Yeh well for starters I live in Australia, it's rather odd that you just assume every other person you know is American, lol.
No I didn't
I asked you how many Christians you know.
I did however compare it to the American Pie Chart, so I'll give you a different chart and ask you the same question:
How many people do I know?
How many Christians do I know?
What's the percentage of the first number in the second number?
Basically you are saying that those 90% are either lying, or ignorant, right? They either know they aren't actually Christian and just pretending to be. Or they think that whatever archaic rites and rituals they perform give them the 'admit one' ticket to heaven. And now we just go back to my previous post, this really just depends which Christian religion you are in. Different religions have different rules and practices that you have to do in order to not have your boss-man in the sky condemn you to eternal, torturous hellfire.
They could very well be lying, more likely ignorant, or just maybe the survey isn't an accurate sample?
I don't perform any "archaic rites and rituals", and I'm actually a Christian. I'm going to estimate that 95% of the people that I know that call themselves Christian don't perform any kind of archaic rites OR rituals, and 80% of them don't do anything religiously affiliated at all.
I'm not talking about Catholics or Protestants. I'm talking about people who can't name 3 books of the Bible.
You can't believe in something if you don't know what it is.
Obviously, you think all their rituals are dumb and meaningless and only YOURS is efficacious... and that's exactly what they think about you as well.
I don't perform any "archaic rites and rituals", and I'm actually a Christian.
I don't think anything about anyone's rituals. What they do to show their beliefs is none of my business. If they think I'm not a real Christian that's their problem, not mine.
None.