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: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 15 2019, @02:52PM (3 children)
I have to disagree.
Having religion allows me to be able to look down upon and to judge everyone else -- just as Jesus taught.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday April 15 2019, @03:36PM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by fritsd on Monday April 15 2019, @03:40PM
As it is written in the book of Mattheus chapter 7 verse 5 [wikipedia.org] ... or maybe slightly differently...
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 15 2019, @05:17PM
I guess I needed a /sarc tag on that.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.