# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6101
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6101 "2025-12-23T21:32:34Z")
As one of the durps, this did occur to me, but after seeing a few anecdote-type answers (including from some very respectable dopers) I decided to contribute my little mite. This seems to have been the meat of the OP’s question: > [@Who typically did NOT go to church in the 1950s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-typically-did-not-go-to-church-in-the-1950s/1025971/1): > > This begs the question of what lies behind the statistic. Is there any way in which those who in 1955 went to church and those who didn’t could be distinguished? To which my answer would be: not unless they asked more questions at the time, and published them. That was a significant part of the first reply in the thread, which ended with > [@Who typically did NOT go to church in the 1950s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-typically-did-not-go-to-church-in-the-1950s/1025971/4): > > I’m not sure much more explanation is needed. followed by mostly anecdote. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._