Is the Internet Responsible for Americans Losing Their Faith? [View all]

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Check this out:



It seems as if the ranks of the "Nones" didn't start really start gaining ground until the mid-1990's, just as the Internet was picking up steam.



Again, as the free-flow of information and ideas online became more widespread, the numbers of non-believing youth began to rise, surpassing that of young evangelicals around the turn of the century.

The following graph suggests that more liberals are losing their faith, whereas conservatives are "stubbornly clinging to their Bibles," as President Obama suggested during the 2008 campaign:



Lots more charts and graphs here:

http://www.pewforum.org/American-Grace--How-Religion-Divides-and-Unites-Us.aspx