For the first time "No Religion" has topped a survey of Americans' religious identity, according to a new analysis by a political scientist. The non-religious edged out Catholics and evangelicals in the long-running General Social Survey.
Ryan Burge, a political scientist at Eastern Illinois University and a Baptist pastor, found that 23.1% of Americans now claim no religion.
Catholics came in at 23.0%, and evangelicals were at 22.5%.
The three groups remain within the margin of error of each other though, making it a statistical tie. Over 2,000 people were interviewed in person for the survey.
[...] "We are seeing the rise of a generation of Americans who are hungry for facts and curious about the world," she says.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @05:32AM (3 children)
Hilarious that you think you are so much smarter than other people just because you quote from a different set of government funded holy books. And I am way more anti religion than you, I assure you.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by NotSanguine on Monday April 15 2019, @05:51AM
I don't think I'm so much smarter than other folks.
However, I'm not willfully ignorant and trollish like you. It's unclear as to whether your condition is a result of limited intellectual capacity, although I suspect it's more likely that you have Hunter S. Thompson Disease [harpers.org]:
And I don't really care what you think or believe. My suggestions weren't for you anyway, as explicitly mentioned in my post.
Have the courage of your convictions. Or don't. It's no skin off my nose either way,.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @08:18AM (1 child)
No, I piss farther.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @07:55PM
No, you don't. You are also more stupid. And you care less. And you smell bad. Trump voter.