Religion
In reply to the discussion: Why does in god we trust not violate the constitution? [View all]Eko
(8,494 posts)that helped me learn something that I did not know. I agree with your comment for the whole, I cant argue with the opinion in it as I agree with it 100%. I think that any nefariousness with it with was with a few people, some congress people and legislators but for the whole Americans just sat back there as said that it was cool. And exactly like you said people think that wanting to remove it is religious persecution. How many became my question. I just thought that I would do a google search for it like "Polls on in god we trust" and you know what I found? Zero. No worries, Then I tried "how popular is in god we trust" and the most recent poll was from 2019 and had support of 53%, but it went from 90% in 2003 to 53% in 2019. 16 years a difference of 37%, 37% divided by 16 = 2.13 decrease every year. 3x2.13= 6.39 decrease since then and we have 46%. And while I realize my math really doesn't say much if we look at the percentage of people who attended a church in pretty much the same timeline we get "Americans' membership in houses of worship continued to decline last year, dropping below 50% for the first time in Gallup's eight-decade trend. In 2020, 47% of Americans said they belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque, down from 50% in 2018 and 70% in 1999." We had a 3% drop from 2020 to 2018, close to the 2% drop a year for in god we trust. From 1999 to 2020 we had a 23% drop for those 20 years, far short of the 2% drop a year but still showing a trend. I might put an excel file together to see if it is exponential like I think it is.Regardless I would like to see some recent polls, I believe most people don't care about it or don't like but of course I am biased. Regardless your statement made me go down a rabbit hole and learn more than I would of,
Thanks,
Eko