I am not a Christen" card. However, when the rounds started whistling over head and you try to blend in the dirt for cover, there have been many a Marine change his/her mind. Keep the Faith and Semper Fi.
For those convinced that we are a christian nation, you need to carefully read the actual writings of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and even Abraham Lincoln. They were all theists but in no way were they christians. They all questioned a "personal god" (Jefferson even argued that organized religion was the root of all evil). Don't fall for the far right's propaganda. Use you own brain and read from the founding fathers themselves.
It is no wondeer that the USA is becoming a third rate country. With all of the so called Non-believers trying to push their ideas on everyone and with Obama backing, we may soon find out that we will need another Civil War to protext our religious rights. Ww would be better off if we divided up the U.S. today into those who believe and those who do not and make two countries. Let Obama have his ridiculous socialist buddies and coral them all into Washington, D,C, I will move to the best country even if it means Alaska or Arizona, both have sense.
Is the United States a Christian Nation? Not according to the Treaty of Tripoli (Art. 11. “As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion…”), and the American diplomat who wrote it, Joel Barlow in 1796, or the United States Senate in June 7, 1797, where such treaty was read aloud in its entirety and unanimously approved. Nor according to President John Adams, who read it and signed it, and proudly proclaimed it to the Nation. __
yes, it is!
Jesus is Lord of the USA!
As we all know, God is worshiped in many religions, and in that sense, the Constitution was designed to protect all forms of that worship, however, when one carefully studies and reads the papers and letters written by our brilliant Founders, it is abundantly clear that the early settlers thought of themselves as the new Israelites and God's chosen people modeled after Moses leading them out of their bondage. Besides letters and documents, there are countless inscriptions referencing Moses and the Israelites found on historic monuments. In that sense, I respectfully disagree with Wayne.
The founding fathers are not the same as the early settlers. Yes, the Puritans believed themselves new Israelites. John Winthrop's Cityy Upon a Hill sermon points to that. But the settlers at Jamestown were just hoping to find some gold. Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, those guys came along much later – 150 years later! Yes, they left letters, yes they prayed, and yes, they were Christian. But they wrote a document that created a new country. This is the supreme law of the land – the Constitution. Wayne is correct, it is entirely a secular document.
Besides, it's irrelevant. The founders were also all white. Do you think this means we are (or should be) a White Nation? The protection of minority rights has always been a cornerstone of American political philosophy.
excuse me, the U.S. is the wealthiest country, where the average teen carries on them more money than a person in a 3rd world country makes in a year… The U.S. is blessed.