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Posted on 03/18/2024 7:05:19 PM PDT by Morgana
A strong majority of U.S. adults believe religion is losing its influence in public life, a new Pew Research Center survey found.
Overall, 80 percent of U.S. adults say religion’s role in American life is shrinking, “a percentage that’s as high as it’s ever been,” according to the poll report. Nearly half (49 percent) say the decline of religious influence in public life is a “bad thing.” Eight percent say religious influence is “growing and this is good.”
Only 6 percent say religious influence is “growing and this is bad,” and 13 percent say religious influence is “shrinking and this is good.”
A little over one in five Americans feel neutral about religious influence on public life, the poll found. Three percent say it is “growing and this doesn’t make a difference,” while 18 percent say it is “declining, and this doesn’t make a difference.”
Other polls in recent years have found that Americans perceive a decrease in religious influence in the United States and place less value on their children sharing their religious views. Other polls show that church attendance and general belief in God have dropped in the U.S. during the past few years.
A Wall Street Journal-NORC poll in March 2023 notably found that the percentage of Americans who said patriotism, religious faith, family, and other traditional American values are “very important” is on the decline.
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Christian religion anyway, Paganism is growing like weeds.
Sadly.
Heartbreaking.
I do not believe it,only a little...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtdhWltSIg
Yes it is. Covid lockdowns had a lot to do with it, many left and never went back to church.
I wonder how much it’s true for young people. Us old fogies in here and in the USA still attend church but I wonder how many Gen Z’s do?
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