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Guess How Many Members of Congress Claim to Have No Religious Affiliation?

If there are atheists and agnostics serving in the halls of Congress, there are none who will openly admit to it. According to the latest Pew Research survey of U.S. Senators and Representatives, no member of Congress admitted to having no religious affiliation.

The most popular religious label in Congress is Protestant, followed by Catholic:

Guess How Many Members of Congress Claim to Have No Religious Affiliation?

The 112th Congress, like the U.S. public, is majority Protestant and about a quarter Catholic. Baptists and Methodists are the largest Protestant denominations in the new Congress, just as they are in the country as a whole. …

Perhaps the greatest disparity between the religious makeup of Congress and the people it represents, however, is in the percentage of the unaffiliated — those who describe their religion as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” According to information gathered by CQ Roll Call and the Pew Forum, no members of Congress say they are unaffiliated. By contrast, about one-sixth of U.S. adults (16%) are not affiliated with any particular faith. Only six members of the 112th Congress (about 1%) do not specify a religious affiliation, which is similar to the percentage of the public that says they don’t know or refuses to specify their faith.

For more analysis of the survey, click here.

Comments (136)

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  • thebertmanlives
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:57am

    You Sorry Arse BeckHeads, Just admit it . You are so conflicted and jealous of the Muslim. They have the religious theocracy you so much crave.

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    • dawg of gawd
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:07am

      That’s a really interesting point. Undeniable in its own way.

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    • Maggie in Indiana
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:15am

      god bless you. Now I don’t have to read your posts anymore.

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    • beckisnutsisnuts
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:06pm

      Were you named after the Sesame street character? because you make about as much sense as it does.

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  • dawg of gawd
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:56am

    And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerve in the brain of Jupiter. But may we hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this most venerated reformer of human errors.

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  • 98ZJUSMC
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:51am

    Easy, as a catholic, we justify it because we also believe in free will and choice. We believe that the decision is not for some busy body third party, but between a women, her doctor and her god to make, nobody else. Prostestants are to busy passing judgment on others and to hung up on quaker/puritian notion sof morality.

    I am Roman Catholic

    … and that is utter nonsense.

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    • beckisnutsisnuts
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:05pm

      Thank you!

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    • designbyinspiration
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:59pm

      Well, now we don’t need the Judicial branch of government. I mean, from your viewpoint murder is between the murderer and the guy killed. Life is life, an unborn is the most innocent, and the result of a biological contract -that most in this ‘Empty age of knowledge without understanding’ think is FUN, and ignore the responsibility of it all. Oh and most of these people also want to do away with the Death Penalty for murderers.. Go figure.

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  • Liberty7
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:45am

    Basically, since religion is a personal issue, I am not too concerned with what religious affiliation a congressperson declares or does not declare. It is only when a congressperson attempts to force their religious beliefs onto me that I become concerned. However, it was interesting to see the religious affiliations of our congress reflecting our society as a whole. This is an indicator that our republic is healthy and representative.

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    • tompaineknowsthescore
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:51am

      the reflection only goes so far add the percentages of the groups that have now congressman of their faith and you get 22.5% thats pretty big especially for the 16.5% who dont believe

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  • santramir
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:42am

    despite all the religiousness, there is not even one just person on earth,

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    • tersky
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:34pm

      What a sad, sad, cynical world you live in. I know lots of just people, my parents and brothers for starters. And how about these examples of others I know:

      1~ A commercial pilot accidentally deploys the escape slide,costing the airline a boatload of money, and is told he will be fired unless he blames the new stewardess for the error. He takes responsibility for his actions because his integrity is worth more to him than his job.

      2~ A lawyer in Spain married the daughter of Franco’s lawyer. His estranged father-in-law had used his position to confiscate so many olive groves that this family was producing more olive oil than Italy. The lawyer is still going through the old records and returning that confiscated land to the proper families. This has resulted in such a depletion of this family’s finances that the couple can no longer afford to visit their daughter and grandchildren in the US but once every few years, and they were not able to help the American branch of the family when said daughter and her husband almost lost their home.

      3~ My next-door neighbor, recently passed, who in spite of being confined to a wheelchair (a survivor of both polio and battle with a tractor), would get up at 4am to meet an 8am bus (it took him that long just to get bathed and dressed) to go spend his day as a volunteer math and science tutor at a school for at-risk teenagers. He lived a terribly meager existence, and what little money he had, he gave away to anyone he thought needed it more than he did. And he though EVERYONE needed more than he did. I would pick up an occasional gallon of milk or can of soup for him (because weighty foods were too difficult to transport in his wheelchair) and you’d think I gave him a winning lottery ticket.

      This world is full of just and beautiful people.

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    • beckisnutsisnuts
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:04pm

      Wow Tersky, are you that out of touch?

      My bible says “there is no one righteous, NOT ONE”.

      Sorry, your relatives are no exception. Perhaps in your eyes, they are, but NOT IN GOD’S EYES!
      I think I know who is the important one in that equation.

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    • tersky
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:38pm

      Geeze BIN, you are an idiot. You can make any stooopid point with the Bible if you take a few words out of context. Look up the Greek or Hebrew words from closer-to-original versions if you want, but really, all you need to do is search the words “just” and “righteous”. Many are described with either one or both words within the pages of the Book.

      Do I need to provide a website for you, or can you handle that much on your own?

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    • beckisnutsisnuts
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:53pm

      What is your point? Mine is that no one is righteous, ie, just.
      If your equating the words, you make my point then.

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    • tersky
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:55pm

      Wow, Beckisnutsisnuts, is your experience with the Bible THAT narrow? You can use the Bible to ‘prove’ any stooopid point if you take a few words out of context of the whole thing. You can look up the Greek and Hebrew words if you want, but really, all you need to do is check a good concordance or index and look up the words ‘just’ and ‘righteous’. You will find the Book is full of people described with one or both words. Or I can point you to a website where it’s even easier.

      The Scriptures don‘t do anyone much good if you can’t take the whole thing in context together, with itself and with the times and place. Otherwise, you can ‘prove’ that there is or is not life after death, that it is or isn’t okay to keep slaves, that it is or isn’t okay to slay your enemy, that it is or isn’t okay to stone naughty children, that it is or isn’t okay to favor one race over another, that the Trinity is or is not One Being…. heck, I‘ve even seen people use the Bible to prove Karl Jung’s Theory of Collective Conscious and reincarnation.

      No, I am not out of touch with the Bible. I have read it cover to cover every year since eighth grade. I’m 49.

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    • beckisnutsisnuts
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:59pm

      Okay, now I see your point. Again, those descriptions were people who were righteous in man’s eyes, not God’s. It would contradict Romans 3:10 if it were

      As it is written:
      “There is no one righteous, not even one;
      11 there is no one who understands;
      there is no one who seeks God.
      12 All have turned away,
      they have together become worthless;
      there is no one who does good,
      not even one.”[b]

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    • beckisnutsisnuts
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 3:16pm

      I stand corrected

      Are You Sure There Are
      None That Are Righteous?
      Dan Corner

      This article came as the result of obeying the command to contend for the faith against those who change grace into a license for immorality (Jude 3,4). The person I dialoged with was a Baptist minister’s wife. While I was talking about the defiling, corrupting and deadly effects of sin for the righteous and mentioning that Paul told Timothy to keep himself pure (1 Tim. 5:22) because he knew Timothy could sin and become impure and even die spiritually, she interjected the frequently quoted verse from Romans 3:10 which states that there is no one that is righteous. That verse reads:

      As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one ….
      Because this verse is so universally known among those who profess salvation and claim to believe the Bible, it is important to examine this carefully. Another Scripture sometimes used for the same cause is Eccl. 7:20 such as what the so-called “great theologian” George Whitefield did against John Wesley in “A Letter from Mr. George Whitefield in 1740 to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley in answer to Wesley’s sermon entitled “Free Grace.” Whitefield wrote:
      And since the Scriptures declare that there is not a just man upon earth (no, not among those of the highest attainments in grace) that doeth good and sinneth not (Eccl. 7:20), we are sure that this will be the case of all the children of God.
      Actual Named People
      To ascertain the meaning of any Scripture we must check all related verses and draw our conclusions from all of these together. When this is done, it becomes apparent that there are numerous examples of actual named people who were righteous. Please note the following Scriptures:
      This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. (Gen 6:9)
      Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. (Mat 1:19)

      Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. (Luke 2:25)

      And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. (Mat 23:35)

      and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) (2 Pet 2:7,8)

      Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? (James 2:21)

      According to these Scriptures, Noah, Joseph, Simeon, Abel, Zechariah, Lot and Abraham are all clearly cited as being righteous. If we had no other Scriptures except any one of these we should know something is terribly wrong with the eternal security idea that there are none that are righteous and that we are all sinners, even Christians. (Since we have a whole article devoted to the false concept that we are all sinners, even Christians, at http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/christiansinner.htm, it will not be dealt with here.)
      Besides the above list, there is also another important Scripture:

      You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. (1 Th 2:10)
      The pronoun we refers to Paul and his companions (Silas and Timothy). They too are specific examples of righteous people by name. So now we have Noah, Joseph, Simeon, Abel, Zechariah, Lot, Abraham, Paul, Silas and Timothy.
      The Unnamed Righteous
      Besides the actual people that are labeled righteous, there are scores of other Scriptures which refer to the unnamed righteous. Please ponder just some of these many Scriptures. The following list is only from the New Testament:
      that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. (Mat 5:45)
      But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. (Mat 9:13)

      Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. (Mat 10:41)

      For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. (Mat 13:17)

      Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. (Mat 13:43)

      This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous (Mat 13:49)

      Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. (Mat 23:29)

      Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?” (Mat 25:37)

      Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. (Mat 25:46)

      On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Mark 2:17)

      And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. (Luke 1:17)

      I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Luke 5:32)

      and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous. (Luke 14:14)

      I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. (Luke 15:7)

      and I have the same hope in God as these men, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. (Acts 24:15)

      For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” (Rom 1:17)

      For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. (Rom 2:13)

      Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin. (Rom 3:20)

      Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. (Rom 5:7)

      For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. (Rom 5:19)

      Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.” (Gal 3:11)

      We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, (1 Tim 1:9)

      to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect (Heb 12:23)

      Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. (James 5:16)

      For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. (1 Pet 3:12)

      And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?” (1 Pet 4:18)

      Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. (1 John 3:7)

      Remember This
      To say that there are none who are righteous is the same as saying that all are unrighteous. If that was true, then every person, with no exception, will not inherit the kingdom of God:
      Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor 6:9,10, KJV)
      To not inherit the Kingdom of God is to be thrown into the lake of fire.
      The Meaning of Roman 3:10
      The meaning of Romans 3:10 is that all people without salvation are unrighteous, that is, not even one is righteous. This pertains to both Jew and Gentile alike as Paul was stressing in that chapter. Please note some other details about those that are not righteous from the context:
      What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. The poison of vipers is on their lips. Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways, and the way of peace they do not know. There is no fear of God before their eyes. (Rom 3:9-18)
      The people that are not righteous are also mentioned with the following:
      no one who understands
      no one who seeks God
      they have together become worthless
      there is no one who does good, not even one
      there is no fear of God before their eyes
      Paul was referring to the following Scriptures when he gave us Romans 3:9-18:

      The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good. The LORD looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. (Psa 14:1-3)
      An oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes. For in his own eyes he flatters himself too much to detect or hate his sin. The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and to do good. (Psa 36:1-3)

      In other words, Paul was not referring to the follower of Christ, but all wicked people if they are Jew or Gentile, even the fool, who doesn’t even think there is a God.
      The Righteous
      One becomes righteous at the point of a trusting-submitting faith in Jesus, which includes repentance. Basic characteristics of the righteous include the following:
      (1) they don’t have anything to repent of (Lk. 15:7);
      (2) they are not doing evil (1 Peter 3:12);
      (3) they do what is right (1 John 3:7).

      It is also clear from multiple Scriptures that the righteous will live because of his faith:

      See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright—but the righteous will live by his faith (Hab 2:4)
      For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” (Rom 1:17)

      Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.” (Gal 3:11)

      But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him. (Heb 10:38)

      If one is not righteous, then he is in the only other group possible. Sometimes that group is referred to as wicked, unrighteous, ungodly, unholy, sinners, evil, unsaved or the like. In other words, if one is not righteous he is on the road to hell at this very moment and is in a desperate need to repent. We must never forget that only the righteous will go to eternal life:
      Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. (Mat 25:46)
      You Can Become Righteous
      Again, one must repent (turn from his sins) or he will perish. Hence, the faith in Jesus that is needed to be considered righteous is a trusting and submitting faith—one that obeys. Furthermore, it is imperative to endure to the very end of your life to enter God’s paradise kingdom (Mt. 10:22; Heb. 3:14 and Rev. 2:10,11). If you are a real Christian now, you are righteous, but sin can change that righteous standing and bring you to your spiritual death, just like it did for both Adam and Eve. Because of this truth, Paul told Timothy (who was righteous) to keep himself pure (1 Tim. 5:22). This is under the umbrella of the grace that Paul preached and by which we are saved. We read this multiple times in Ezekiel:
      Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning, and you will have saved yourself. (Ezek 3:20, 21)
      But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked man does, will he live? None of the righteous things he has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness he is guilty of and because of the sins he has committed, he will die. (Ezek 18:24)

      If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin, he will die for it; because of the sin he has committed he will die. (Ezek 18:26)

      If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but then he trusts in his righteousness and does evil, none of the righteous things he has done will be remembered; he will die for the evil he has done. (Ezek 33:13)

      If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, he will die for it. (Ezek 33:18)

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    • designbyinspiration
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:52pm

      Bravo gentlemen! Strong in faith, learned, ready to defend their beliefs point by point, and humble and honest enough to accept the possibility they might be wrong. And it makes you both that much more solid. God bless.. Now get into the next election! lol.

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  • Cog
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:34am

    It doesn’t matter what they say. We are told “by their fruits ye shall know them.”

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  • REDPILLREADY
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:30am

    “I do solemnly pledge that I will support and defend the CONSTITUTION of the United States……. So help me GOD.”

    523 in congress either in a Christian denomination or Jewish which I only mention because I know something about those religions. This reminds me to pray for spiritual renewal in our leaders AND for more Bible and US Constitution reading. We desperately need more adherence to both.

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    • tompaineknowsthescore
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:40am

      who represents the 16% of americans who dont believe then?

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    • REDPILLREADY
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:40pm

      @TOMPAIN

      I don‘t agree with your question’s premise that unbelievers need unbelievers to adequately represent their interests and protect their rights. Sounds like you’re advocating a religious litmus test for selecting our representatives. That strikes me as rather un-American IMO.

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  • Scalzo
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:11am

    So 6 people that dall under don’t know/refuse count as having a religious affiliation? I wonder how many say they are because they fear they wouldn’t get re-elected. Man, I wish this didn’t matter. Someone’s religious beliefs (or lack there of) hold no real impact on the ability to do their job.

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  • tompaineknowsthescore
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:08am

    its a shame that atheists should have to lie about having faith in order to get re-elected, its not like theres a positive correlation between morals and faith when it comes to politicians. how many who ran as ‘family men’ and espoused a particular faith turned out to be adulterous, corrupt or both, on both sides of the aisle btw. American poltics needs to grow up and move beyond ‘i wont vote for him because hes not religious’

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  • rfycom
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:07am

    Claim. Yep.

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  • ConscientiousObjector
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:06am

    Many people, even religious people don’t feel that surveys of religion like this poll are fair. I mean, I‘m Jewish but I don’t follow every rule that the most orthodox Jews follow so saying that I‘m Jewish on a poll like this could make people think I’m something i’m not.

    Polls like this are data points but not descriptors, and people even congressmen and women are wary of being labels a term without introspection on to how that term applies to them.

    Saying I don’t know or refusing a survey should not be grounds for immediate guilt.

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  • brntout
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:59am

    And how many of those are Religious In Name Only?

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  • tersky
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:56am

    So, what religion are the two who list “other”. Did we miss the Unitarians and Seventh Day Adventists?

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    • Rillobymorning
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:48am

      I can’t speak for them, but for myself, I consider myself just a Christian believer. I believe The Word of God is truth and am a member of a non-denominational church. I wouldn’t call myself any “religion”, just a born again, Bible believing Child of God.

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    • beckisnutsisnuts
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 2:00pm

      Here here, I second that

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  • meh130
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:55am

    Ah, the lost art of the follow-up question. So how many of these people regularly attend services? There are so many lapsed Catholics, secular Jews, and Episcopalians (no further explanation required) that this is just a check block like race or ethnicity.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:53am

    Hmmm…Buddhism is a philosophy not a religion. They have no “god.“ How do we know the ”don’t know/refused” crowd are not atheists who are too scared to claim disbelief in God for political reasons? I mean, who does not know what their religion is? Or is too embarrassed to say? It would also be interesting what the “other” religions are. Maybe we have a wiccan in congress! Or a druid!

    I do know they have a prayer room/chapel in the Capitol and the room reportedly gets much use. Did y’all also know that the Capitol building also served as a church from its beginning in 1800 until the late 19th century! It was one of the biggest churches in the country with thousands attending worship services every Sunday including most Presidents. Anyone who says the Capitol is an agnostic building has obviously never been there, Christ is witnessed throughout the building in paintings, carvings, and statuary.

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  • walkwithme1966
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:48am

    And this is important why? http://wp.me/pYLB7-Da

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    • tersky
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:57am

      If they don’t practice their religion, you’re right, it doesn’t matter. If they do, it says a lot about who they are. I want to know who my representatives are at their core, not who they present themselves to be.

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  • planter
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:43am

    To me religion is your personal relationship with you creator. What name you attach in “attempt” to describe this relationship is secondary.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:41am

    .
    69 that have know idea.

    I don’t know what to say……….

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:51am

      .
      Wait I was wrong that number is 535.

      Not a one of them knows what they are till, it’s good for re-election………

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  • 13thGenerationAmerican
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:38am

    It should be against the law to ask that question. Period

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    • ablisterin
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:24pm

      Why?

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    • designbyinspiration
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:40pm

      I’m free to ask any question I wish, rude as it may be. It is your right to not answer, and say many things with your silence. Just as the libs say ‘You cannot force others to pray because that imposes your religion on them’, we will not have an athiest force their anti-religion on us. This country was founded on Christian principles, and is riddled throughout with the Bibles wisdom of ages. Liars try to confuse and tell different, history proves otherwise, as does the recent history and fall of this country with the fall of said principles.

      Enciom: If you are a Catholic, you surely are a poor one. There is not a single shred of support for the Church to allow someone to kill an innocent.. As a matter of fact “Pope Benedict XVI has called for withholding communion from lawmakers who support abortion.” Bing it. And stop lying, either to us, or yourself.. whatever it is.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:34am

    So, 30% are Catholic. Probably 90% of those are Democrats who support abortion. Never understood how they justify that. Pelosi should read “the word” instead of just talking about it. It’s her favorite word you know.

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    • encinom
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:16am

      Easy, as a catholic, we justify it because we also believe in free will and choice. We believe that the decision is not for some busy body third party, but between a women, her doctor and her god to make, nobody else. Prostestants are to busy passing judgment on others and to hung up on quaker/puritian notion sof morality.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:46am

      GONZO those Catholics that support Abortion would
      be the BAAL/MOLECH worshipers.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:58am

      Wonder what is the “other faith?” They pretty much listed every faith on there.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:59am

      But not a practicing Catholic, right? Anyone who is religious would NOT spell God with a lower-case “g.”

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    • encinom
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:17pm

      @tower7femacamp

      Really, the religous crap that Alex Jones sells is not based in reality, only the paranoid delusions of him and his followers. The NWO talk only proves that you are a sheep and a follower without a thought in your head.

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    • encinom
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:20pm

      @Anonymous T. Irrelevant

      How I spell god, has nothing ot do with my religious beliefs. Its just another attempt of the radical fringe right to pretend to be holier than thou. The Beckerheads on the right and their treatment of the poor and the needy is a bigger sin then my spelling.

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    • proliance
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 5:24pm

      If Encinom is a Catholic, he is a poorly educated one. The Catholic Church teaches that all life is sacred. It certainly does not teach that killing an innocent, unborn child is a “decision” between a Dr. and a parent.

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    • encinom
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 7:51pm

      @proliance

      Thats just it, its is not my decision to maek, it is between a patient and her doctor. To hell with the Catholic church, then. Yes I was born and raised a catholic, and like many catholic‘s I know enough to know that the church has no business in Cesar’s area. Let the church teach its members that abortion is wrong, but it is still the members desision.

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    • ChristianLayman
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:13pm

      Ecinom, you realize that you’re advocating heresy, right? You think that Abortion is under the domain of Caesar? Abortion falls into the category of murder, and as such falls under the domain of God, not man for it is written on a stone tablet: “THOU SHALT NOT KILL.”

      To my Protestant friends, you must understand that many Catholics managed to fall for the great heresy known as liberalism. You might be surprised to know that Pope Piux IX condemned liberalism in the Syllabus of Errors.

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    • encinom
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 12:26pm

      @Christianlayman,

      Of course you realize that the current Pope has commented theat Vatican II a “counter-syllabus”. It is not clear and in fact highly likely that the Syllabus has been superseded.

      Also it is the liberalism that matches Pop John Paul II’s support of labor and condemnation of capitalism along with communism.

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    • av8trx
      Posted on February 17, 2011 at 9:49pm

      Sadly, Encinom is totally confused on the concept of Free Will as taught by the Catholic Church. God gave us a free will to choose to follow Him or to embrace Satan. The Church strictly forbids abortion and ranks it above all other social issues…there is none to compare. A country that kills its young can’t continue to be blessed by God. Just a thought: on the issue of Israel, yes, they “were” the chosen people of the Old Testament, but they rejected Jesus, who established His church, with Peter as the 1st Pope. Doesn’t that make Christians the chosen people today?

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:34am

    Muslims only make up 0.6% of America!!! Why are we making our kids learn Muslim holidays? Why are we making our kids ware hijabs and having Muslim awareness day???

    So what religion is Barney Frank???

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  • Hungry_i
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:32am

    “Hom” many?

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  • BoilitDown
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:31am

    In your face Bill Maher!

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 5:55pm

      C’mon, saying you’re religious when you run for office is like saying you like corn when you go to the Iowa caucus. We all know some of them have to be lying. We’ll never know which ones without being able to read minds. And most of us really don’t care as because it doesn’t have anything to do with their ability to do the job.

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  • macombman
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:29am

    I know one who doesn’t, unfortunately he travels around the country ruining it.

    Funny video:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti6hp2CYeB0

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:25am

    When it comes to the matter of religion or non religion I look at it this way; let the Almighty sort them out after they face him for judgment. I expect the membership to do the job the people of America are electing them to do, and be honest in their efforts to make it happen.

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:31am

      Good point Snow. Wouldn’t the “don’t know/refused” category be considered no affiliation? It’s not like the question is a confusing one. It sounds like the voting present category. Sometimes I think they make too much out of this, but then I see the Muslim Brotherhood stuff and it makes more sense to know the affiliation.

      http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Muslim Brotherhood video

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:42am

      @cnsrvtvj I agree Would you not think you would know what faith you were and be proud of it.. to refuse???? .

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:47am

      @CnservtvJ

      I can understand why people would like to know the faith or lack of faith background each of their represenatives holds to; especially with the muslum brotherhood becoming such predominance now in the middle east. Yet I have to remember what the Lord has said, that it is ‘by their fruits you shall know them.’

      It is the actions they do, not of what they say alone, that demonstrates where there own faith and ideals truly lay for all to see.

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    • rfycom
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 9:53am

      I’m with you God will deal with all people. If a woman has an abortion it is her sin and not mine and not my country’s sin.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:02am

      if they were honest the answer would have been
      50% Lucifarian
      20% BAAL worship
      10% Druid
      10% Isis worship
      10% other honest people searching for Heaven thru divine intervention

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    • Cerealface
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:02am

      Guess Hom many members! Lol

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    • MOVETERAN
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:07am

      Guess Hom Many Members of Congress Claim to Have No Religious Affiliation?

      Seriously? Can someone tell me what is wrong with this sentence? Lets all go back to english grammer.

      MOVETERAN  
    • tompaineknowsthescore
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:10am

      the fact that members of congresses faith or lack of it can determine their electoral success shows how shallow us politics has become

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    • encinom
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:18am

      @tower7femacamp

      More of the lies of Alex Jones, I know Beck is attempt to turn the blaze into disinfowars, but still, the mindless truthers and AJ zombies should stay on militia compound in your bunkers.

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    • mtnclimberjim
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:20am

      And barry has stated we are not a christian country, what a buffoon

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    • leftiesaredangerous
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:47am

      @TOWER7

      How true that it is!

      @rfycom

      You are wrong my friend, it is the fault of the country. That is, if abortion is legal.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:13am

      encinom you still haven’t figured out most of these people are
      bold face lairs who will say and pretend to be or do anything
      to get elected. You all use the term RINO , well I say that
      can also mean Religion in Name Only.

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    • etetetet
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:16am

      They should have added the Democrats and Repbulicans % chart to the story – it was on a link to the link from the full report.
      Protestants – Democrats have 84 House and 22 Senate (for 43% total Democrat in Congress)
      Catholics – Democrats have 69 House and 15 Senate (for 34% total Democrats in Congress)

      Protestants – Repbulcians have 164 House and 34 Senate (for 43% total Repbulican for 68.5% in Congress)
      Catholics – Republicans have 63 House and 9 Senate (for 25% total Democrats in Congress)

      Most notable is
      Jewish – Democrats have 26 House and 12 Senate (for 15% total Democrat in Congress) where there is only 1 Jewish Congressman that is Republican
      and
      all 6 of the “Don’t Know/Refused” are Democrats

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    • free2bme1961
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:26am

      They all serve the same God. Their God allows them to lie, deceive, and manipulate the truth, to benefit their globalist agenda. The truth won’t stay hidden much longer.

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    • etetetet
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:28am

      Error correction:
      says “Protestants – Repbulcians have 164 House and 34 Senate (for 43% total Repbulican for 68.5% in Congress)”
      should have stated “Protestants – Repbulcians have 164 House and 34 Senate (for 68.5% total Repbulican in Congress)

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:40am

      Pelosi is Catholic
      rep Bob Filner is Jewish
      rep Maurice Hinchey is Catholic
      ext ext ….

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    • Kalish
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:35pm

      Looks like most seem to claim some form of christianity, the democrats are the party of abortion, they will answer to God for that, along with all the hate and class envy and perpetual lies and deceit they use to get elected.

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    • solaveritas
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:46pm

      Let us rejoice that they claim such affiliation.

      Next, let us ask them how they are staying true to their faith….. and keep asking them, over and over.

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:51pm

      Guess how many people should care? Zero.

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    • Nick84
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:22pm

      There isn’t even an atheist category on there… That‘s not cuz there aren’t any, there are numerous religions with 0 senators on that list.

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    • JESUS-IS-LORD
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:29pm

      God did not create religion, that is a human failing.

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    • Buck_Ofama
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 3:44pm

      Religious affiliation is an indication of whether a member of Congress believes the Declaration of Independence which says, in part:

      “…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…”

      “Their Creator” is the relevant part. An atheist has no Creator and so cannot claim that the rights of men come from God. If not God then from where. From other men or governments. Which means
      they can be taken away at any time by men and governments or, in other words, that the rights of men are not unalienable because of a higher power.

      Thats why in America religious affiliation is important since it tells us if we can trust our representatives and president with out unalienable rights.

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    • Deuteronomy22
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 3:49pm

      Article Six:
      no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States

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    • Deuteronomy22
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 3:52pm

      Funny how all of you Constitutional scholars and the find the religion of the congress of any relevance and the Glenn Beck’s web site, Glenn Beck who cries for the restoration of the Constitutional principles pf our founders would publish this to inflame you..

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    • ChristianLayman
      Posted on February 15, 2011 at 11:00pm

      Sorry Deuteronomy22, Article VI of the U.S. Constitution only applies to the federal government not forming a specific litmus test for potential candidates. Thankfully, that‘s not a mandate for those of us who aren’t government employees.

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    • democratgirl
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 10:52am

      The generation shaping America’s prophetic destiny

      The more the American leadership acts in the best interests of Israel’s enemies, the more negative pressure Americans can expect. Zechariah 12:3 says, “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered against it.” The scriptures in Psalm 122:6, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.” The Lord says of Israel in Genesis 12:3, “And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curses thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”

      Since before the formation of the modern state of Israel, America has been a blesser of Israel. The United States has been a stalwart ally as Israel arose from dry bones as prophesied in Ezekiel 37. America was a key partner in fulfilling the scriptures that prophesied the return of the Jewish people to their homeland as in Isaiah 11:12, “And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” From the beginning, Founding Fathers rallied the patriots by comparing the American revolutionary experience to that of the Israelites’ exodus from captivity in Egypt from the pulpits of churches across the colonies.

      America is inextricably tied to Israel and the prophetic end times. Jesus after describing the beginning of sorrows said in Matthew 24:32, “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.” America has been a blessing to Israel and so therefore has been blessed. But who would have known that this mighty sister of Jerusalem would after the fig tree springs leaves, finish its time by bolstering the enemies of Israel and defining its prophetic fate in a way that is unbefitting of its historic and prophetic prologue?

      We can lament the falling away from our Judeo-Christian roots. We can mourn the worship of the creation over the Creator in the forced acceptance of homosexuality. We can wail and cry over the taking of innocent blood by the abomination of abortion. We can trouble ourselves that our future has been mortgaged by the covetousness of a leviathan government. But are these the result of our own degrading state, or are they the consequences of our actions in forcing Israel to give up its land for peace, supporting terrorists as part of a new government in Egypt, or arming the enemies of Israel with our sophisticated weaponry? Are we not establishing our prophetic destiny in God’s permissible will rather than His perfect will?

      Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!
      Bill Wilson
      Word of Life Ministry
      http://www.dailyjot.com

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    • INHIM777
      Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:33am

      Our country was founded by mainly christians. Those are people who accepted christ as their lord and savior. Eternal life is only available through christ. No other name under heaven can save you from your sins. God said that, not me. Any religion not teaching that will fail you . Eternal life is only obtained as a free gift through jesus christ. God our father gave his only son jesus to die for us and god the holy spirit raised christ from the dead . Christ who is god’s son and also god now sits at the right hand of the father ever interceeding for the saints. If you are serious read the gospel of john. Pray as you do and god will show you great and mighty things that you know not. Most of wash. D.C. Knows of christ but they do not know christ.. Many will stand before god and say i did this and that in your name. God will say get away from me you workers of iniquity, i never knew you. In other words hypocrits will not enter heaven. Today there are past presidents, senators, prime ministers, etc in hell because they played games with god. Yes they fooled millions here on earth but no one, hear me no one has ever fooled god. What you sow you will reap. Accept christ today. You will never regret it. In his love, one who cares. And oh yes if you go to heaven you probably will take people with you. The opposite is also true. Make the right move today.. Get high on god and not money, power fortune and fame..

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