400-408 – • AP, Study: Nearly Half of Americans Change Their Religious Beliefs. Here's the "Landscape Survey" report. Pew interviewed 35,000 adults over 18 and found the following.
• Half of American adults have left their faith tradition. 28% leave their faith tradition for another religion or no religion at all. Hindus have the highest retention rate at 84%. Jehovah's Witnesses have the worst retention rate at 33%.
• Those "losing" religion outnumber those "getting" religion by 3 to 1.
• 78% of Americans are Christian, 51% are Protestant but that will soon change as they quickly become a minority.
• Half of American Buddhists are white, most are converts. Buddhists and Muslims are less than 1% of the population, while Jews are 1.7%.
• 31% of Americans were raised Catholic, yet just 24% are Catholic today. 10% of Americans are ex-Catholic. Immigration plays a huge role in Catholic numbers. Among the foreign-born, Catholics outnumber Protestants 2 to 1. Among native-born, it's the reverse. Half of all Catholics under 30 are Hispanic.
• Mainline Protestant denominations are in decline. Baptists are 33% of all Protestants and 20% of the population.
• 44% of adults have moved from one Protestant denomination to another. Among the Protestants, 26% are evangelical, 18% are mainline, and 7% are black Protestant churches.
• Hindus and Mormons are the most likely to marry one of their own, 78% and 71% respectively.
• Non-denominational churches are growing. Most converts to evangelicalism were raised Protestant.
• One in four adults aged 18-29 claim no religious affiliation, 12% are currently "unaffiliated." Atheists or agnostics are currently just 4% of the population.
Is there a common factor among those churches or religions that are shrinking? A factor among those that are growing? Why are there so many ex-Catholics? Why are there so few atheists, yet so many young people "unaffiliated" with religion?
413-423 – Calls
428-437 – Calls
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443-452 – Calls
458-508 – (:51) Bishop Blake talking about his book "Encountering God." Bishop Charles Blake, Presiding Bishop of the six-million-member Church of God in Christ (cogic.org) and pastor of the 24,000-member West Angeles Church of God in Christ (westa.org), talks about his vision for the church and about his passion Save Africa's Children (saveafricaschildren.com). To find out how your church can help save Africa's children go to the web site or call (866) 313-2722.
512-523 – Bishop Charles Blake
528-539 – (:15) Woodrow Kroll show audio. Woodrow Kroll, president and senior Bible teacher for Back to the Bible (backtothebible.org), heard weekdays at 11am here on KKLA, on how Back to the Bible is getting America back to reading the scriptures and improving Bible literacy. They now have two resources available, Taking Back the Good Book: How America Forgot the Bible and Why it Matters to You and a new program called Calling America Back to the Bible. To order call (800) 811-2397.
544-554 – Woodrow Kroll.
Why with so few atheists, less than 5%, are there so many young people "unaffiliated" with religion, about 25% of those between 18 and 29?
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558-608 – Gary Cass, Chairman and CEO of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission (defendchristians.org) on defending Christian liberty in America. Gary works closely with the Christian Exodus Mandate (californiaexodus.org) and is the author of Christian Bashing. Gary was the director of the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ under Dr. James Kennedy at Coral Ridge Ministries.
608 – [1:30] The Money Guys Robert Micone/Bill O'Connor at Applied Financial, 866-SEEK-COUNSEL.
612-623 – Gary Cass
628-639 – • Fox News, Girl, 9, Banned From Tennis Club for Grunting Too Loudly.
• News.com, Suicidal pets get anti-depressants. Depressed parrots on Prozac, and anti-depressant bones for dogs? And this from the story, "Some of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies have also recognized the need for anti-depressants for animals." Cha-ching. Is your pet depressed? Would you buy them Prozac? Have you?
644-655 – So, bird owners, would you give your pet Prozac?
Among the 1,200 students surveyed:
• 43% knew the Civil War was fought between 1850 and 1900.
• 52% could identify the theme of 1984.
• 51% knew that the controversy surrounding Sen. Joseph McCarthy focused on communism.
• 88% knew the bombing of Pearl Harbor led the USA into World War II.
• 97% could identify Martin Luther King Jr. as author of the "I Have a Dream" speech.
• 77% knew Uncle Tom's Cabin helped end slavery a century earlier.
• Stephen Hayes, Obama and the Power of Words.
• James Taranto, The Peretz-Farrakhan Convergence.
