Decline of religion

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Because they’re rejecting organized religion doesn’t make them non-religious, or even less religious. But I do understand the ‘spiritual but not religious’ identifier. When people think of religion, they tend to mean formalized worship services, adherence to doctrine/dogma, education along lines that comport with what church authorities deem appropriate, and so on. When they give up those things, but continue to believe in the god(s) of their choice, they’re still religious, whatever tag they want to put on it.

Boru

Sure, but religion plays little or no role in how these people interact with society. They are secular insofar as how they vote, how they treat other people and such. They're pretty much keeping whatever religious views they have to themselves and thus do no harm. I'll take that any day.

I don’t know how it’s possible to know how much of a role religion plays in how a self-identified ‘spiritual’ person votes. For example, someone could leave their anti-abortion church for reasons that have nothing to do with abortion and still vote against reproductive rights.

How can you determine how a person’s religious views influence their voting without knowing how they vote?

Boru