Thanks. Wow. That's really stunning. Although I am not Jewish, I have many Jewish friends, and most of them are Reform Jews. While I've noticed that the Bar/Bat Mitzvahs I've attended didn't put much emphasis on God, I think even in NYC and the NYC suburbs, where I live, it would have shocked people if the Bar/Bat Mitzvah boy/girl had disavowed God from the Bimah. (Did I write that correctly?) Aside from being appalled as a believer in God, I think allowing that was a mistake from a marketing perspective. At this point, the only group of American Jews that is growing is Orthodox Jews. Non-Orthodox Jews are intermarrying at a rate of over 50%. Even assuming that all non-Orthodox Jews now acknowledge the children of Jewish mothers OR fathers to be Jewish; and even assuming that all intermarried couples are raising their children Jewish; only one in four children of intermarried couples identifies himself or herself as Jewish. So...if belief in God is now optional for Jews — however one defines being Jewish — that's one less reason for someone to remain Jewish.
Oy vai!
For those of you still following the conversation, I also had the displeasure of attending a Purim Festival at a Reformed Synagogue in Seattle in about 2000 in which the evil guy “Haman” in the Book of Esther was fully replaced in each and every case by:
“BUSH”!