Thursday, May 19, 2005

As Many Claim No Religion As Claim Protestant

Borrowed from the Ivy Jungle Campus Ministry Update:

As Many Claim No Religion as Claim Protestant: Results from the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA show that and equal number of incoming freshman in the fall of 2004 checked "None" as claimed "Protestant" on the question religious identity. In total 28% identify themselves as Catholic. 17% say Protestant, 17% say "none", 11% say "other Christian," 4% Mormon, 4% 7th Day Adventist, 4% Unitarian, 3% Church of Christ, 3% "other religions", 2% Jewish, 1% each for Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic and Eastern Orthodox. (Spirituality Report, as reported in CPYU e - update #76)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey, rick, thanks for adding my url to your blog, bro...

Rick said...

Adam, my pleasure to link to you. Your blog is a good mix of complex theology that is written in a way a layman can understand.

Anonymous said...

A MAN without RELIGION rather KNOWER of the SPIRIT.
CHOSEN and FAITHFUL!

HE FOUGHT to establish JUSTICE
RIGHTEOUSNESS and FREEDOM in the EARTH.
Wearing the ARMOR of HIS FATHER
And the WILL of GOD.

The LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
The NAME imprinted behind the BREASTPLATE.
HE became the BLOOD SACRIFICE of HUMAN HATE
And VIOLENCE and MURDER.
The SINS of HUMANITY.

HE shod HIS feet with MERCY and LOVE
And walked in PEACE teaching the TRUTH.
The GARMENTS that sustains HIS loins and legs.

HIS FAITH is not a WEAPON to KILL
But rather the SHIELD
To protect us against an EVIL WILL of the WORLD.
The LAW of the LAND in action
HATE VIOLENCE MURDER and WAR.

But the WORD of GOD and HIS LAW
The SWORD of the SPIRIT
HIS only WEAPON.
Wounded the MIND of the SHEPHERDS
And RULERS of UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
“That it shall be in EARTH as it is in HEAVEN.”

HE crowned HIMSELF with the HELMET of SALVATION
Delivering the GOSPEL of PEACE
To all BRETHREN of the WORLD.
And made US HEIRS and the CHILDREN of GOD
In HIS ETERNAL HOUSE of MERCY and LOVE.
The TRUTH for LIFE and PEACE
In the KINGDOM of HEAVEN.

The PRINCE of PEACE is HIS TITLE
GOD is SALVATION the meaning of HIS NAME.
The WORD MESSIAH means the CHRIST which also means SACRIFICE.
The LIGHT of REVELATION.

And he that OVERCOMES
As JOHN the “GIFT of GOD” had also overcame.
JESUS of NAZARETH
“The SAVIOR of the WORLD” had also promised PEACE
A NEW VISION of PEACE that comes with HIS NEW NAME.
“JESUS ALEUZENEV LORD and SERVANT of ALL PEOPLE”

ALELUYA! AMEN! ALEUZENEV!
BEHOLD!
“La NUEVA JERUSALEM”
The NEW VISION of PEACE
GOD is with US!
ALELUYA! AMEN! ALEUZENEV!

CHOSEN and FAITHFUL!
REJOICE in HIS PROMISES!
“HE THAT HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SPEAKS UNTO THE CHURCHES.”
Revelation 3:12-13
Ivor Manuel prays for you and PEACE for the WORLD; the pillar and prophet branch of the LORD.
www.aleuzenev.com