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Originally Posted by James Griffin
Barna's poll technique was valid, he polled individuals and not churches.
The criteria Barna used are-do you believe you are filled with HG (and don't most Christians believe they are spirit filled when they are saved?)and it is POSSIBLE for gifts of spirit to operate in this day(not did you personally experience them). By using his definition 36% of all catholics polled deemed themselves charismatic.
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You may believe Barna's
technique was valid. Frankly, I don't agree that it was. But whether you do or not, the fact is, if his survey gives people the impression that "1/3 of the US is pentecostal or charismatic" as the title of this thread reads, then the
conclusions his poll leads people to is woefully inaccurate.