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applegrove

(133,182 posts) Sat Apr 13, 2019, 05:50 PM Apr 2019

More Claim No Religion Than There Are Evangelicals [View all]

More Claim No Religion Than There Are Evangelicals

April 13, 2019 at 12:49 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 333 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/04/13/as-many-americans-claim-no-religion-as-there-are-evangelicals/

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“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,” CNN reports.

“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%.”

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More Claim No Religion Than There Are Evangelicals [View all] applegrove Apr 2019 OP

Christian hate speakers have destroyed religion. sarcasmo Apr 2019 #1

Actually, the Rs have destroyed religion. How? Why, by treating fiction stopbush Apr 2019 #3

Many are waking up to the fact that much of religion is a hateful con-game. And the evangelists are RKP5637 Apr 2019 #2

As the world gets smaller, and arrives in our smartphones, answers are instant. lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #6

K&R!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2019 #8

The evangelists are much better organized. keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #4

That's because believers have given them billions of dollars to sinkingfeeling Apr 2019 #5

I bet a lot of "Religious" people claim it but don't really believe Quixote1818 Apr 2019 #7

Agreed. People are apathetic to magical gods, but are also afraid to cut all ties. lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #11

There may be more Atheists now a days, but a good amount are becoming more Alt Right dustyscamp Apr 2019 #9

Someone who comes from a racist, antisemitic, misogynistic, anti-LBGT, right wing religion... hunter Apr 2019 #10

you forgot "stone age" religions. lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #12

There is really nothing one can say about atheists except that MineralMan Apr 2019 #14

Organized religions are businesses scrutineer Apr 2019 #13