Religion

trotsky

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1. So basically this person's article can be summed up thusly:

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:30 AM

Aug 2012

Yeah, the statistics say that the current youngest generation of adults are less religiously affiliated than any other generation at that stage of their lives. But that could change later, so take that, atheists!

Got it.

Also funny is the comment "traditional wisdom (and statistics) show that people grow more religious as they age" coming right under the graph showing not only that Gen Xers and Boomers are no more religiously affiliated today than they were when they started being surveyed, but also that the two generations before them each LOST 2 percentage points to unaffiliated! So traditional wisdom is wrong, and the statistics tell a different tale than what this writer wants to believe.

But thanks for posting, rug. I appreciate the humor!

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Atheism Might Not Be As Popular As You Think: The Religious Revolution in the US [View all] rug Aug 2012 OP

So basically this person's article can be summed up thusly: trotsky Aug 2012 #1

It's true that an unbiased interpretation of the chart refutes the text, but what if dimbear Aug 2012 #44

I don't think those stats mean what you think they mean. MineralMan Aug 2012 #2

Would not matter a tinker's cuss if there were only one atheist or one theist in the world dmallind Aug 2012 #3

Narrow minds see only what they want to see. nt humblebum Aug 2012 #24

Who the heck cares if their personal belief (or non-belief) is popular? djean111 Aug 2012 #4

The "support" for the stats being decieving comes from a catholic apologist site. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #5

Are you saying policymic.com is an apologist site or Pew is? rug Aug 2012 #8

No, I'm stating that the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate is. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #9

It also links to ARDA. rug Aug 2012 #11

I already did, and found it to be lacking. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #13

Well, there's a robust critique. rug Aug 2012 #15

Certainly moreso than your original comments in the OP. Oh yeah, you didn't make any. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #18

I didn't post a little rolling smiley either. rug Aug 2012 #19

You didn't post anything. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #20

Au contraire, I posted an article of interest. rug Aug 2012 #23

It's only interesting becuase of its poor use of statistics. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #25

I defer to your expetise in statistics rug Aug 2012 #31

Thanks, I'm pretty good at sizing up liars and weasely wieners. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #32

Wieners? rug Aug 2012 #36

Yes, like some here tend to get most of their information from humblebum Aug 2012 #21

Hi, Humblebum. So nice to see you again. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #22

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"Even for you" rug Aug 2012 #7

How convenient. His post was hidden just MINUTES after you responded. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #12

Maybe he should clean up his act so he can respond. rug Aug 2012 #14

Maybe you shouldn't be so quick to alert. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #16

Maybe you should read the Community Standards. rug Aug 2012 #17

Time will tell. It will be interesting to watch what happen to the "nones" cbayer Aug 2012 #10

I have said for some time that what SOME people "don't believe" in is what they are being told patrice Aug 2012 #26

Interesting. Can you explain further what you mean about ancient awarenesses/cognitions? cbayer Aug 2012 #27

I consider anything on this topic ONLY a starting point; yes, Jung, primarily, but we should patrice Aug 2012 #33

Other than some reading of Jung, I am unfamiliar with much of what you are discussing. cbayer Aug 2012 #35

Jung is central, because of his presentation of what amounts to "species memory", usually known patrice Aug 2012 #38

You are way over my head here, patrice. cbayer Aug 2012 #39

If I can do it, you can do it. I'm not that "smart". I just know HOW to use what I do have. patrice Aug 2012 #41

Thank you for your kind words and I will try to learn more and talk cbayer Aug 2012 #43

Jung is a VERY good starting point. nt patrice Aug 2012 #42

Oh! another good book is Warren A. Shibles "Metaphor: An Annotated Bibliography" it may be patrice Aug 2012 #40

You mean things like supernatural events and miracles? cleanhippie Aug 2012 #28

Though I have serous problems with the mumbo jumbo going on under the heading of "miracles and patrice Aug 2012 #34

I think there is more indifference than atheism Speck Tater Aug 2012 #29

Agree. I see a huge grey area with some vague beliefs in things really not cbayer Aug 2012 #30

This is probably true. trotsky Aug 2012 #37