'Nones' Now as Big as Evangelicals & Catholics in the US

Take particular notice of the chart shown in the article (I've embedded it here also) and how steep the incline has been over the last 25 years or so. And the same with the Mainline religious on the decline. Now, of course that doesn't mean the "Nones" identify as atheist. The article mentions that it was only 22% or so of the Nones that are actual atheists, but it's still encouraging. I see this as an increase in the desire for secular rationality.

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'Nones' Now as Big as Evangelicals & Catholics in the US

Good news. I feel bad for the jews though.

Originally posted by Surtur
Good news. I feel bad for the jews though.

It's not necessarily good news for you, Surt. It more than likely will cause a shift to more 'liberal' votes. **sarcastic shocked & horrified emoji**

Originally posted by Surtur
Good news. I feel bad for the jews though.

That's cos they've hypnotized you though.

Y’all doing that thing again

Good reason for not being afraid of self-labeling as an "atheist"...

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This is good news, right?

Also, this is largely due to the internet and social media, IMO.

The news isn't good for baby jesus though.

Originally posted by dadudemon
This is good news, right?

Yes, absolutely.

But very few of the 'Nones' admit to being "atheist," just no affiliation with a particular religion.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
It's not necessarily good news for you, Surt. It more than likely will cause a shift to more 'liberal' votes. **sarcastic shocked & horrified emoji**

Left-wing=/=right wing

You can be a right-wing liberal in the classical John Locke sense (such as myself), you can be an illiberal right-winger, you can be a left-wing liberal ie. a social liberal who actually believes in capitalism with a safetynet and social liberty, or you can be an illiberal left-winger who doesn't believe in capitalism and/or doesn't believe in social liberties like freedom of speech.

Also dafuq does "mainline" mean?

Originally posted by Emperordmb
Also dafuq does "mainline" mean?

It's this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_Protestant

Originally posted by Surtur
The news isn't good for baby jesus though.

This baby dead now.

Originally posted by dadudemon
It's this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_Protestant

I wonder where I'd fall in that chart as a non-denominational Christian?

DMB cleaning house tbh

Originally posted by Surtur
I feel bad for the jews though.

Originally posted by Emperordmb
I wonder where I'd fall in that chart as a non-denominational Christian?

Probably mainline because you're not Catholic or evangelical, right?

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Yes, absolutely.

But very few of the 'Nones' admit to being "atheist," just no affiliation with a particular religion.

I would fir there too. I'm not an atheist, but I absolutely do not subscribe to a religion or religious doctrine or dogma

Originally posted by Robtard
I would fir there too. I'm not an atheist, but I absolutely do not subscribe to a religion or religious doctrine or dogma

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Probably mainline because you're not Catholic or evangelical, right?

Edit: though apparently it used to be more mainline in the early days of the Church. Apparently there were six schools of thought in the early church relating to what happens after death, four of them were universal reconciliationist, one was the traditional heaven and hell, and one was anihilationist (those who **** up just stop existing rather than being tortured for eternity)