47% Belong To A Church Synagogue Or Mosque So Says Gallup

Discussion in 'Faith & Religion' started by Lon Tanner, Aug 14, 2020.

  1. Lon Tanner

    Lon Tanner Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2016
    Messages:
    5,596
    Likes Received:
    5,314
    I asked my mother when I was a kid if I could be Jewish so I could get gifts like some of my friends.
     
    #1
  2. Beth Gallagher

    Beth Gallagher Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2018
    Messages:
    20,311
    Likes Received:
    42,316
  3. Trevalius Guyus

    Trevalius Guyus Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 22, 2020
    Messages:
    792
    Likes Received:
    1,039
    Spell it correctly: Bar or Bat/Bas Mitzvah.
     
    #3
  4. Bobby Cole

    Bobby Cole Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    13,054
    Likes Received:
    24,629
    No, but leaving out the Orthodox sect, I have catered a few of the celebrations.
     
    #4
  5. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2018
    Messages:
    6,161
    Likes Received:
    4,368
    Those celebrations do not involve Seniors...they happen when a Jewish youth turns 13 years of age.

    Hal
     
    #5
  6. Bobby Cole

    Bobby Cole Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    13,054
    Likes Received:
    24,629
    Uh, I’m afraid that there are probably more seniors than juniors at the celebrations.

    And, may I also correct one other thing which is that on the Orthodox side, the Bat Mitvah (girls) the coming out age is 12, not 13 as it is on the conservative side.
     
    #6
  7. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2018
    Messages:
    6,161
    Likes Received:
    4,368
    OK Bobby...you are correct on both counts...I guess I'm just not Kosher!

    Hal
     
    #7
    Bobby Cole likes this.
  8. Bobby Cole

    Bobby Cole Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    13,054
    Likes Received:
    24,629
    Not to worry Hal. Although no, I guess being a bit of a ham would disqualify you from being Kosher albeit you have been pickled before. :)
     
    #8
  9. Dwight Ward

    Dwight Ward Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 18, 2020
    Messages:
    3,714
    Likes Received:
    4,664
    It's odd but growing up in a small Maryland town I was never aware of any Jews in my high school or elsewhere. There were probably one or two families in town but they didn't identify as such. I didn't know enough about the last name thing to 'suspect' anyone. There was no temple in town.

    Odder still, to this day I don't know any Jewish people, at least not as they might self-identify. I met one or two in my traveling days in my 20s but they made no particular impression on me.

    If I met a Jewish person today I might try to find out if he was a Zionist but I guess that would make me antisemitic. That make about as much sense as if I would ask.a a Fiji Islander if he were a Zionist. Would that make me an anti-Fijian? Knowing no Jews, it's hard to be antisemitic.

    I have other prejudices though. Women, for instance. I don't like women who don't think I'm handsome. Are they crazy or what?
     
    #9
    Bobby Cole likes this.
  10. Al Amoling

    Al Amoling Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 20, 2016
    Messages:
    4,555
    Likes Received:
    8,377
    No they are not crazy:):);)
     
    #10
  11. Dwight Ward

    Dwight Ward Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 18, 2020
    Messages:
    3,714
    Likes Received:
    4,664
    You're mean Al.
     
    #11
    Al Amoling likes this.
  12. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2018
    Messages:
    6,161
    Likes Received:
    4,368
     
    #12
  13. Lon Tanner

    Lon Tanner Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 14, 2016
    Messages:
    5,596
    Likes Received:
    5,314
    That's the percentage of Americans belonging. I thought it would be considerably higher but trends show a big decline.
     
    #13
  14. Bobby Cole

    Bobby Cole Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2015
    Messages:
    13,054
    Likes Received:
    24,629
    I would venture to write that a major portion of believers do not commit to a specific place of worship by becoming a member.
     
    #14
  15. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
    Staff Member Senior Staff Greeter Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    May 29, 2020
    Messages:
    22,684
    Likes Received:
    32,179
    Conversely, there are lots of "members" who have not set foot in the facility in years. In many churches, those people greatly outnumber the regular attendees. And they may be attending elsewhere and just not gone through the transfer process.

    Personally, I loathe the concept of "belonging" to a church. It smacks of misplaced allegiance.
     
    #15
    Bobby Cole likes this.

Share This Page