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posted by mrpg on Monday April 15 2019, @12:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the thank-you-jesus! dept.

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.

There are now as many Americans who claim no religion as there are evangelicals and Catholics, a survey finds

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 15 2019, @02:52PM (3 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 15 2019, @02:52PM (#829846) Journal

    I have to disagree.

    Having religion allows me to be able to look down upon and to judge everyone else -- just as Jesus taught.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday April 15 2019, @03:36PM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Monday April 15 2019, @03:36PM (#829877) Homepage
    But my dad's sky-fairy said "Judge not, that ye be not judged.", I'm sure. My memory may be rusty, as that was many decades ago, and I forgot to keep a copy of the sky-fairy's telephone number when I left home.
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  • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Monday April 15 2019, @03:40PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Monday April 15 2019, @03:40PM (#829883) Journal

    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

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 15 2019, @05:17PM (#829933) Journal

    I guess I needed a /sarc tag on that.

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