Posts Tagged ‘Religion’

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Pic of the Day: Sussex Church Debuts Casual Friday Jesus

by Caroline Stanley. Posted on 1:48 pm Wednesday May 13, 2009 1

“He could be a singer, an actor or even a footballer. But this is no mere entertainer — this is Jesus Christ and he’s wearing jeans.” [via The Argus]

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Spoiler Alert!: The Olds Like God More than 20-Somethings Do

by Caroline Stanley. Posted on 12:15 pm Tuesday Mar 10, 2009 +

We can never look at something like this without thinking about those crazy statistics about how many Americans believe in guardian angels — it’s always more than half. Then there was that Americans-becoming-less-religious study out yesterday. Our favorite nugget of info from that: “27 percent of Americans do not expect to have a religious funeral.” Someone should tell Hollywood screenwriters — we’ve sat through more long-winded fictional eulogies in our day…

But back to the graph above. The bars represent every age group from 18 to 89, from left to right; the graph was compiled using data from here.

[Via Andrew Sullivan]