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Q: How many religious congregations are there in the United States?
A: There is no official directory for all the congregations in the county, so sociologists of religion have to rely on statistical estimates extrapolated from surveys. These are often disputed, and to complicate matters, thousands of new churches open each year, while thousands of others close.
Hartford Institute estimates there are roughly 350,000 religious congregations in the United States.
This estimate relies on the RCMS 2010 religious congregations census. Of those, about 314,000 are Protestant and other Christian churches, and 24,000 are Catholic and Orthodox churches. Non-Christian religious congregations are estimated at about 12,000.
Originally posted by burntheships
reply to post by Danbones
Yes, and fleece em while your at it.
And jab them too.
Originally posted by antar
There was a good reason our founding Fathers fought to keep Church and State separate even though many of the principals were created from what was considered the best attributes of humanity based at that time in familiar history from religious text.
This is a great way to destroy all religions and create instead a central state which is the new GODvernment.
Originally posted by stars15k
And a place to bury your corpse.
Originally posted by burntheships
Originally posted by hp1229
Well...saw this and wondered if someone knows something coming down the pipeline.
Surely they have made a very shrewd move here, I wonder how long they have been
lurking in the shadows of the churches like this.
It would work out great for a bio attack.
"Everyone, just go to the shelter at chruch, they will take care of you there"
The Government cares for us so much. Ah, isnt that nice.
Originally posted by HangTheTraitors
Perfect plan to get more folks vaccinated.
Pastor or Priest to his mindless zombies: "Come get your poison, er... um, vaccines faithful folks, because 'god' telepathically told me that he wants you to have it and 'heaven' will be more heavenly if you faithfully folks take your little poisons, er... um, vaccines"!!
Originally posted by buddha
Well we all know the church is the same as the government.
I dont get sick. and I Dont get the Shot!
the shot would make me sick.
I know others who get sick from it.
and for a week.
Just tell the church leader "I don't need it. I have faith that God will protect me from these diseases". See how they respond to that!