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You just said you were Protestant
No, he said that he would probably be COUNTED as Protestant on some survey, those are rarely polled largely enough, and it's certainly not a census.
I still have records in the Mormon church, but I'm definitely not a Mormon any more. Would I be counted as one in those stats? Probably.
Studies don't randomly guess if someone is religious or not, they ask people directly if they are religious.
Yeah, but these are taken as sample. I've never once been asked, but I'm certain my existence in a particular geographic area has been counted one way or the other. Was the sample statistically significant? Who knows.
Counted as affiliation of by culture ,studies are as said not a census. I was born into something . My belief may be something else. Then also not all religions are equal in my book . The desert variations are at one end. Others Sikhs , Buddhism, variations of different polytheists and are more on the other end...
One end is more prone to blow shit up just for who beliefs in what skydaddy.
Am I religious? No . Am I spiritual? sure but I would never trust a hippie. And my worldview is more based around material reality than idealistic wishing. Where do I end up in the stats?
Depends on your answer to the question "do you believe in God" or "what religion are you".