A 2012 Pew study, for example, found this faction to be the fastest - growing «religious» group in America and determined that one in five Americans
now identify with no religion.
Also, how moral are many people who
identify with religion??? I see a lot of hatred amongst men with different religions, right here on this Belief Blog... So how is religion helping here?
Researchers undertook two extensive surveys in 2007 and 2014 and found that the number of Americans who
identify with no religion grew by more than 6 percentage points during those seven years.
For those who may not truly be all that into their own religion and
only identify with that religion because they were forced into it by their parents / family, these billboards are reaching out to them as well.
Fourth, religion is understood as a key aspect of racial / ethnic identity, particularly among those teens who
identified with a religion other than Christianity.
DeWitt is now an avowed atheist, and his audiences are made up of religious «nones,» the growing number of Americans who are atheist, agnostic, humanist or just plain disinterested
in identifying with a religion.
If I had to
identify with some religion I suppose it would be Christian.
Evangelical leaders constantly warn that young people are deserting churches; pastors struggle to address changing views on homosexuality; and others wonder how evangelicals can remain relevant when a growing number of Americans refuse to
identify with any religion.
Best Series (nominated by Ashley P): NPR with «Losing Our Religion,» a weeklong look at the growing number of people who say they do not identify with a religion
For what it's worth, I'm not Catholic, I don't
identify with any religion and I'm a card - carrying scientist.
I don't necessarily defend a lack of knowledge about other religions (I scored 15 out of 15 on Pew's sample quiz on their site), but neither do I see it as relevant to compare the (implied) question «Do
you identify with A religion (or faith in God)» with «what is your general knowledge about ALL religions», and presume this is going to generate a meaningful result.
Jesus reveals a free God, who is uncoopted and uncontained by
those identified with religion This God is free to hear the cry of the outcasts against the guardians of religious society This God is not under the power of Brahman but is free to hear ones against Brahmans and other upper castes and side with the Dalits, who are ousted from the Temples and who are denied the right to study the Scriptures.28
Showing that alot of religious people (who some atheists would call brainwashed idiots) are nice and charitable people who just happen to
identify with a religion.»
But, as I became older I found
myself identifying with the religion less and less.
If I believe that Catholicism is true, then I believe it and choose to
identify with that religion.
... the number of Canadians who do not
identify with any religion has been rising rapidly in recent decades, going from 4 % in 1971 to nearly a quarter (24 %) in 2011.