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October 9th, 2012
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Survey: One in five Americans has no religionEditor's note: CNN recently won four first-place reporting awards from the Religion Newswriters Association. Read more about the awards here. By Dan Merica, CNN Washington (CNN) – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion. The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans. Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey. Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance. Follow the CNN Belief Blog on Twitter And yet Pew found that 68% of the religiously unaffiliated say they believe in God, while 37% describe themselves as “spiritual” but not “religious.” One in five said that they even pray every day. John Green, a senior research adviser at Pew, breaks the religiously unaffiliated into three groups. First, he says, are those who were raised totally outside organized religion. Survey: Protestants no longer majority in U.S. Second are groups of people who were unhappy with their religions and left. The third group, Green says, comprises Americans who were never really engaged with religion in the first place, even though they were raised in religious households. “In the past, we would describe those people as nominally affiliated. They might say, 'I am Catholic; I am a Baptist,' but they never went" to services, Green says of this last group. “Now, they feel a lot more comfortable just saying, ‘You know, I am really nothing.’ ” According to the poll, 88% of religiously unaffiliated people are not looking for religion. “There is much less of a stigma attached" to not being religious, Green said. “Part of what is fueling this growth is that a lot of people who were never very religious now feel comfortable saying that they don't have an affiliation.” Demographically, the growth among the religiously unaffiliated has been most notable among people who are 18 to 29 years old. According to the poll, 34% of “younger millennials” - those born between 1990 and 1994 - are religiously unaffiliated. Among “older millennials,” born between 1981 and 1989, 30% are religiously unaffiliated: 4 percentage points higher than in 2007. Poll respondents 18-29 were also more likely to identify as atheist or agnostic. Nearly 42% religious unaffiliated people from that age group identified as atheist or agnostic, a number far greater than the number who identified as Christian (18%) of Catholic (18%). Green says that these numbers are “part of a broader change in American society.” “The unaffiliated have become a more distinct group,” he said. CNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest stories Pew's numbers were met with elation among atheist and secular leaders. Jesse Galef, communications director for the Secular Student Alliance, said that the growth of the unaffiliated should translate into greater political representation for secular interests. “We would love to see the political leaders lead on this issue, but we are perfectly content with them following these demographic trends, following the voters,” Galef said. “As more of the voters are unaffiliated and identifying as atheist and agnostics, I think the politicians will follow that for votes. “We won’t be dismissed or ignored anymore,” Galef said. The Pew survey suggested that the Democratic Party would do well to recognize the growth of the unaffiliated, since 63% of them identify with or lean toward that political group. Only 26% of the unaffiliated do the same with the Republican Party. "In the near future, if not this year, the unaffiliated voters will be as important as the traditionally religious are to the Republican Party collation,” Green predicted. Green points to the 2008 exit polls as evidence for that prediction. That year, Republican presidential nominee John McCain beat President Barack Obama by 47 points among white evangelical voters, while Obama had a 52-point margin of victory over McCain among the religiously unaffiliated. According to exit polls, the proportion of religiously unaffiliated Americans who supported the Democratic presidential candidate grew 14 points from 2000 to 2008. In announcing the survey’s findings at the Religion Newswriters Association conference in Bethesda, Maryland, Green said the growing political power of the unaffiliated within the Democratic Party could become similar to the power the Religious Right acquired in the GOP in the 1980s. “Given the growing numbers of the unaffiliated, there is the potential that that could be harnessed,” he said. soundoff (7,763 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 Next »
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Few 100% true Reasons why Atheism is TERRIBLE and unhealthy for our children and living things:
† Atheism is a religion that makes you angry, stupid, brainwashed, ignorant & blind.
† Atheism is a disease that needs to be treated.
† Atheism makes you post stupid things (90% of silly comments here on CNN blogs are posted by closet atheists)
† Atheist are satanic and have gothic lifestyle.
† Atheists are misguided and causes problem in our religious & public society.
† Atheists are mentally ill, that's why they have no faith.
† Atheism won't take you to kingdom of heaven and paradise.
† Atheism making you agree with Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler (denied his faith later), Mao, Pol Pot & other terrible mass murder leaders who killed religious people because of their religious cult!
† No traditional family lifestyle, no holidays, no culture, boring and feeling 'outsider'
† Atheists are angry, drug additcted and committ the most crime.
† Atheist try to convert people over internet because they feel "safer" behind closet.
† Atheists do not really exist, they just pretend that they don't believe in God and argue with religious people.
† Atheists have had terrible life experience, bad childhood and not being loved.
† Most atheists are uneducated... No atheists could run for presidency.
† Atheism brought upon the French Revolution, one of the most evil events of all of history.
† Atheism cannot explain the origins of the universe, therefore God exists.
† All atheists believe in evolution, which means they don't believe in morality and think we should all act like animals.
† The Bible says atheism is wrong, and the Bible is always right (see: Genesis 1:1, Psalms 14:1, Psalms 19:1, Romans 1:19-20)
† Countries where Atheism is prevalent has the highest Suicide rate & Communist countries = Atheism!
**Only 2-3% of the U.S. are atheists/agnostics VS. over 90% who believe in God (80% Christians) in the U.S.**
† † Our Prayers goes to atheists to be mentally healthy and seek their creator † †
PS! the USA is a † nation and will always be. You know it's true and stop being ignorant and arrogant!
(Take a look at our federal/state holidays, 99% of our presidents, blue laws in parts of the nation, name of some cities/counties/streets, the majority of people, some laws, calendar, culture, etc.)
http://rightremedy.org/tracts/7
¦There is only one God and it is to Him that you pray. All others pray to false gods and idols. Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist are all lost unless they know Jesus as their Lord & Savior.¦
So, about Norway...
holy syco
You are correct, "This article is 100% false... author = IDIOT!", all of the assertions regarding atheism and prayer in the referenced text is unfounded. The degree to which the referenced text may represent truths is 0.0. To help you understand the degree to which the referenced text may represent truths, I will access my Idiomatic Expression Equivalency module (IEE). Using my IEE module, the expression that best matches the degree to which the referenced text may represent truths is: "TOTAL FAIL".
ROFL spam it more, the more you spam it, the more it becomes true!
I read that on the internet, and everything on the internet is true!
Enjoy finding that the god you follow, was always in your own mind.
And then look back on all the terrible things you said and did to people for "his" reasons.
Then deal with yourself. Your problem, not mine.
Please tell me you are trolling. Otherwise, you have some problems with your brain as you make claims that are completely untrue, as any research on the internet would have showed you.
The only kind of "trickle-down" that actually works:
"Eric" degenerates to:
"Ronald Regonzo" degenerates to:
"truth be told" degnerates to:
"Atheism is not healthy ..." degenerates to:
"Dodney Rangerfield" degenerates to:
"tina" deganerates to:
"captain america" degnerates to:
"just sayin" degenerates to:
"nope" degnerates to:
"2357" degenerates to:
"WOW" degnerates to:
"!" degenerates to:
"pervert alert" or "...."
and many other names, but of course I prefer to refer to this h0mophobe as
the disgruntled ex Evangelical Fortune Cookie Co. "writer".
I see that @Evangelical Christian has got the EvangeliCo Tract-O-Matic™ Pastoral Post Paster® out again.
But wait, there's more. ....
Just set it and forget it, ... and it regurgitates the same excrement over and over again.
Now if you think this guy speaks for all religious people then, I guess I have to wonder about the intelligence of those reading.
Okay, you can come out now. We know you're really an atheist. Good job with the sarcasm!
Putting the kibosh/”google” on religion :
• As far as one knows or can tell, there was no Abraham i.e. the foundations of Judaism, Christianity and Islam are non-existent.
• As far as one knows or can tell, there was no Moses i.e the pillars of Judaism, Christianity and Islam have no strength of purpose.
• There was no Gabriel i.e. Islam fails as a religion. Christianity partially fails.
• There was no Easter i.e. Christianity completely fails as a religion.
• There was no Moroni i.e. Mormonism is nothing more than a business cult.
• Sacred/revered cows, monkey gods, castes, reincarnations and therefore Hinduism fails as a religion.
• Fat Buddhas here, skinny Buddhas there, reincarnated Buddhas everywhere makes for a no on Buddhism.
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A quick search will put the kibosh on any other groups calling themselves a religion.
e.g. Taoism
"The origins of Taoism are unclear. Traditionally, Lao-tzu who lived in the sixth century is regarded as its founder. Its early philosophic foundations and its later beliefs and rituals are two completely different ways of life. Today (1982) Taoism claims 31,286,000 followers.
Legend says that Lao-tzu was immaculately conceived by a shooting star; carried in his mother's womb for eighty-two years; and born a full grown wise old man. "
AMEN!
Wheres my post ...MOFOS...
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nip-ple
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sh-@t.....but shat is okay – don't use the @ symbol there.
sh-it
sl-ut
sn-atch
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Athiests do not believe in God because they don't have any proof, however ask them if they believe in intelligent beings outside of the earth & see what they say...kind of ironic huh?
I don't believe in intelligent life below Delaware actually
I would try to do the math for you, but I try not to upset the slow.
Atheism does not automatically mean you believe in aliens. That being said, if there is life out there, it must be intelligent, because it wants nothing to do with us.
Huh?
So your saying believing that candles, robes, singing, praying does magical things for a fairy in the sky, is the same as thinking there is intelligent life in our universe ? thats like saying believing in santa is the same as believing there are humans on different continents ( meaning its a moronic comparison )
Why is that ironic? We have proof of how life came about on this earth, and that proof makes it possible for life to have evolved on another planet if under similar conditions. Believing in extra terrestial beings is based more on odds than anything else. We know that our solar system is but a pinpoint in our universe, believing in the likely hood of another planet being located in a habital zone is not far fetched. We are possibly finding proof that there was once liquid water on Mars, that is pretty close to home.
Probably made lots of sense in noel's head...
There is a big difference between an omniscient being (IE "god") and an intelligent being from another world. Grow a brain please, and while you're at it learn the definition of ironic because you're using the word wrong; the correct word you want is coincidence.
@ Jerry
While I disagree with that he claims, using ironic is the correct word because he is making the claim that believing in God and aliens are similar, and that it is ironic that athiests (according to him) choose to believe in one and not the other.
It's ironic only if you don't know what ironic means and decided to make up your own definition.
The possibiity of intelligent life somewhere in the universe is not an outrageous proposition. There are trillions of stars. If we look at our own solar system that's 8 planets it means a single one of those stars could possibly have as many, or more, or less. The odds of life happening on another planet is not so far fetched, but until we see proof we can only hypothesize.
The idea of god existing however is just plain idiotic.
Its about likelihood.
What's the likelihood of a personal god? About the same as a tea pot orbiting Saturn this exact moment. I can't say with absolute certainty that there isn't one but I'm not going to waste my Sunday mornings looking for it.
So, what's the likelihood of extraterrestrials? There's an estimated 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 HABITABLE planets in the universe (space.com). I don't believe that we're being visited but, based on the numbers, to think that we're only intelligent creatures here is ego-concentric beyond words.
"""Athiests do not believe in God because they don't have any proof, however ask them if they believe in intelligent beings outside of the earth & see what they say...kind of ironic huh?"""
Geez Louise, Noel, who you been hangin' with? How in h3ll did you make that connection?
It's been MY experience that believers are more inclined to accept things without evidence. A VERY religious ex girlfriend, for example, swears that bigfoot is real and follows every bit of info, every crazy interview, and every fuzzy video with childlike awe.
So far I have seen no evidence that any life at all exists outside our planet. Earth barely supports life as it is.
When I was in the Navy, I was on CV66 America Carrier heading to enforce the no-fly zone in Bosnia. One of my shipmates learned his kids were killed in a car accident. He prayed that night that God would take and comfort them and it helped him grieve. Do you think what he did was wrong or idiotic or has any bearing on his IQ?
it was a phycological crutch, if he thought chanting Mulumba Bumba would help it would
But I guess the kids are still dead correct?
A waste of time and thought, but to each his own.
Strange you might worship the being that would kill your children.
Afraid for himself I guess? How sad.
I had a friend who prayed to God to take away his pain and suffering too! For years he claimed it worked, that God visited him and with one hand took away all his hate and pain.
Then we all found out he had been molesting his children for YEARS. Why didn't god that THAT away? Oh yeah, HE DOESN'T EXIST OR CARE ABOUT OUR DAY TO DAY BULL.
I find it interesting reading the comments here from some of the posters, that appear to be full of scorn and distaste. I am surprised because you say religion an morals are separate then you post some level of hate. It is interesting to see. I think there is plenty of room for religion and science. I do not take the bible literally but as a book that teaches us right and wrong. If most of the people go to church live good lives, don't bother anyone, then does the fact they have religion make them wrong. Does an atheist bothering anyone make them wrong? I don't! I think each is living their own life the way that want. Neither should be judged stupid or any other adjectives described in these threads.
@bob – You are very compassionate.....
If prayer were helpful, TimTebow would be a great QB.
Q: If jesus is "coming", who was he fu<k1ngg?
Well 1 in 5 sounds about right, the smart people need at least 4 drones to get work done
Maybe jesus NEEDS to "come". That way gawwd could let off a little tension and lighten up. Imagine getting boned by the almighty gawwd and having him pull out for the money shot....I would be running for cover!
You seem a little fixated pal. Time to analyze yourself a little bit...
Solex.....it's you christians who keep telling us that jesus is coming.....i'm just responding to that statement. And what makes you so sure he is about to come? Maybe he has more game than you think.
Um – I'm an atheist. So you can stop with the pigeon holing, although with your mindset I am not sure you want to.
educate yourselves. Obama's got the internet kill switch and this false life you live will soon go black!
http://www.altnews.info/192/fema-concentration-camps/
Isn't that the plot of a new show that just started?
Funny, this public meltdown of yours!
Jesus as savior to the paranoid.
Interesting twist on the fable.
Up your meds dude, your crazy is showing
FEMA concentration camps? For real? You are as dumb and as racists as they can possibly come.
Heaven forbid a black man tell you what to do or act as your President! Whatever is this world coming to when whites cry away the day because someone that doesn't look exactly like them is in charge?
Actually, Eric, I believe this irrational fear mongering about the evil gov't began decades ago.
Few 100% true Reasons why Atheism is TERRIBLE and unhealthy for our children and living things:
† Atheism is a religion that makes you angry, stupid, brainwashed, ignorant & blind.
† Atheism is a disease that needs to be treated.
† Atheism makes you post stupid things (90% of silly comments here on CNN blogs are posted by closet atheists)
† Atheist are satanic and have gothic lifestyle.
† Atheists are misguided and causes problem in our religious & public society.
† Atheists are mentally ill, that's why they have no faith.
† Atheism won't take you to kingdom of heaven and paradise.
† Atheism making you agree with Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler (denied his faith later), Mao, Pol Pot & other terrible mass murder leaders who killed religious people because of their religious cult!
† No traditional family lifestyle, no holidays, no culture, boring and feeling 'outsider'
† Atheists are angry, drug additcted and committ the most crime.
† Atheist try to convert people over internet because they feel "safer" behind closet.
† Atheists do not really exist, they just pretend that they don't believe in God and argue with religious people.
† Atheists have had terrible life experience, bad childhood and not being loved.
† Most atheists are uneducated... No atheists could run for presidency.
† Atheism brought upon the French Revolution, one of the most evil events of all of history.
† Atheism cannot explain the origins of the universe, therefore God exists.
† All atheists believe in evolution, which means they don't believe in morality and think we should all act like animals.
† The Bible says atheism is wrong, and the Bible is always right (see: Genesis 1:1, Psalms 14:1, Psalms 19:1, Romans 1:19-20)
† Countries where Atheism is prevalent has the highest Suicide rate & Communist countries = Atheism!
**Only 2-3% of the U.S. are atheists/agnostics VS. over 90% who believe in God (80% Christians) in the U.S.**.
you're hilarious
Amen to that, thanks for telling the truth about Atheism.
"All atheists believe in evolution, which means they don't believe in morality and think we should all act like animals."
lol look at your poodle and tell me things can not evolve. man evolved that curly white beast from a wolf
I think we made the toddler angry.
You know, the Goths were germanic Christians, might want to edit your list.
Someone....is very hurt right now......
It doesn't appear that theism has increased your intellect or your anger management. You need to reread the Bible and learn some of its more compassionate lessons.
Atheism is unhealthy for our children. Atheism is a satanic cult.
So if you put crosses next to each line, it makes the facts of that line unimportant and your statements 100% correct?
Fact's are just something else for you to blindly ignore. Can't wait till you die and meet....
NO BODY.
Sigh. Atheism is not a religion.
The Apostles' Creed 2012 (updated by yours truly based on the studies of NT historians and theologians of the past 200 years)-->>>>>
Should I believe in a god whose existence cannot be proven
and said god if he/she/it exists resides in an unproven,
human-created, spirit state of bliss called heaven?????
I believe there was a 1st century CE, Jewish, simple,
preacher-man who was conceived by a Jewish carpenter
named Joseph living in Nazareth and born of a young Jewish
girl named Mary. (Some say he was a mamzer.)
Jesus was summarily crucified for being a temple rabble-rouser by
the Roman troops in Jerusalem serving under Pontius Pilate,
He was buried in an unmarked grave and still lies
a-mouldering in the ground somewhere outside of
Jerusalem.
Said Jesus' story was embellished and "mythicized" by
many semi-fiction writers. A bodily resurrection and
ascension stories were promulgated to compete with the
Caesar myths. Said stories were so popular that they
grew into a religion known today as Catholicism/Christianity
and featuring dark-age, daily wine to blood and bread to body rituals
called the eucharistic sacrifice of the non-atoning Jesus.
Amen
(References used are available upon request.)
Everything you wrote, is a lie and you know it.
Being an Atheist WITH a college education and an IQ of 183, I find your entire post ridiculous and a good example of why all modern scripts are written so that the average 14 year old can understand them. You're entire post is ignorant and a shining example of why many people do not wish to be associated with so called "accepting religious people." You can have your God and you can live your life focused on your so called afterlife. I'll live my life focused on my life and the people around me. We'll see who lived a happier fuller life in the end.
Oh and for the record, I'm not gothic nor am I angry. I celebrate a number of holidays and I believe family is important. I do not try and convert anyone, but I bet you are always trying to convert people to your antiquated way of thinking. I am not drug addicted nor am I a criminal, as for mentally ill I guess that just depends on who you ask. 🙂
Anyway, have a nice life, I know I will.
† Atheists have bad breath, and their body odor is not so good either (the result of eating babies).
† Atheists watch the wrong TV shows. Carl Sagan. Need I say more?
† Atheists proclaim knowledge is good. That's just so STUPID!
† You just can't potty train an atheist. He'll pee on your rug every time.
† Atheists can not be trusted between the hours of midnight and 3am. Hide your money during those hours.
† The Bible says atheists should be tenderized, sauteed, and eaten with relish. But not on Sunday, because that would be wrong.
Only 1 in 5 ?!
that's 20%, or 60 million people out of 300 million
that's quite a bit, if you think about it
but, I agree, it's not enough.
The thing I dislike about cults (and yes – ALL religions are cults) is that they take no discipline and no responsibility to be part of. All one has to say is some inane thing like "god's will" and you can excuse yourself for hatred and persecution of others.
Blaming "God" for your bad behavior is the single most cowardly act in the history of mankind. Always remember something religious people:
It's NOT "God's will".
It's YOURS.
Now that politics (Teapublicans) have so fanatically embrased religion, I can see more and more Americans becoming disinfranchised with organized religion and leaving this angry, spiteful God and the venom which His "apostles" spew forth as His true word. It's a shame moderation has left the room.
That's exactly why this is happening. The love embrace of the GOP and the funDUMBentalists is driving away the youngsters who see things they don't like in that cabal.
Hey, all you non-believers, have you ever thought of the consequences. No christianity no santa claus. Huh? You will be responsible for the economic meltdown of America, nay all of the western world! What? The investment bankers already did that? Okay then, never mind, carry on.
@ GuitarMan .... LOL ... Bravo! And then there was light? OK, I am starting to see clearly now, the rain has gone. Well ... OK ... So all that is came from that one source, and we agree we will call that one source God ... we could call it ... hmm ...a Holy Electrical Explosion, the Source of Our Belonging, Allah, Divine Mind, but for the sake of no arguments, let us call this source God. Well, if all comes from God – if everything has its beginning from God – hmm ... well ... I am still having problems with this. My brain hurts just thinking about this. God must of come from something else also. Why say, “God is the beginning?” Is there a greater force out there (in here) than God? Does God have a God? If so, should we not look to THAT God for salvation? And then ... where did this higher God come from? This is infinite, as far as I can conceive of infinity. Can you clarify this for me? I think, simply as a reference point, we may agree that no matter what we all come from a source of mathematical perfection, from an energy source so powerful we cannot even begin to measure it. If we got near it in these bodies we dwell in now, we would surely burn like the head of a match, from its pure frequency. No wait … hold on … I see … there is a God, perhaps not a personal God, but a higher source that so loved the world that he gave his …. dang! I lost that thread. Can you help? Hmm … perhaps I shouldn't bother questioning the reason why? Knowing a God does exist, or believing that that notion is a possibility, is comforting to me.There is no proof? One way or the other ... I say err on the side of caution.
If jesus is "coming", why aren't we all drenched in gawwd goo by now?
Hey, what about the giant comet coming in 2013? Magnitude -16?? Really?? Wow, that's bright!
Just trying to change the subject, and I'm too lazy to click on the science blog. Besides, I'm curious if my change of subject turns out to be a fruitcake check.
Man, am I psychic or what? (rhetorical question). Talk about "fruit cakes"! Look at who showed up... Evangelical Warning! Warning! (Is that a reference to Lost In Space? If so, my apologies, sir, for a brilliant satire of religion through the mindless view of a talking robot!)
Considering most wars throughout history started because of religion. I think we are finally heading in the right direction.
Except for the 98% or so that started because someone got greedy. 🙂
About time, eh?
Shame on you, Brooke and CNN – you are grossly misrepresenting this "religion" issue from the start and polorizing your audience already by leading us to believe these youths have no faith. The issue is with ORGANIZED RELIGION, NOT belief/faith. I have never lost my faith in God, but I do not have faith in the Catholic Church I grew up being forced to attend. PLEASE, PLEASE represent this right, youth today believe in God, not establishments (sorry GOP and Catholics...) Thanks!
In just a few seconds someone will come along and say 'then you are not truly faithful, you have turned away from god by not worshipping him correctly, and using HIS WORD baaaawwwww'. Then there will be a copy-paste of some bible quote and an insinuation that you've been deceived BY SATAN!
Thom, Allow me to invite you back to the mass.
And by mass, I mean orgy.
WARNING!!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
This article is all nonsense, idiotic and fake. Atheism/Non-religion is minority worldwide, especially in the U.S. where only 1-3% are atheists/agnostics.
Christianity make up 80% of the US population and is growing rapidly and will increase another hundred million by next few decades. Religion is going nowhere and the author of this article is mentally ill moron!!
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IN GOD WE TRUST !! More than 400,000 churches in America and new churches open every day 🙂
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WARNING!!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
This article is all nonsense, idiotic and fake. Atheism/Non-religion is minority worldwide, especially in the U.S. where only 1-3% are atheists/agnostics.
Christianity make up 80% of the US population and is growing rapidly and will increase another hundred million by next few decades. Religion is going nowhere and the author of this article is mentally ill moron!!
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IN GOD WE TRUST !! More than 400,000 churches in America and new churches open every day 🙂
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WARNING!!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
This article is all nonsense, idiotic and fake. Atheism/Non-religion is minority worldwide, especially in the U.S. where only 1-3% are atheists/agnostics.
Christianity make up 80% of the US population and is growing rapidly and will increase another hundred million by next few decades. Religion is going nowhere and the author of this article is mentally ill moron!!
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IN GOD WE TRUST !! More than 400,000 churches in America and new churches open every day 🙂
State your data source please.
And don't say "the bible".
Thought so...
Stop sniffing glue.
Oh no, not again!
Danger Will Robinson, Danger ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REvmhBO99I4