September 09, 2006

Did you know. . .

. . .that Sweden and Vietnam lead the world in athiests as a percentage of the population? (80%+)

Did you know that 1.28% of all Texans attend a "megachurch*?"

How about the fact that the U.S. has had 11 Episcopalian Presidents, as well as 10 Presbyterian, 4 Baptist, 2 Quaker and 1 Jehovah's Witness** President?

These are just a few of the many religion-related factoids I found in my first few minutes of exploring Adherants.com, a statistical web site chock full of data on religious affiliation.

I know not everyone gets as giddy as I about this kind of thing. . .But I love this stuff!

* See below for "the rest of the story."

* Texas Ranks 4th in this category. The District of Colombia leads the nation in percentage of population attending a megachurch at 2.74%, followed by Georgia and Oklahoma.

** Dwight Eisenhower's parents were lifelong Jehovah's Witnesses but he became a Presbyterian shortly after becoming President.

Posted by David at September 9, 2006 04:51 PM