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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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Survey: As Many Americans Claim No Religion as there are Evangelicals, Catholics
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday April 15 2019, @06:02AM (1 child)
Passing that buck to nonexistent constructs is moronic.
On the believers' part, yes, you would think, but it's perfect for absolving oneself of all blame. His god forgives his lying, cheating, stealing, killing. And for the Pharisees, it is the best method of crowd control to date. Religion makes a very good hammer.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @06:57AM
Unless you're the nail. And when you're a hammer *everything* looks like a nail.
No thanks.