Click on the link below to see the picture in detail. The statistics given in the picture is designed to show that the number of atheists in America has increased by 2008 when compared to 2000. I think that the statistics has huge problems with who is a Christian and who isn't. Look at the definitions used:
The United Church of Christ has major doctrinal differences with the Episcopalian, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Methodist denominations. And what's with the "Generic Christian" designation? They mean nothing. I would rather see the Mainline Christian designation be defined by born-again, spirit-filled, Bible-believing; holding onto the essentials of historic Christianity - namely that Jesus is the only way to God. Did they go by people who just say they belong to those groups or actually participate? They don't say. How many people just switched to denominations and not just left church altogethe? Again it doesn't say. Therefore I would not put much stock into the results.
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That is sort of weird. "Generic Christian"? I used to work as a statistician for a missionary organization, and I don't recall ever coming across that designation in any of my references. Is it possible they meant "micellaneous" Christian? There seem to me to be quite a few Christian denominations that wouldn't fit under the other classifications given (Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and technically "Christian": groups like the LDS and JW's), but I certainly wouldn't call them "generic".
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