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Related: About this forumProtestants decline, more have no religion in a sharply shifting religious landscape
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/protestants-decline-religion-sharply-shifting-religious-landscape-poll/story?id=54995663The nations religious makeup has shifted dramatically in the past 15 years, with a sharp drop in the number of Americans who say theyre members of a Protestant denomination still the nations most prevalent religious group and a rise in the number who profess no religion.
On average last year, 36 percent of Americans in ABC News/Washington Post polls identified themselves as members of a Protestant faith, extending a gradual trend down from 50 percent in 2003. That includes an 8-point drop in the number of evangelical white Protestants, an important political group.
Reflecting the change among Protestants, the share of Christians overall has declined from 83 percent of the adult population in 2003 to 72 percent on average last year. In the same time, the number of Americans who say they have no religion has nearly doubled, to 21 percent.
...Results correspond with other research. The Public Religion Research Institute found that 24 percent of Americans identified as atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular in 2017, up from 14 percent in 2004. Similarly, in Gallup polls, 38 percent identify as Protestants, down from 49 percent in 2003, and 20 percent have no religious affiliation, up 10 percentage points.
On average last year, 36 percent of Americans in ABC News/Washington Post polls identified themselves as members of a Protestant faith, extending a gradual trend down from 50 percent in 2003. That includes an 8-point drop in the number of evangelical white Protestants, an important political group.
Reflecting the change among Protestants, the share of Christians overall has declined from 83 percent of the adult population in 2003 to 72 percent on average last year. In the same time, the number of Americans who say they have no religion has nearly doubled, to 21 percent.
...Results correspond with other research. The Public Religion Research Institute found that 24 percent of Americans identified as atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular in 2017, up from 14 percent in 2004. Similarly, in Gallup polls, 38 percent identify as Protestants, down from 49 percent in 2003, and 20 percent have no religious affiliation, up 10 percentage points.
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Protestants decline, more have no religion in a sharply shifting religious landscape (Original Post)
trotsky
May 2018
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MineralMan
(146,333 posts)1. Yabbut that's just their opinions, you know.
What do people really know about what they believe?
weissmam
(905 posts)2. I smell fear in the water
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)3. That fear has been around for a while.
The overall religious community is more than aware of this drop-off and is actively trying to find some way to stem the tide. The Barna Group (http://www.barna.com) has been conducting research surveys for a long time that indicate this trend. They're the most prominent religion research group out there.
It's interesting to look through their reports over time.
NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)4. Yeah but...
...are the numbers perfectly 1:1? If not then...spurious...or something that fits my narrative...and...reasons...
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)5. Their fear
It's not just the loss of white privilege that they fear, it's also the loss of religious privilege.
I call it the reality wave. Better name will be considered.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)6. Keep repeating that.
You sound convinced of something.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)7. Just reporting the statistics.
Sorry if facts upset you.