Wednesday, December 3, 2008

The Book's Effects of the Great Awakening... and why they might be biased

I really like this history book, but I found something while doing the group project that kindof contradicts it:

One of our websites said the proof says that most of the people that came to church during the Great Awakening stopped coming after the Great Awakening. So that effect was contradicted, because the book said church atendees increased long-term.

I think probably the website might be wrong, or they are both half wrong, but it's just a good idea to know what the truth is and not believe things that could possibly be biased.

3 comments:

Terry said...

My guess is that church attendees didn't increase long term because my dad told me that after 9/11 a lot more people went to church than usual, but after 6 months numbers were back to normal. This is probably the same case as with the Great Awakening. I've also found things I disagree with in the textbook, so its probably wrong.

Marci Lewellen said...

Good job researching guys! I am proud of you for not just taking what people say but trying to find truth.
:)

Jess said...

Thanks, we wouldn't have done it without this group project.