Younger Americans are reshaping the country with a philosophy of life that rejects faith in God and organized worship at the same time defining success and morality in terms of personal happiness and economic social justice, a survey from the Cultural Research Center (CRC) at Arizona Christian University found.
The American Worldview Inventory (AWVI) 2021, an annual survey that examines the perspectives of adults aged 18 and over in the United States, found that while 57 percent of Millennials (born 1984-2002) consider themselves to be Christian, 43 percent “don’t know, care, or believe that God exists.”
Comparatively, 70 percent of Generation X (Gen X) Americans (born 1965-1983), 79 percent of Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), and 83 percent of the Builder Generation (born 1927-1945) consider themselves to be Christian, while 31, 28, and 27 percent, respectively, “don’t know, care, or believe that God exists.”
According to the survey, only 48 percent of Millennials say one should “treat others as you want them to treat you,” compared to 53 percent of Gen Xers, 81 percent of Boomers, and 90 percent of Builders.
At the same time, 38 percent of Millennials agree with the statement “you try to get even with people who have wronged you,” while 33 percent of Gen Xers, 12 percent of Boomers, and 10 percent of Builders say the same.
I have delved into polling a bit, especially after being on Zogby’s poll list for at least a couple of years, I am very VERY skeptical about polls. Almost all are psychological trickery to one degree or another. Rasmussen is generally more honest than most; and Pew research polls especially if non-political seem better as well.
So I clicked the link to read the details of this poll, a link was in the Breitbart article. The organization has been doing this poll for only 2 years; this is the second poll they have done. I looked for internals - there are not cited, other than number of adults questioned - 2000.
No internals such as:
1. How many of each age group
2. Race
3. Sex
4. Residence or location
5. Political party
6. Voter or not
7. Education level
8. Exact questions asked.
I do not believe this poll. I saw a Pew Reserach poll about 1 or 1 1/2 years ago (maybe 2, time flies) that gave all the internals, and the number of atheists including agnostics total was either 11 or 9%. About 86 or 87% believe that God exists or think He likely exists. The majority of Americans pray.
If I can find that poll, I will post it.
I think this college either doesn’t know how to do proper polls, or has some reason to try to do a bogus poll.