The decline of Christianity is continuing at a rapid pace in the U.S.

[brooklynite]

Pew Research

Around two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) describe themselves as Christian, according to Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019. That’s down 12 percentage points since 2009. At the same time, the share of “nones” – religiously unaffiliated adults who describe their religion as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” – has reached 26%, up from 17% a decade ago.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Not surprised when you have scumbags like Falwell endorsing the pu&&y grabber. When I see...

these preachers, pastors, etc. surrounding rump in his office gathered around him, I want to barf. I lost all faith in organized religion after seeing this repeatedly.

[Sea Glass]

20. The Internet is a huge factor too.

It's easy to compare notes about religion/mythologies and the young people seem to have a much better bullshit detector than the older ones.

"None of this makes any sense to me. How about you?" ... "Nope, me neither."

[pandr32]

2. Good news for secularism

[3Hotdogs]

3. Thank you, Jesus. Great news.

[dewsgirl]

4. I'm Gen X and if anything the last 4 years have sealed my

feelings about religion. Before I was conflicted, I no longer feel that way and doubt anything will ever change my mind.

[NeoGreen]

5. Happy Chart...

...


In 10 years,
protestants have lost ~17% of their numbers (from 51 to 43),
catholics have lost ~13% (from 24 to 20),
Nothing-In-Particular has grown by ~42% (from 12 to 17),
Agnostic has grown by ~67% (from 3 to 5), and
Atheist has grown by ~100% (from 2 to 4).

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Ramen to that. nt

[Major Nikon]

7. Eventually we will reach a tipping point

Younger people aren't embracing religion and aren't becoming religious when they get older. Older religious people are dying and aren't being replaced.

When Christianity loses the social privilege it enjoys now, the pace of its demise is going to increase.

[RKP5637]

9. Can't wait for it to totally sink!!! n/t

[RKP5637]

8. Excellent!!!!!!

[AC_Mem]

10. I wonder what the number

For self identified Christians who regularly attend church is. I bet it is much smaller.

My opinion is that spirituality does not need a label or a building, and that the roots of political corruption extend right into the church. There is nothing I respect less than a hypocritical "Christian" - it is what turned me away from religion and into the arms of spirituality. It is also how I brought up my children, and how they brought up their children, all of whom are OUTSTANDING human beings.

[msongs]

11. xtians launch massive media attack on helpless citizens. attack ends dec. 26 nt

[plcdude]

12. If there is any future

For Christianity it must address 21st Century concerns and challenges rather than continue to present a Bronze Age view of humanity and deity. A good article to consider. Https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/08/why-americas-nones-dont-identify-with-a-religion/

[Voltaire2]

14. In all fairness it is an Iron Age view.

Bronze age religions were generally specific to one city or one tribe, and most everyone understood that other people worshiped other gods. The Iron Age Abrahamic religions: Christianity and Islam, are different, they proclaim the one true god and are fine with imposing that proclamation with force.

[Act_of_Reparation]

17. What Would Enkidu Do?

[Sea Glass]

21. There is an inherent structural problem with monotheism, too --

It's hard to explain away evil and tragedy. With pantheism, you can have good gods and nasty gods to explain different events. But with monotheism either your one god is a psychpathic asshole to cause or allow such death and suffering, or else it's weak and powerless, or else Satan did it, although this one god apparently created Satan (explain that one), but there's free will, but there's also a grand plan, but you should still pray ... or something like that.

All utter nonsense.

[Lochloosa]

13. Thank God!

[guillaumeb]

15. And if this trend continues, how should we expect the US to look?

Will it be more progressive?
Will racism and all the other expressions of hate disappear?

[Act_of_Reparation]

18. The music will be better.

[guillaumeb]

19. Some might disagree.

But it was an answer.

[Act_of_Reparation]

24. Everyone is entitled to be wrong.

[SamKnause]

16. Excellent !!!

[Sea Glass]

22. The Silent Generation is a don't think/don't question religion generation.

But they are mid-90s to mid-70s, and their influence is waning daily.

Meanwhile more and more young "nones" are coming up into society.

A fantastic demographic development, in my view.

[tikka]

23. As the decline continues, the stigma of not being a Christian will go away

and probably hasten the decline.