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Related: About this forumRising number of Americans are switching religions
Rising number of Americans are switching religions
Russell Contreras
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/16/rising-number-americans-switch-religions
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Nearly a quarter of Americans say they used to follow a different religious tradition or denomination than the one they practice now a percentage that keeps growing, a new survey says.
Why it matters: The jump in religion-switching comes as many Americans say they no longer believe in their initial religion's teachings or, in many cases, disagree with a religion's stance against LGBTQ+ people.
More Americans also are turning away from Christianity and are seeing themselves as unaffiliated with any religion or as religious "nones," even as some conservative Republicans seek to inject more religion into schools and public life.
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h2ebits
(765 posts)applegrove
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(765 posts)GenXer47
(1,204 posts)and then I switch to Bacchus.
Sanity Claws
(22,038 posts)This part of the article, More Americans also are turning away from Christianity and are seeing themselves as unaffiliated with any religion or as religious "nones," makes me think that abandoning religion is more accurate.
Major Nikon
(36,900 posts)Although it may be true, I havent seen anything that suggests people are abandoning more conservative Christian denominations for more liberal ones or other religions are picking up the membership lost by the less tolerant ones.
I think its safe to assume the growth in religious nones category is a good mix of people either abandoning religion altogether or at least organized religion. Either way it shows people are turning their backs on those who demand they think a certain way, which is almost certainly a good thing for freedom of thought.