68%
Lenny Santee Lenny Santee" <lennys@iglou.com
Mon, 6 Oct 1997 16:03:17 -0400 (00876189797, 01bcd292$e31fc6e0$8cefffcc@default)
>Ben9275375@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 97-10-06 13:05:52 EDT, you write:
>>
>> << >At 01:10 PM 10/6/97 +0100, Matt Bell wrote:
>> >
>> >>MATT
>> >>What would you think of a book that is consistently a best seller :)
>> >>
>> >
>> >TILL
>> >What would you think of a book that is consistently a best seller but
which
>> >few buyers actually read? Anyway, are you trying to argue that numbers
>> >somehow determine truth?
>>
>>
>> LENNY
>>
>> 93% own a Bible and 68% read it at least once a week. Check out the web
>> site that Jeff? was talking about and you will find the information.
BTW
>> I'll send this week's bulletin article in a little later. Farrell will
have
>> a blast with it. >>
>>
>> BEN
>> By the way Lenny and Matt, I own a Bible and I read it far more than
most of
>> your Christian buddies. And I don't believe it. But still I qualify in
your
>> percentage of people. And I'm sure this is a Christian survey, too.
>> Obviously no bias...
>
>Martin-
>Lenny, you're numbers don't jive with what USA Today said, "Recently, a
>national poll conducted by George Gallup IV of the Princeton Religion
>Research Center found that more than nine in 10 adults (93%) have a
>Bible or other scriptures in their household. Among those who do, about
>half (47%) report reading the Bible or scriptures at least once a week,
>with some undoubtedly doing so in religious services: one in five (21%)
>reports daily reading."
>
>Be sure to notice the fact that it's 47% of 93% for a net of 43.71%
>(total population) and 21% of 93% for a net of 19.53% (total
>population). :)
>
>And FYI, I am also an atheist that's included as part of the 47% weekly
>bible readers.
LENNY
What I did was to add the 47 who read at least once a week to the 21 who
read it every day to get 68 who read it at least once a week. If you read
it every day you also read it at least once a week right? I could be wrong
about this.
TYPE @ U LATER
Lenny
lennys@iglou.com
<http://www.angelfire.com/ky/wattersonchurch>