I'm still here, but work is chaotic to say the least. I'll be struggling to get my weekly post done for The Wise Fool. But I'll pass on this info...
The May 2, 2012 USA Today had a pie chart on belief strength in the USA. 40% claimed to be strongly religious. Get this: 32% percent claimed to be non-religious. The 40% obviously could be a blend of all religions based on the framing of the question, so it could be Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, etc. The remainder 28% were "moderately religious." The times are changing.
Also, I heard a stat on NPR's All Things Considered(?) today... non-religious is the fastest growing category of religious status.
My friends, the revolution will not be Biblicized....
Sure it will:
ReplyDelete"The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons." 1 Timothy 4:1
Everything can be Biblicized....
Of course, D'Ma, there will be a great apostasy, just as it was prophesied. :-) I'm just saying that it's not all going to go according to the book, although it might take a couple more generations before people quite realize that...
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We're kind of slow learners aren't we? It hasn't gone according to The Book in a while....I'm just catching onto that. ;)
ReplyDeleteAt least we are learning though! :-)
ReplyDeleteIf this gets out of hand, I am going back to Jesus. I HATE being in the majority !
ReplyDeleteSince when do most religious people follow Jesus anyways? Judging by the politics of the Religious Right, most biblical portrayals of Jesus are a very small part of it.
ReplyDeleteSabio, I mean this as a compliment, you will never be in the majority.
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ReplyDeleteAs prairienymph points out, I don't know if you'll ever be in majority!
@prarienymph
Too true, pn, too true. :-)
So once again, it's the moderates that are the not the majority.
ReplyDeleteAs usual. :-)
It does seem that way, Andrew, but I am not sure how long that will persist. Hopefully that'll change in a decade's time. :-)
ReplyDeleteLess interested in religious/non-religious as thinking/non-thinking. Non-thinking religious people really scare me. :-D
ReplyDeleteNow how would they phrase that question...?
No kidding Sam! I'd take a thinking Christian over any of the brainless atheists I've met. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any trend in thinking one way or another. Although, the non-thinking ones seem to be getting louder...
ReplyDelete@ Prairie Nymph & TWF,
ReplyDeleteTo be affectionately called "Majority-Repellant" has left a warm fuzzy feeling in the tail-end of the curve. Thanx.
@ Sam: Couldn't agree more. Well, wait. "Thinking" with wrong presuppositions can lead to disastrous outcomes. So I'll have to vote for good people over bad people -- I don't care about their religion or their intellect.
@Sabio
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of truth to that "good people over bad people," and that intellect and religion don't seem to matter!
Who you callin' a "brainless" atheist? Hmm? *grin*
ReplyDeleteThe older I get the more I lose of my brain. *sigh*
Ha! Zoe, you're not one of the brainless ones! Most of those I've met in person, not online.
ReplyDeleteYou've still got lots of good parts of your brain left. :-)
Now if I could just figure out which parts are still good! LOL!
ReplyDeleteThere's hope! I like to think that because of electronic communication and greater access to information, more people will begin to question their faith.
ReplyDeleteMaybe so, Ahab, but you know that old axiom: You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him think. :-)
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