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You might have missed the point. The "nones" as they are called aren't necessarily atheists, they are just not religiously affiliated. This is a phenomena which probably points more to organized religion nit keeping pace with social progression, as many cite as their reason for disaffiliating is the dogmatic position on social issues.
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Actually, those have been done.
I am actually very fond of the dark. It doesn't bother my eyes or burn my skin like the light does, it's peaceful, calm, and tranquil, and gorgeous on a clear night. I was born in the dark, and I have always preferred it over the light.(Bet you're scared of the dark!
That's because Americans gave become illiterate when it comes to religion like Christianity. Our society shows what you get as a result. Nothing Good."Americans have less confidence in organized religion today than ever measured before — a sign that the church could be “losing its footing as a pillar of moral leadership in the nation’s culture,” a new Gallup survey finds.So how long will this plunge continue? Think it will ever get down to the single digits?
Less than half of Americans hold the church in high esteem. Confidence dwindled to all-time low among Protestants in 2015.
The church and organized religion is losing its footing as a pillar of moral leadership in the nation's culture. Once reliably at the top of Gallup's confidence in institutions list, it now ranks fourth behind the military, small business and the police, and just ahead of the medical system. The good news for the church is that it still ranks among the more well-respected institutions at a time when fewer than one in four Americans have confidence in several others, including Congress and the media."
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That is bull. Atheists and agnostics actually tend to be more literate about religion than the religious.
I think there may be much truth to this. But not with just religion. Ideas such as Marxism have become more popular because the ideas of "trickle-down" economics have failed so many, and the ideas of hard work being rewarded in capitalism have not paid off for many. For many the hard word did get higher pay, but the higher pay put them on the chopping block in order for companies to reduce their budgets. In terms of organized religion, people pray to god for solace, but the hard times are too strongly "in your face" to believe such things. If god is really there, loving them and watching over them, why did their child get cancer, why was their job lost, and why have hard times, again and again over the decades, befallen a nation that has given itself to god?
"Americans have less confidence in organized religion today than ever measured before — a sign that the church could be “losing its footing as a pillar of moral leadership in the nation’s culture,” a new Gallup survey finds.So how long will this plunge continue? Think it will ever get down to the single digits?
Less than half of Americans hold the church in high esteem. Confidence dwindled to all-time low among Protestants in 2015.
The church and organized religion is losing its footing as a pillar of moral leadership in the nation's culture. Once reliably at the top of Gallup's confidence in institutions list, it now ranks fourth behind the military, small business and the police, and just ahead of the medical system. The good news for the church is that it still ranks among the more well-respected institutions at a time when fewer than one in four Americans have confidence in several others, including Congress and the media."
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Given the two current threads, have we not posted enough to show it just isn't Christianity? Even in Japan, more people are identifying as agnostic or atheist. Religion, as a whole, is on a slow but steady decline.
