the American Physical Society –
The team took census data stretching back as far as a century from countries in which the census queried religious affiliation: Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.
“in a large number of modern secular democracies, there’s been a trend that folk are identifying themselves as non-affiliated with religion; in the Netherlands the number was 40%, and the highest we saw was in the Czech Republic, where the number was 60%.”
A recent poll showed that only 14 percent of Canadians think that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years.
I don’t think America is becoming more religious. As a college student who knows many people across this country at institutions of higher education, most of them don’t believe in a god. As these younger generations grow up and make it into political office, religion will decline in civilized areas even more. I guarantee I’ll see the first president of this country who puts agnostic (or hopefully atheist) as their religious belief rather than Christian.
According to a 2007 Pew poll, the number of “non-affiliated” Americans was 16.1%, up from 8% just one decade before. This number is nearly 25% in the under 25 age group. And 55% of those who self-identify as “atheists” are under 35. So yes, the trend is that America is getting less religious and more and more young people in particular are turning away from religion.
http://religions.pewforum.org/reports
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/23/study-religion-may-head-toward-extinction-in-many-western-countries/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12811197
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Do You Think Religion Is Fading Not Only Around The World, But In America Too?
Posted on March 27, 2011.
I sure hope it is fading. It’s about time.
what fades to nothing, and kinda like the
moon and stars do whenever the sun comes,
is law: ministration of condemnation & death;
which is noted for us in 2Corinthians 3, also in
1Cor 13:8 … Col 2:14 … Heb 8:13 … Rev 22:21
Most societies see an increase in religious commitment shortly before they slump into a terminal decline. Rome lost the plot shortly after it acquired Christianity; Islam did for the millennium-old dominance of Baghdad.
America’s time has come.
Believers may bury their heads in the sand when God is a no-show at natural disasters, but many people put two and two together.
its fading because science has given us other answers than God
your situation is biased towards higher educated people.
what about those who can’t/didn’t pass high school?
the trend shows that atheism is on the rise…. which is phenomenal
Amen. I cant wait for the poll numbers after 2012.
Stop Asking Me The Question
sounds like you answered your own question
yes
idk…i think….DAMN i sure hope so!
Religion is fading because of the bad things it has done in the name of God…whose name they do not know or use (Jehovah)……the bible clearly foretells the events that are to take place Matthew 24….2 Timothy 3……Matthew 24:14….Psalms 37:11…etc…etc…etc…1 Corinthians 4:4 is the reason why so many are misled…..everybody is blaming God …but it is NOT God….yes, He is allowing it …but not for much longer…..study your Bible and ask for a pure heart and to be lead in the right direction
End times?
Matthew 24
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.