Poll Shows Americans Are Shedding Christianity in Favor of “No Religion”

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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyath...-religion/

EXCERPT: A new ABC News/Washington Post poll confirms what we already suspected about religion in the U.S. Protestants are on the decline, people with no religious affiliation are on the rise, and the trends show no signs of reversing anytime soon. The numbers show Protestants have dropped from 50% of the population in 2003 to 36% today. Christians overall? 83% in 2003, 72% today. And in the same time span, “the number of Americans who say they have no religion has nearly doubled, to 21 percent.” The “No Religion” group includes “3 percent who say they’re atheists, 3 percent agnostic and 15 percent who say they have no religion,” which is roughly the same proportion we saw 15 years ago...

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