The majority of American adults pick and choose their religious beliefs to create, in essence, a “customized” religion rather than adopting the set of beliefs taught by a particular church, a new study found.
By a three to one margin (71 percent to 26 percent), Americans say they are more likely to personally develop their own set of religious beliefs than accept a comprehensive set of beliefs taught by a church or denomination, a Barna study, released Monday, shows.
"The majority of American adults pick and choose their religious beliefs to create, in essence, a “customized” religion"
No surprise here!
Denominations such as RCC, Anglican, JW etc have been applying this principle for centuries.
Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
John Yurich USA wrote: I am a Catholic but I have a combination of Catholic and Protestant beliefs. I accept the Lutheran doctrine concerning Holy Communion and I accept the Protestant doctrine of Justification By Faith in Jesus alone for salavation.
John, if you accept the Lutheran consubstantiation in the Holy Communion, and justification by faith alone in Christ alone, then you are no longer a Catholic, but a Protestant.
I am a Catholic but I have a combination of Catholic and Protestant beliefs. I accept the Lutheran doctrine concerning Holy Communion and I accept the Protestant doctrine of Justification By Faith in Jesus alone for salavation.
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Dr. Alan Cairns | 11/2/2009
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its remarkable that the protestant church saw all the wickedness..."
