Whether that is measured by church attendance, born again status, or theological purity, the statistics simply do not reflect a surge of any noticeable proportions. The Barna Research Group, Gallup Organization, USA Today, CNN and similar polls typically interview over 1000 randomly selected adults for each survey.
Many polls appear on the Internet and are answered to by self-selected individuals.
Unfortunately, people who answer polls on the Internet may well well hold opinions that are different from Internet users generally. Internet users come form a variety of cultures, may cover a wide age range, and probably differ from the average American adult in other ways. Wording The precise makeup of the question can produce widely variable results, particularly in questions about religious belief . Read Bible in the previous week. Aged 20 to 29 and attended church last week.