28% of Americans are now religiously unaffiliated. A new study from Pew Research looks at how atheists, agnostics and those whose religion is “nothing in particular” view God, religion and morality.
Not a new article, but I find it reassuring sometimes knowing how many people identity as not having a religion.
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I’m not affiliated. I just hate religion.
I mean why not slice the Christians up into even smaller groups? You certainly could. Then the ‘nones’ could have won sooner.
Unfortunately when it comes to us “Nones” the Christians - and a bunch of other theists - fucking love ganging up on us. They view us as an existential threat to their whole worldview, because if we can be decent human beings without a higher authority or threat of eternal damnation, they might start having to think for themselves - and they just can’t cope with that kind of cognitive dissonance.
i think a lot of this is people joining the “New Age”/“New Thought” cult and deciding it’s not “religion” because it’s not formally centralized.
“I’m not religious, I’m spiritual” they crow as they preach dogma and employ cult tactics.
religion ain’t going away folks, it’s simply changing its face.
edit to add: atheist and agnostics are a minority of “nones”. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2024/01/24/religious-nones-in-america-who-they-are-and-what-they-believe/
Only a couple steps away from anti-theism 🤩🤘🏼
¡Si, se puede!
nope. that number isn’t “atheists” it’s “atheist, agnostic, or ‘nothing in particular’”. this includes a lot of people who believe in the supernatural or paranormal but simply don’t practice a formal institutionalized religion. probably even a number of christians who don’t identify as being religious because they don’t practice piety (going to church, etc).
it’s also interesting to note that according to the article, the atheist/agnostic segment is chiefly comprised white people, and that “nones” overall tend to be men. atheism seems to be a white guy thing, and i think it’s worth considering why.
