America’s Changing Religious Landscape (Christians Declining)

Pew Research Center ^ | May 12, 2015 | Staff

[C19fan]

The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing, according to an extensive new survey by the Pew Research Center. Moreover, these changes are taking place across the religious landscape, affecting all regions of the country and many demographic groups. While the drop in Christian affiliation is particularly pronounced among young adults, it is occurring among Americans of all ages. The same trends are seen among whites, blacks and Latinos; among both college graduates and adults with only a high school education; and among women as well as men.

[mom of young patriots]

Rush just made a good point that the church membership may be declining among the churches that have gone over to the dark side with regard to homosexuality etc, but he is betting that the membership in churches that hold true to the Bible are probably remaining strong.

[BearArms]

The real question is how many tepid and passive individuals who called themselves Christians have finally thrown in the towel and given up on the pretense?

That's what I've been saying for a long time. This absurd figure of "2 billion Christians" that gets constantly repeated is a crock. I'd be surprised if there were actually 500 million practicing, believing Christians in the world.

The church attendance figures for the US are also heavily suspect. Some argue that actual attendance is about half of that claimed by people being polled.

[fwdude]

The media is just dancing a gig over this news. It seems to even be eclipsing the Baltimore anarchy.