The Nutters Are Declining Rapidly

[Minimalist]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/26...f=religion

The United States has long been a majority-Christian country, but it is by no means religiously static. In 2007, Pew Research found the religiously unaffiliated to be the second-largest religious group in the country, at 16 percent of the population.

As of 2014, the religiously unaffiliated now make up 22 percent of the American population, according to the new American Values Atlas from Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI).

"The U.S. religious landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation that is fundamentally reshaping American politics and culture," PRRI researcher Dan Cox told The Huffington Post.

Though the U.S. is still a Christian-majority country, Cox mused, how much longer will it remain so and what might be on the horizon?

[Jenny A]

With luck, not long. I hope my grand kids will see a majority religiously unaffiliated country. More likely, my great grand kids will (my kids are in their late teens).

[Minimalist]

I don't know, dear.

Lots of old bastards and empty seats. What's the tipping point where it isn't worth turning on the lights any more?

[Jenny A]

I don't know, dear.

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Lots of old bastards and empty seats. What's the tipping point where it isn't worth turning on the lights any more?

I hope you're right.

[Exian]

It was 2nd at 16%, where's it at after gaining 6 points? How big is that gulf?

[Ravenshire]

Hope springs eternal...

[404NotFound]

Everytime an old bible thumper dies and atheist smiles.

[Exian]

"...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind..."

[Spooky]

Not in our lifetime. But in the next couple hundred years, hopefully.

[Norman Humann]

One can dream...

I hope monotheism vanishes like polytheism did. The disappearance of organised religion would make the world a better place.