U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority For The First Time

[tumbling.dice]

Thank God, finally some good news.

In 2020, 47% of U.S. adults belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque. That's down more than 20 percentage points from the turn of the century and appears to be primarily due to the rise in Americans with no religious preference.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-below-majority-first-time.aspx

[6-eyed]

This is troubling news. Most people aren’t smart enough to be atheists. To be a good atheist, you have to be your own god. When unintelligent people don’t follow God, the State becomes their god. As a result, they become Democrats. The state, the media, and the government becomes their holy trinity.

[Meliai]

Never heard of her

[6-eyed]

Meliai oooohhhh burnnnnn
Did your German girlfriend help you come up with that one?

[SpaceMan]

if government is her god she needs to read that bible a lot more and learn how the supreme court works

[Audiogen]

I wonder if spiritual but not religious beliefs are considered "nones" in the poll. It was unclear to me that the irreligious was comprised entirely of Atheists and Agnostics.

It seems to me like there are a lot of beliefs now which I would broadly classify as Pagan. They don't follow the Abrahamic religions but they still practice or ascribe to folk traditions, magick, or other beliefs which invoke the supernatural. The decline in religious membership roughly corresponds with the popularization of alternative "new age" beliefs, although the decline becomes much more sharp and steady around the time the New Atheists came about.

[Din Djarin]

Here there's already a difference being made between people that identify as christian but are not church going or a member of any church community and the classic church going christian. But even a lot of the church goers are pretty reasonable I guess our public education system is for a large part to thank for that

[Din Djarin]

Thank God, finally some good news.

In 2020, 47% of U.S. adults belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque. That's down more than 20 percentage points from the turn of the century and appears to be primarily due to the rise in Americans with no religious preference.


https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/...irst-time.aspx

I assume with God you mean the Almighty Flying Spaghetti Monster?

[tumbling.dice]

I assume with God you mean the Almighty Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Of course. May you be touched by His noodly appendage.

[Pete's Draggun]

The spaghetti monster always me think of something that Godzilla would fight.

Spaghetti kinda resembles Hedorah.

[Pete's Draggun]

Thank God, finally some good news.

In 2020, 47% of U.S. adults belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque. That's down more than 20 percentage points

It's about time

[tumbling.dice]

The spaghetti monster always me think of something that Godzilla would fight.

Spaghetti kinda resembles Hedorah.

Sacrilege! Ye shall be burnt at the stake!

[Pete's Draggun]

Ouch....... that's ?

[Undies]

so as a worshipper of the state, is monday my sabbath now?

[tumbling.dice]

so as a worshipper of the state, is monday my sabbath now?

April 15th is your highest holy day too.

[Audiogen]

I assume with God you mean the Almighty Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Of course. May you be touched by His noodly appendage.

Oh yah, forgot about that faith. Pastafarian is surely the fastest growing religion in the US.

[Din Djarin]

so as a worshipper of the state, is monday my sabbath now?

Shomer shabbaz!

[6-eyed]

The OP's chart is off and inaccurate. Church and cult membership is at an all time high.

The data from the chart did not include the Church of Wokeness. Many on this site are members.

[Audiogen]

The OP's chart is off and inaccurate. Church and cult membership is at an all time high.

The data from the chart did not include the Church of Wokeness. Many on this site are members.

Church of Wokeness might be a bit more literal than I believe you intended. Some of the comments to this video mention leaving the church due to wokeness being preached.


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