Low retention rate among atheists.
May 26, 2024 at 10:46 pm
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2024 at 10:48 pm by Peter37.)
In 2012, a Georgetown study indicated that only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an atheist household remain atheists as adults.
It seems that the majority of people raised as atheists, upon becoming adults, leave "the faith", and embrace faith in a Creator God.
Pew Research has indicated that Christianity's retention rate, by contrast, is over 80% in many countries, and even near 90 in some instances%: "Among people ages 30 to 49, the average country had a Christian retention rate (the percentage of people raised Christian who still identify as Christian) of 87%."
Why is Christianity's retention rate so high, and atheism's retention rate so low? Isn't that consistent with Christianity being true, and atheism false?
It seems that the majority of people raised as atheists, upon becoming adults, leave "the faith", and embrace faith in a Creator God.
Pew Research has indicated that Christianity's retention rate, by contrast, is over 80% in many countries, and even near 90 in some instances%: "Among people ages 30 to 49, the average country had a Christian retention rate (the percentage of people raised Christian who still identify as Christian) of 87%."
Why is Christianity's retention rate so high, and atheism's retention rate so low? Isn't that consistent with Christianity being true, and atheism false?
