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Old 05-12-2015, 03:56 PM
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Losing our Religion

WASHINGTON — The United States is a significantly less Christian country than it was seven years ago.

That's the top finding — one that will ricochet through American faith, culture and politics — in the Pew Research Center's newest report, "America's Changing Religious Landscape," released Tuesday.

This trend "is big, it's broad and it's everywhere," said Alan Cooperman, Pew's director of religion research.

Christianity still dominates American religious identity (70%), but the survey shows dramatic shifts as more people move out the doors of denominations, shedding spiritual connections along the way.

Atheists and agnostics have nearly doubled their share of the religious marketplace, and overall indifference to religion of any sort is rising as well.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...rait/27159533/



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How was this poll conducted?
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Old 05-12-2015, 05:44 PM
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Yeah I had seen this. Being from north jersey/nyc I did not realize that most Americans were insane. I never met an evangelical until I was 30. Talk about culture shock.
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Have people given up on religion or merely given up on on the Churches? We found years ago that the last place to find christian behaviour was in the Church.

I guess the woman who asked me had I found Jesus is still mad at me as I told her that I did not know he was lost.
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My favorite REM song.

IIRC the Born Again movement was at the forefront of the now waxing Christian upswing. The 70s weren't all that bad if you take away Nixon, disco, born againers...
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My favorite REM song.

IIRC the Born Again movement was at the forefront of the now waxing Christian upswing. The 70s weren't all that bad if you take away Nixon, disco, born againers...
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