DinkinFlicka
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First and foremost, if you want to debate the existence of deities, there's already a thread for that. If you want to debate homosexuality and religious freedom, there's a thread for that. If you want to debate whether or not there is a rise in American Islam, there are PLENTY of threads for that. This is NOT a platform for inflammatory discussion. I simply want to break down the data with fellow posters who are interested in sociological trends.
I want to use THIS thread to discuss Christianity's cultural decline in the US and whether this means "open season on Christianity" or that religion itself is in a worldwide cultural decline.
I think a good starting point here is the age demographic. Here is a graph depicting a breakdown in recent years:
The chart does a good job of highlighting how the gap grows with each generation. With each passing generation, you see both an increase in non-affiliation (6, 6, 11 [oldest to youngest]) and an incremental decrease in religious affiliation (6, 7, 10). given that roughly 70% of the nation in Christian, I think we can determine who is suffering the biggest dropoff...
... which brings me to this breakdown:
Notice the stark changes in the past 5 years alone, you see two trends in opposing directions. It's very eye-opening when compared to a long terms graph spanning 30 years:
I realize this is all from the same site, but I did my research on the site itself and the data checks out.
I want to use THIS thread to discuss Christianity's cultural decline in the US and whether this means "open season on Christianity" or that religion itself is in a worldwide cultural decline.
I think a good starting point here is the age demographic. Here is a graph depicting a breakdown in recent years:
The chart does a good job of highlighting how the gap grows with each generation. With each passing generation, you see both an increase in non-affiliation (6, 6, 11 [oldest to youngest]) and an incremental decrease in religious affiliation (6, 7, 10). given that roughly 70% of the nation in Christian, I think we can determine who is suffering the biggest dropoff...
... which brings me to this breakdown:
Notice the stark changes in the past 5 years alone, you see two trends in opposing directions. It's very eye-opening when compared to a long terms graph spanning 30 years:
I realize this is all from the same site, but I did my research on the site itself and the data checks out.