Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: mangoe@cs.umd.edu (Charley Wingate) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Church-finding generates more questions Message-ID: Date: 29 May 90 07:41:34 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 11 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu >I would make my guesses the other way: _Most_ people [Protestants, Catholics, >Hindus, Muslims et al.] choose their "church" [fill in appropriate substitute] >because they are born into it. They are what their parents are. Historically, somewhere over 50% of Epsicopalians come into the church either as adult converts or from other denominations. -- C. Wingate + "The peace of God, it is no peace, + but strife closed in the sod. mangoe@cs.umd.edu + Yet let us pray for but one thing-- mimsy!mangoe + the marv'lous peace of God."