Hello Tim, thanks for taking the time respond.

You said:

"But how about the wolves mixed in with the sheep? The tares mixed in with the wheat? Some leaders use the church for their own gain—so from all appearances and claims that they're following Jesus—really, they're not. And they're leading their followers astray."

Indeed, my friend.

The wolves are hard to separate from the sheep in these surveys, especially when the wolves are trying to blend in.

But ultimately, they don't alter the results much.

There are wolves in every belief system -- those who are using it for personal gain, but who don't really believe it. Since they're present in every belief system, they don't alter one belief over another that much.

Yet you are correct to highlight the danger of the wolves, and the need to find them and remove them before they lead the sheep astray. Far too many churches have fallen to the wolves, of late.