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 FatPhil on Monday April 15 2019, @03:13PM (3 children)
Beautifully worded - may I snarf that, with attribution of course, for rotation in my usenet .sig file?
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Monday April 15 2019, @04:04PM (2 children)
You certainly may. And thank you!
However, I'd point out that I was inspired by this [youtube.com], so some credit should be given to Eugen Weber [wikipedia.org] as well.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday April 15 2019, @04:13PM (1 child)
If as we watch it I spot a sufficiently similar soundbite, then I will "-- Eugen Weber, via NotSanguine on SoylentNews" it, else I will "-- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber" it.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Monday April 15 2019, @04:24PM
Something about the comment to which I was replying made me think of the Weber quote (which immediately precedes the bit you like):
I used it to compare where we are now to how we began with this:
There is, perhaps, more of Weber in that than there is of me. As such, I would much prefer that you include him in any attribution.
FYI. The quote above contains the first three sentences of the first episode of the series. As such, you won't have to wait long to find it. :)
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr