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According to the 1990 Census it was 86%, but it decreased to 76% in 2008.
It seems like younger Americans are increasingly rebelling against religion.
What would be more telling is statistics on church attendance. I'm willing to be that the number of folks that regularly attend religious services is rather low and going lower compared to the early 20th Century.
According to the 1990 Census it was 86%, but it decreased to 76% in 2008.
It seems like younger Americans are increasingly rebelling against religion.
"Public Law 94-521 prohibits us from asking a question on religious affiliation on a mandatory basis; therefore, the Bureau of the Census is not the source for information on religion." -- "The Census"
^ An interesting report. "Who exactly are the Nones [the section of the US population that checks the "No Religion" box]? “None” is not a movement, but a label for a diverse group of people who do not identify with any of the myriad of religious options in the American religious marketplace – the irreligious, the unreligious, the anti-religious, and the anti-clerical. Some believe in God; some do not. Some may participate occasionally in religious rituals; others never will.
"Nones are easily misunderstood. On the one hand, only a small minority are atheists. On the other hand, it is also not correct to describe them as 'unchurched' or 'unaffiliated' on the assumption that they are mainly theists and religious searchers who are temporarily between congregations. Yet another incorrect assumption is that large proportions of Nones are anti-rationalist proponents of
New Age and supernatural ideas. As we will show, they are more likely to be rational skeptics."
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People are just letting go of myths and fairy tales, that's all.
Why don't large amounts of people believe in Mithra, or Zeus, or Thor anymore?
There have been thousands of gods and goddesses over the course of humanity and 'Jesus' and the 'Bible' are nothing more than a stepping stone.
According to the 1990 Census it was 86%, but it decreased to 76% in 2008.
It seems like younger Americans are increasingly rebelling against religion.
For those that choose to believe in God, the Census would contradict the Word of God on that issue as per Matthews 13:31-32:
31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
What would be more telling is statistics on church attendance. I'm willing to be that the number of folks that regularly attend religious services is rather low and going lower compared to the early 20th Century.
Actually, church attendance would be a horrible indicator of the Christian population, or any religious population for that matter. You can be a Christian and never step foot in a church. Ever.
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Is America in danger of losing Christianity?
