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American Baptist: -24%
Disciples of Christ: -74%
Evangelical Lutheran: -45%
Presbyterian Church USA: -62%
Episcopal: -36%
United Church of Christ: -57%
United Methodist: -40%
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Among white people who never attend:
45% are liberal.
Among weekly+ attenders:
11% are liberal.
That same pattern is there for every single racial group.
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According to this survey of 2,400 nones, there's a specific window of time:
15-25 years old.
That's when more than half of non-religious folks head for the exits.
The most popular age was 18.
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In the 1970s:
56% became mainline Protestants
20% became non-religious.
In the 2020s:
18% became mainline Protestants
59% became non-religious.
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About the same share of atheists describe themselves as "very liberal" or "liberal."
There's no religious group I can find that is evenly balanced between left and right on this metric.
But writing books today is like making horse shoes.
Kinda neat, but mostly useless.
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- 1 "Humanist" (Rep. Jared Huffman)
- 1 "agnostic" (Yassamin Ansari)
- 1 "none" (Emily Randall)
- Nearly two dozen Democrats who chose not to answer the religion question
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/one-new-me...
Why are the non-religious always at the forefront of social progress?
When out for a walk, people who give their barking/growling dogs treats to “distract” them are actually just rewarding them and encouraging their viciousness.
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t.co/TPpsCAuU9q
Democracy and secularity seem to go hand-in-hand.
I wonder which causes which?
Or are they both caused by a third factor?
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www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...
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Not: “Are you….?”
But: “Do you identify as?”
Can someone help me here?
🤔
There are many reasons that murder rates may be high or low.
But clearly, religion is not one of them.
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24.8% of folks reported weekly attendance in 2019.
It was 24.5% of respondents in 2023.
That difference is not statistically (or substantively) significant.
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-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
