Survey Reveals Nation's Unchurched Has Doubled in Last Decade (America, atheist)

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religi...y/1297155.html

Survey Reveals Nation's Unchurched Has Doubled in Last Decade
Charisma News Service

The proportion of Americans who claim no religious affiliation has doubled in the last decade and now stands at 16 percent of the population. That's some of the findings of a new study on religious identity, which noted that only Catholics (24 percent) and Baptists (17 percent) outnumber the people who don't identify themselves with organized religion, "The Los Angeles Times" reported. Based on telephone interviews with more than 10,000 people, the nationwide survey by the Institute for Jewish & Community Research in San Francisco said about one in six answered "none" or "no religion" or described themselves as secular, humanist, ethical-culturalist, agnostic or atheist. Their ranks will continue to grow, and they'll soon outnumber Baptists, said Gary Tobin, president of the institute and a co-author of the study titled "The Decline of Religious Identity in the United States." Residents of the West lead the nation in the proportion of those who don't identify with a religion -- 24 percent compared to 14 percent for the rest of the country, except New England, which had 21 percent. Men are less likely to identify with a religious denomination than women, 20 percent to 13 percent. The study also found that those raised without a religion are much more likely than others to have children who have no religion. And in mixed-religion families, children reared in both parents' religions are more likely not to choose any religion

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[linwood]

Here`s an interesting map I found awhile back at USA Today.
It gives a break down of religiosity state by state.

Have a look.

http://www.usatoday.com/graphics/new...gion/flash.htm

[Rex]

Originally Posted by linwood

Here`s an interesting map I found awhile back at USA Today.
It gives a break down of religiosity state by state.

Have a look.

http://www.usatoday.com/graphics/new...gion/flash.htm

great find!!!