Anglican spin doctors.

This is hilariously stupid. I have no idea how the Church of England thought they would get away with this, or why they would even try. Christians are supposed to value honesty.

An article on the BHA site points out a minor problem with a recent Church of England press release...............

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March 26th, 2013

The Church of England announced today that it had commissioned research which shows ‘four out of five believe in the power of prayer’ and that young people especially believe in it.

The British Humanist Association has criticised the Church for misrepresenting the research and seeking to mislead the public.

The survey question asked of respondents did not actually ask people whether they ‘believe in the power of prayer’; it simply asked what people would pray for, regardless of whether they actually pray or not. The exact wording of the question was: ‘Irrespective of whether you currently pray or not, if you were to pray for something at the moment, what would it be for?’ Naturally, 81% of respondents named specific things that they would choose to pray for, such as world peace, if they were to believe in the power of prayer. It is this figure the Church of England has used to claim that ‘four out of five’ people believe in the power of prayer.

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Topic: Anglican spin doctors.

osmanthus

OP - March 26, 2013, 07:07 PM

billy

Reply #1 - March 26, 2013, 07:29 PM

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