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nascarblue (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:37 AM Original message |
97% of the Air Force are Evangelical Christians! |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. I remember when people were talking about the rapture |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. That Was an Urban Legend |
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paineinthearse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Email your friends after you have been Raptured! |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. I have heard this stat before |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. yeah I remember going to Airborne school and that first jump |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. I believe Lutherans are considered Evangelical |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well you also have to wonder what definition of evangelical Christian |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Yes...be careful...Evangelical and Fundamentalist are not the same |
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SheepyMcSheepster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. that number sounds suspiciously high |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. you won't get |
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RBHam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. huh? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. But the OP said 'evangelical', not 'fundamentalist' n/t |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. I really need some more data to support that. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'm suspicious about how they would define both "Christian" and |
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Atlas Mugged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. That's absurd |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. crap. pure crap. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Wonder if they are trying to intimidate the non-Evangelicals into joining |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. What is the source for 97% of U.S. Air Force is evangelical? I doubt that |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Judging by my time in the army |
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ugarte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
13. It's 97% of the Air Force Academy, not the USAF |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. I'm not so sure about 97%, but... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. Mind if I say "Bullshit"? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. All the A/F guys I know aimed high. Aimed really high |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I'm Skeptical Also |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. After the initial shock, sudden realization... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. The old guys didn't get into the Air Force because of "AA"-- |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Sorry, Bridget. But it's been discussed on DU before that the Air |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
17. No way is 97% of the Zoomies |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
19. I'm former USAF |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. My dad would roll over in his grave if that figure |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. Bullshit. eom |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. Recall this. When I grew up the churches were filled on Sunday |
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Devil Dog Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. Within military circles the Air Force is considered the most right wing |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm former Air Force |
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Samoflange (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. As a recent ex-AF member |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Update: 97% of GAY AF active duty are Evangelical (Shiite) Christians . |
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