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Need a religion you have 2,630 to choose from.

 
 
au1929
 
Reply Sat 1 Feb, 2003 04:01 pm
Religious sects guide counts American religionsBy Richard N. Ostling, Associated Press
Americans are proud of their freedom of religion, and the work of J. Gordon Melton shows they have a whole lot of religions to choose from.
The Roman Catholic Church may be huge but it's only one among 116 Catholic denominations. Orthodox Christians have an even higher total, and Protestantism is notoriously splintered; its Pentecostal segment alone counts groups by the hundreds.
There's a denomination for practically everyone.
If the Episcopal Church won't do, worshippers can move leftward into the Metaphysical Episcopal Church or Free Episcopal Church, or rightward into dozens of breakaways like the Anglican Mission in America.
Does Unitarianism seem too conventional? The denomination offers a subgroup of Unitarian Universalist Pagans.
Moving further from the mainstream, there's always the Church of God Anonymous, the Nudist Christian Church of the Blessed Virgin Jesus or the Only Fair Religion.
All are among 2,630 U.S. and Canadian faith groups described in the new edition of the indispensable Encyclopedia of American Religion. Melton, a one-time United Methodist pastor, treats each entry with nonpartisan objectivity and ; when necessary ; a straight face.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2003-01-31-US-religions_x.htm
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Sat 1 Feb, 2003 05:35 pm
Is "atheism" considered one of the 2,630? Wink c.i.
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sat 1 Feb, 2003 06:05 pm
How 'bout "none of the above"?
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Tue 11 Feb, 2003 10:59 pm
Phoenix, Many people consider atheism a belief system, so they include it with religions. c.i.
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