#1 2012-10-09 11:02:44
America's ever-changing demographics find Protestantism declining in the United States, along with other religions. It can't happen soon enough, I say. Hat tip to Orangeplus for this one.
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#2 2012-10-09 11:28:16
Oh Goody Goody!
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#3 2012-10-09 12:22:59
But, if you read those same statistics differently, in spite of a constant onslaught by the press, more than 3/4 of Americans still have a belief and faith in God.
I'm not one of them, but you must admit, it's all in how you present the facts.
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#4 2012-10-09 17:36:39
whosasailorthen wrote:
But, if you read those same statistics differently, in spite of a constant onslaught by the press, more than 3/4 of Americans still have a belief and faith in God.
I'm not one of them, but you must admit, it's all in how you present the facts.
I may have read it differently than you but I didn't see anything that suggested otherwise. The downward trend is a relatively new one and the US will continue to be a Christian majority nation for many years, even if you take into account the fact that most of those Christians don't go to church and, far too often, know almost nothing about the religion they profess to believe.
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#5 2012-10-09 18:43:06
Interesting piece from the Christian Science Monitor.
The demographic change of the religiously unaffiliated is broad-based – generally uniform across gender, income level, and education – but it is concentrated in younger generations and whites, said Ms. Funk. The growth in the unaffiliated population is driven by generational replacement as young adults gradually supplant older generations. Young adults today are more likely to identify as unaffiliated than previous generations were at the same age.
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