[. . .] * Religiously unaffiliated Americans out number Catholics and Protestants According to the British Social Attitudes * American congregations are aging, and surveys, their numbers fell from 40 per cent the unaffiliated are comparatively young of the population in 1983 to 29 per cent in and becoming more secular 2004 and 17 per cent last year. * Religious intermarriage is on the rise While in America, which remains home to * U.S. census doesn’t keep track of statistics more Christians than any other country in on religion, so there are no official statistics the world, the percentage of adults who on the religious makeup of the U.S. public describe themselves as Christians “dropped by nearly eight percentage points in just Distribution of Christian population by seven years to about 71 percent” . . . at the region same time, the share of those “who are not affiliated with a religion has jumped from * Americas: 804 million 16 percent to about 23 percent” in the * Europe: 566 million same time period according to a Pew * Sub-Saharan Africa: 516 million Research Survey. * Asia-Pacific: 285 million * Middle East-North Africa: 13 million So the problem lies between the Even as their numbers decline, American corporations secularizing Easter for profits Christians - like the U.S. population as a and the drop in those who describe whole - are becoming more racially and themselves as Christians. Will this ever ethnically diverse. The conclusions I’ve change? As far as the corporations go reached on the decline of religion isn’t towards secularizing Easter for financial gains, I doubt it. The drop in those claiming because there are more unbelievers to be religious? I think that those who claim (although this is partially true) but to be religious will always be the dominant because of; more so than those who attend church So u r ce : T H E BL O G 03/28/2016 01:17 pm ET Updated Dec 06, 2017
[. . .] According to the British Social Attitudes surveys, their numbers fell from 40 per cent of the population in 1983 to 29 per cent in 2004 and 17 per cent last year. While in America, which remains home to more Christians than any other country in the world, the percentage of adults who describe themselves as Christians “dropped by nearly eight percentage points in just seven years to about 71 percent” . . . at the same time, the share of those “who are not affiliated with a religion has jumped from 16 percent to about 23 percent” in the same time period according to a Pew Research Survey. Even as their numbers decline, American Christians - like the U.S. population as a whole - are becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. The conclusions I’ve reached on the decline of religion isn’t because there are more unbelievers (although this is partially true) but because of; * Religiously unaffiliated Americans out number Catholics and Protestants * American congregations are aging, and the unaffiliated are comparatively young and becoming more secular * Religious intermarriage is on the rise * U.S. census doesn’t keep track of statistics on religion, so there are no official statistics on the religious makeup of the U.S. public Distribution of Christian population by region * Americas: 804 million * Europe: 566 million * Sub-Saharan Africa: 516 million * Asia-Pacific: 285 million * Middle East-North Africa: 13 million So the problem lies between the corporations secularizing Easter for profits and the drop in those who describe themselves as Christians. Will this ever change? As far as the corporations go towards secularizing Easter for financial gains, I doubt it. The drop in those claiming to be religious? I think that those who claim to be religious will always be the dominant more so than those who attend church So u r ce : T H E BL O G 03/28/2016 01:17 pm ET Updated Dec 06, 2017
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