So what’s the point?

The UK Guardian has a story out with the results of a Gallup Organization survey on religion. All told, it’s pretty pointless.

More Americans are active in religious groups than previously thought,

That’s really general. More active than previously thought by whom?

and many others without ties to congregations still believe in God or a higher power, according to a broad survey of faith in America released Monday.

That’s pretty broad, alright.

The study also found that most traditional Christians reject the label “evangelical,” preferring to describe themselves as “Bible-believing” or “born again.”

So does “Bible-believing” connote a particular specialty class, as if other Christians don’t believe in the Bible?

Researchers found that only 10.8 percent of Americans have no ties to a congregation, denomination or faith group. Previous surveys had put that figure at 14 percent, overlooking about 10 million people involved in some form of organized religion, the Baylor report said.

So…now that they’ve found the 10 million people they overlooked before, the next logical step is to move them into the category of Americans with ties to some faith group. I mean, isn’t that stating the obvious?

More than 60 percent of the unaffiliated say they believe in God or a higher power, and nearly one-third say they pray at least occasionally.

I wonder what it is on those occasions that prompts them to pray. Seems like now would be a good time.