Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time
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#2Curious about how high that number is for ethnic minorities. Anecdotally, minorities (black, Asian, Hispanic) tend to be more religious.
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#3Now let's tax churches, like Frank Zappa suggested :)
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#4I am impressed that numbers are that high, looking from the outside the US doesn't look particularly religious. It might be lower still, I don't think young people answer cellphone surveys all that much.
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#5The spread of information has allowed people to form their own moralistic code and spiritual journey that doesn't rely on having an institutional infrastructure. They are choosing religions that reject elite priesthoods, a trend now going back for thousands of years starting with Zarathustra. I consider this progress.
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#6Curious about how high that number is for ethnic minorities. Anecdotally, minorities (black, Asian, Hispanic) tend to be more religious.
They also tend to be more conservative and I think that's starting to change their voting habits. A lot are leaving the left.
Edit: Ok just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not true. Minorities in this country are highly religious. Take a look at how many blacks and Hispanics voted for Trump this election.
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#7Link to the actual Gallup article is better: https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-...
Re: Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time
#8Curious about how high that number is for ethnic minorities. Anecdotally, minorities (black, Asian, Hispanic) tend to be more religious.
TFA links to the Gallup site [0], which doesn't have as much about this as one would expect, but does say that "Non-Hispanic Black adults" are at 59% and Hispanic Americans are shockingly low at 37%.
[0] https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-...
Re: Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time
#9The spread of information has allowed people to form their own moralistic code and spiritual journey that doesn't rely on having an institutional infrastructure. They are choosing religions that reject elite priesthoods, a trend now going back for thousands of years starting with Zarathustra. I consider this progress.
> They are choosing religions that reject elite priesthoods
Do you have an example of such in the modern age? I don't really see many people I know "choosing religions that reject elite priesthoods"
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#10Now let's tax churches, like Frank Zappa suggested :)
Ehhh Christian churches are some of the largest charitable donators in the world. Unless those taxes are going to the same places to help people I'd vote no. The government isn't going to spend it on things that help people and we know that.