tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post114763646403503700..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: The Demographics of Religious IntoleranceWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1151015935825793502006-06-22T17:38:00.000-05:002006-06-22T17:38:00.000-05:00Thanks for the input, kid.Now get back to your Leg...Thanks for the input, kid.<BR/><BR/>Now get back to your Legos.Wiscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1151012557435112432006-06-22T16:42:00.000-05:002006-06-22T16:42:00.000-05:00You people are all stupid for arguing about this a...You people are all stupid for arguing about this and need some kind of hobby other blogging mostly because you suck at it.<BR/><BR/>then again.... thanks for the entertainment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1150988821353146182006-06-22T10:07:00.000-05:002006-06-22T10:07:00.000-05:00So many flaws to this post it's difficult to know ...<I>So many flaws to this post it's difficult to know where to begin. The most obvious is the assumption that since the rate of Christians dropped over a decade, it'll keep dropping. Highly, highly debateable. The less obvious but far more devastating flaw is the much higher birth rate of Christians, as compared to the non-religious.</I><BR/><BR/>LOL! The only way for this make sense is to say that christians are a rising minority. Obviously, that's not the case. Or are you argue that this 'higher birth-rate' for christians (something there's no evidence of, BTW) is a recent phenomenom?<BR/><BR/>Your 'devastating flaw' is devastatingly flawed.Wiscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1150976921786247772006-06-22T06:48:00.000-05:002006-06-22T06:48:00.000-05:00So if non-christians are growing in the USA...are ...So if non-christians are growing in the USA...are they more politically active and as a result more politically powerful?<BR/>Or do they just not care about politics and have no power?<BR/>To me it seems people who are just margianlly anything (religous, educated, rich, etc) are not that interested in getting into the system (politics) and change anything. It seems all these other religous groups are just not playing the game of politics..and those that are playing (fundamentalist christians) and they are taking over the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1150976440560377012006-06-22T06:40:00.000-05:002006-06-22T06:40:00.000-05:00So if non-christians are growing in the USA...are ...So if non-christians are growing in the USA...are they more politically active and as a result more politically powerful?<BR/>Or do they just not care about politics and have no power?<BR/>To me it seems people who are just margianlly anything (religous, educated, rich, etc) are not that interested in getting into the system (politics) and change anything. It seems all these other religous groups are just not playing the game of politics..and those that are playing (fundamentalist christians) and they are taking over the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1150972132695329082006-06-22T05:28:00.000-05:002006-06-22T05:28:00.000-05:00So many flaws to this post it's difficult to know ...So many flaws to this post it's difficult to know where to begin. The most obvious is the assumption that since the rate of Christians dropped over a decade, it'll keep dropping. Highly, highly debateable. The less obvious but far more devastating flaw is the much higher birth rate of Christians, as compared to the non-religious. The overwhelming majority of children don't stray too far from their parents' beliefs, and the simple fact is Christians have way more children than the non-religious. This trend will actually increase thanks to the fast growing Latino population in America, almost all of whom are Roman-Catholic. (A keen irony that the far right is so anti-immigrant, when Mexican immigrants will very likely make America more Christian *and* more conservative.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1150933096522715712006-06-21T18:38:00.000-05:002006-06-21T18:38:00.000-05:00Sample size is irrelevant?!?!?!?So, you're saying ...<I>Sample size is irrelevant?!?!?!?<BR/><BR/>So, you're saying that if you asked 3 people if they were christians or "other", and got 3 others, you'd conclude no one in the US is a christian? Or if I asked 3 people at a church and they all said "christian", you'd agree that you're one too?</I><BR/><BR/>Straw man. Neither sample was three, both were tens of thousands. Once you get up into samples that larger, sample size <I>is</I> irrelevant. Statistically speaking, the percentages would be the same for 50,000 as they would be for a million.<BR/><BR/>In fact, having had some experience with statistical research in politics, I'd say that a sample of 50,000 is too large and needlessly expensive.Wiscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1150928795859780452006-06-21T17:26:00.000-05:002006-06-21T17:26:00.000-05:00Sample size is irrelevant?!?!?!?So, you're saying ...Sample size is irrelevant?!?!?!?<BR/><BR/>So, you're saying that if you asked 3 people if they were christians or "other", and got 3 others, you'd conclude no one in the US is a christian? Or if I asked 3 people at a church and they all said "christian", you'd agree that you're one too?<BR/><BR/>Also, location matters. Ask the same survey in Berkely, CA, Salt Lake City, UT and Brownsville, FL and see the results jump all over the map..<BR/><BR/>Yikes, what a misconception.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1147780783633232772006-05-16T06:59:00.000-05:002006-05-16T06:59:00.000-05:00I think it's pretty rational to believe that as ra...I think it's pretty rational to believe that as radical Christians get more exposure, they are going to drive more "Christmas and Easter" Christians away. And the extremists have gotten a lot of exposure over the last few years, what with them having the ear of the government.<BR/><BR/>I also think that I am not going to let Wisco organize my sock drawer.NewsBlog 5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/16000509600519901799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1147761248741617482006-05-16T01:34:00.000-05:002006-05-16T01:34:00.000-05:00I'd argue that the only way that refusals would ma...I'd argue that the only way that refusals would matter is if there were any reason to believe they were mostly christian. There's no reason to believe that. Most likely, the percentage reflects the the sample in the survey. And the 4:11,000 is supect to me. I'm guessing a typo. That's just such a cultural shift that I think we'd notice it in the culture. I'm not seeing a real resistance among americans to discuss religion.<BR/><BR/>And the sample size is statistically irrelevant. 50,000 is a huge sample. If you were blindfolded and had to match socks out of a drawer of black and white socks, how many socks would you need to pull a match?<BR/><BR/>Three. More wouldn't make it 'more certain'.Wiscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.com