06-23-2015, 08:37 PM
(06-23-2015, 08:12 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: You said that Atheists dropped 50% when someone linked the study. According to their link, they increased by 100%.
Also, According to the graphic you supplied, "unaffiliated" had a net increase of 147%. It's almost like you ignored the "entered group" column and the subsequent columns that then showed the net result.
It should also be noted that 18% of Americans went from a religion to no religion while only 4.3% of Americans went from no religion to a religion.
I would say that you either misread that or are attempting to be dishonest in your assessment by ignoring the huge gains made by unaffiliated that greatly offset the losses.
You also misread the generational difference as "going to religion when you get older". The reality is newer generations are less likely to grow up in a religion and less likely to identify with one. In fact, it even says "people in older generations are increasingly disavowing association with organized religion".
So...
Yes but.... Look at the chart showing that as we get older we go from no religion to religion. Negating any gain that young people give non religious.
You can't ignore the fact that as we get older we find religion.
