Beware the Over-Hyped Stat

Please, please read Bradley Wright's new book Christians are Hate-Filled Hypocrites…and Other Lies You've Been Told. After that, pick up Joel Best's Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data. Christians have to quit believing every statistic they read and spinning them in the most sensational ways.

For example, see Brett McCracken's article yesterday in the Wall Street Journal on The Perils of "Wannabe Cool" Christianity. Overall the article makes some fine points. It's a...