Religion is losing. Thank God. ›
- “Right now, there is a dropping confidence in organized religion, especially in the traditional religious forms,” said Penn State University sociologist Roger Finke, who consulted in the survey planning.
- The religious demographic benefiting the most from this religious churn is those who claim no religious affiliation. People moving into that category outnumber those moving out of it by a three-to-one margin.
- One in four adults ages 18 to 29 claim no affiliation with a religious institution.
- Atheists or agnostics account for 4 percent of the total population. [This seems rather low when combined with the other data.]
3 years ago on February 25, 2008 at 05:23pm
