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Can you name the religious makeup of the 111th US Congress (2009/2010)?
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% of Congress
Religion/denomination
30.1%
12.4%
10.7%
8.4%
8.2%
8.1%
7.1%
4.5%
2.6%
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Religious Makeup of US Congress Quiz
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RuBarb
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Sep 16th, 2010 at 19:29 GMT
5 points
very interesting stats.
sklegg
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Sep 16th, 2010 at 19:48 GMT
1 point
I wonder why the survey doesn't break down "Orthodox" in to actual churches.
waterjoe
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Sep 16th, 2010 at 20:46 GMT
3 points
I can understand combining the "Orthodox," but I found it odd that they categorized African Methodist Episcopal with "Methodist." I looked at the appendix to the survey but could not find the "Pietist."
folio1701
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Sep 17th, 2010 at 12:59 GMT
4 points
I did my own research on "Pietists" and it doesn't really seem that there are any identifiable Pietist denominations. The Pietism movement had influences on many other denominations, though. I guess the one congressperson self-identified as Pietist.
Masternachos
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Sep 18th, 2010 at 02:19 GMT
3 points
I think we can all figure out what state the Mormon congressmen represent... Also, I had no idea until he was elected, but one of my state's (Indiana) congressmen is Muslim, which I thought was cool.
Riko
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Sep 19th, 2010 at 02:44 GMT
14 points
1 in 6 Americans is a declared Atheist, Agnostic, Humanist or is non-religious yet there is not a single one in Congress (at least none who are open about it). Quite sad that there is still such a stigma around being non-religious. Good quiz.
Riko
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Sep 19th, 2010 at 02:48 GMT
9 points
@publicenemy: You're a bloody moron. It's intolerance and ignorance like yours that turn people (from all walks of life) violent.
folio1701
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Sep 20th, 2010 at 15:23 GMT
7 points
Riko: what are you talking about that there are no avowed atheists in Congress? There are 3 Unitarians! lol
ig1234
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Sep 21st, 2010 at 14:23 GMT
-1 points
Is that a joke? Cos' it wasn't very funny... As is PublicEnemy Quite surprising there are no athiests though, even for a country as barmy as a America...
folio1701
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Sep 21st, 2010 at 15:21 GMT
6 points
It actually wasn't a joke. Most Unitarians I know are atheists.
adidag0
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Sep 21st, 2010 at 17:59 GMT
7 points
@Riko: Check out Pete Stark from the SF Bay area. He's a declared atheist.
ig1234
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Sep 21st, 2010 at 20:48 GMT
3 points
Ah. There's a lot of Unitarians that are not... at least in the UK, though its obviously compatible.
kcostell
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 07:38 GMT
4 points
MasterNachos' comment got me curious, since the source lists 14 Mormons in congress and there's only 5 Representatives and Senators from Utah. Turns out they represent Utah, Nevada, Idaho, California, New Mexico, Iowa, Arizona, and (as a non-voting delegate) American Samoa.
folio1701
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 12:38 GMT
1 point
Mormon politicians are not just in the West. Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts and his father was governor of Michigan.
flixuk
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 19:22 GMT
1 point
good quiz, well done folio.
pat19
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Sep 23rd, 2010 at 21:44 GMT
4 points
Just a friendly reminder: Don't feed the trolls. Thank you and have a pleasant day!
Pyrophorus
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Sep 26th, 2010 at 19:56 GMT
2 points
Since typing "no religion" brings up "Unspecified, don't know," can you also accept atheist and agnostic for this category?
penguinflying
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Nov 12th, 2010 at 00:48 GMT
1 point
This is nit-picky, but could you accept Church of Christ-Scientist for Christian Scientist? Great quiz! I can't believe I didn't think of Episcopalian. One of the Muslim representatives is Keith Ellison, from my state (Minnesota) although not my district. And what do you mean by "Pietist"?
itsacon
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Nov 20th, 2010 at 04:34 GMT
0 points
Baptist and Southern Baptist shouldn't be lumped together, nor should Methodist and the AMC, as well as all the various branches of Orthodox.
mowood
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Dec 1st, 2010 at 01:40 GMT
2 points
AME/AMEZ- seriously, none? And no Hindus. Crazy!
johnlk
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Dec 13th, 2010 at 05:10 GMT
2 points
@mowood - AME counts as Methodist, I'd imagine. @masternachos - there are actually several Mormon members of congress who are not from Utah. Harry Reid is from Nevada; the Udall cousins are from Colorado and New Mexico. There used to be Gordon Smith, from Oregon, but he got ousted in 2008. I'd guess there's a couple of others.
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