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, @10:05AM
Cowpox may protect you from smallpox, but there are better ways to protect from smallpox that don't involve the side effects of cowpox.
So maybe a vaccination with a healthy dose of rationality and scepticism would be better than infecting people with another form of religious fundamentalism.
No. I prefer Norway.
If you think Christianity prevents rape, there are some altar boys who might disagree.
Except that hardcore Christians don't do that. Rather they fight against the achievements of Western civilisation.