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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Mon Dec 16, 2019, 01:14 PM Dec 2019

The decline of Christianity is continuing at a rapid pace in the U.S. [View all]

Pew Research

Around two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) describe themselves as Christian, according to Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019. That’s down 12 percentage points since 2009. At the same time, the share of “nones” – religiously unaffiliated adults who describe their religion as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” – has reached 26%, up from 17% a decade ago.

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The decline of Christianity is continuing at a rapid pace in the U.S. [View all] brooklynite Dec 2019 OP

Not surprised when you have scumbags like Falwell endorsing the pu&&y grabber. When I see... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #1

The Internet is a huge factor too. Sea Glass Dec 2019 #20

Good news for secularism pandr32 Dec 2019 #2

Thank you, Jesus. Great news. 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #3

I'm Gen X and if anything the last 4 years have sealed my dewsgirl Dec 2019 #4

Happy Chart... NeoGreen Dec 2019 #5

Ramen to that. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #6

Eventually we will reach a tipping point Major Nikon Dec 2019 #7

Can't wait for it to totally sink!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2019 #9

Excellent!!!!!! RKP5637 Dec 2019 #8

I wonder what the number AC_Mem Dec 2019 #10

xtians launch massive media attack on helpless citizens. attack ends dec. 26 nt msongs Dec 2019 #11

If there is any future plcdude Dec 2019 #12

In all fairness it is an Iron Age view. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #14

What Would Enkidu Do? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2019 #17

There is an inherent structural problem with monotheism, too -- Sea Glass Dec 2019 #21

Thank God! Lochloosa Dec 2019 #13

And if this trend continues, how should we expect the US to look? guillaumeb Dec 2019 #15

The music will be better. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2019 #18

Some might disagree. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #19

Everyone is entitled to be wrong. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2019 #24

Excellent !!! SamKnause Dec 2019 #16

The Silent Generation is a don't think/don't question religion generation. Sea Glass Dec 2019 #22

As the decline continues, the stigma of not being a Christian will go away tikka Dec 2019 #23