How rapidly is religion declining in the U.S.A,?

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"Over the last five years the number of student “freethinker” groups in the US, has begun to snowball: from 100 in 2007 their number has leapt to more than 350 today, according to the nationwide Secular Student Alliance.

Their growth reflects a rapid shift in attitudes towards religion in America among young people, with one recent Pew poll finding that more than one third of Americans aged 18 to 29 now say they have “no religious affiliation”, compared with less than 10 per cent of their grandparents’ generation."

1,  Are users here - whether theists, atheists or agnostics - aware at the speed with which 
religious affiliation is dropping among young Americans?

2.  The figures are accurate.  Do not waste your time and ours by disputing them, please.
You might like to give your personal opinion as to why faith is diminishing so rapidly.
(It would be of interest, if you could identify yourself - theist, atheist, agnostic.)

🤔 Jay · Accepted Answer

Check out the Pew report.

The young folks in the USA  are not going for religion or political parties. They ain't going to be told what to think.....

They are also not marrying and having children like their parents.
And if they do have kids, the kids are not being brainwashed into a religion.

User · Answer

I know that according to the latest statistics Christianity continues to grow in population in the U.S.
It may be that the number of non-religious is growing faster - but Christianity is growing, not declining, in population.

Evidence (see page 5)
http://www.rcms2010.org/press_release/ACP%2020120501.pdf

Your evidence only indicates that young people eschew religious belief - not that religion is in decline.  My evidence shows plainly that Christianity, at least, is *not* in decline in the U.S.  (Nor are some other religions, as the data clearly indicates regarding Islam and Judaism.)

Splash Frog · Answer

Not rapidly enough.. I mean, take a 10 second gander at Fox News.. That is proof enough that we Americans are simply retarded enough to still believe in such trivial things like religion..

Ruth · Answer

It's not growing as rapidly as athiests say it is.  Last I read atheism stood at less than 1% of the earths population.  You people are dreamers.

Siddhanth · Answer

Dear Ben,

I thumbed down, because you did not answer the question.

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Dear jotacar,

There isn't a specific number of people, and therefore, we can't tell. However, I am guess it is going down slowly as education gets better. However, families and churches who are strictly religious will stop that from happening, unfortunately.

Tigger · Answer

The number of non-denominational Christian churches has been growing for some time.. What is your point?

Anonymous · Answer

I don't know why it's declining in the U.S. (it's probably because of fundamentalism).But it's worth noting that Christianity is growing in other countries, such as China and South Korea.

"China On Track To Become World's Largest Christian Country by 2025":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/22/china-largest-christian-country_n_5191910.html

"The number of Christians in Communist China is growing so steadily that it by 2030 it could have more churchgoers than America"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10776023/China-on-course-to-become-worlds-most-Christian-nation-within-15-years.html

Tony · Answer

People just aren't going to believe in dogmatic join-or-burn style religions, and once they realize how those are, they tend to take a rational view and stay away from religion in general. However, religion is still a vital part of American politics, which is rather ironically the one field that should never have anything to do with religion

Take these Words · Answer

It's picking up steam.  The internet is helping.

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How rapidly is religion declining in the U.S.A,?

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