To me, here's what it looks like is happening here:
After the election, those of you who are Evangelical Christians visited FR and saw the articles blaming Evangelicals.
When the blame was (wrongfully) laid at the feet of Evangelicals, you said, "It's not us - it's the Catholics!"
Meanwhile, some of us who are Catholic visited FR and saw protestants blaming Catholics.
In defense, a Catholic pointed out the actual number of protestants vs. the actual number of Catholics who voted Dem. That's a valid point, imho: There are percentages, and then there are actual numbers.
But, in the end, the majority of protestants and the vast majority of both Evangelical Christians and church-going Catholics voted for Romney. That would be all of us here (except for the few who didn't vote at all). So, we're really not enemies here.
Can one hour in church every Sunday really compete with the bombardment of leftist drivel every day on television, in schools, on the internet, etc.? Many of the people sitting in the pews with us on Sundays might not even be paying attention. ;-) Maybe they just attend church out of habit.
I think in ALL cases, those who voted for obama are not taking their faith seriously.
Liberalism is so contrary to the clear teachings of Scripture that there can be no justification for voting that way.
Being *for the poor* is not justification. It is an individual responsibility which can not be foisted off on the government for our convenience.
AND, FWIW, I am absolutely sure the election was stolen, won by fraud.
(I've said this for a while -- offline re: the impact of MSM/youth culture on our youth)
The rest of your comments was, I think, a fair assessment of what I've observed as well...
If we're talking about the ratio of Catholics vs. Protestants, 'twas higher with Catholics -- even adding black Protestants; if we're talking about the bulk volume of voters, of course, Protestants, who outnumber Catholics by over 2-to-1, "weigh in" much heavier re: obama votes.
...in the end, the majority of protestants and the vast majority of both Evangelical Christians and church-going Catholics voted for Romney. That would be all of us here (except for the few who didn't vote at all). So, we're really not enemies here.
(Agreed)
I assures you that if only 20% of Catholics voted for Obama and were blamed for Romney’s loss when twice as many evangelicals voted for Obama, then we would never hear the end of it, and playing the numbers game would not be tolerated.
Looking at the numbers of the 20% who voted liberal has warrant some place, but the issue was that evangelicals were being blamed for Romney’s loss, and when it was pointed out that they were the most conservative block, and stats showed Catholics as voting twice as much for Obama, then you saw attempts to focus on the numbers of evangelicals (and give some excuse to Catholics because of “historical baggage”), which which is irrelevant as to which block is more liberal.
At least no one has called Pew research biased, which is one of the more usual responses to such stats.