Ireland becomes first country to legalize gay marriage via pop vote

[StLucieBengal]

(06-24-2015, 02:05 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote:

The unaffiliated are growing faster than any other group because Christians are switching as they get older at a greater rate than the unaffiliated are losing members raised in unaffiliated households.




Unaffiliated lost 4.3% while Christians lost 19.2%.  Unaffiliated gained 18% while Christians gained 4.2%.  Unaffiliated had a net gain of 13.6% while Christians had a net loss of 15%.  The damn title in big bold letters reads Unaffiliated Make Big Gains Through Religious Switching.  Do you know what big gains means?  Followed by Catholics and Mainline Protestants Suffer Large Losses.  Do you know what large losses mean?

You claimed, "I showed that non religious lost over half of their people who became religious as they got older."

4.3/9.2=.467

The unaffiliated lost 47%, not over half.  That's 5th grade math.  And I'm being generous.  It's amusing watching you call others low class, uneducated, unintelligent, lazy, and ill mannered because they use profanity, but basic math and reading and understanding a chart are above your ability level.

The 18% is going to be high since young people are more likely to be non religious. When I was young I was not religious.... this is common. If you don't know this then you must be in your 20's

If we take away the young people. Then we can discuss any older people leaving. But it's such a small amount. But I will say the amount of divorce plays into lack of faith. Families and religion are closely tied.