"A new survey in the U.S. shows that the number of 18-25 year olds who are atheist, agnostic or nonreligious has increased from 11 percent in 1986 to 20 percent today. Meanwhile a survey of the United States and the five largest countries in Western Europe reveals that religious belief continues to plummet in Europe, with Italy being the only country with a majority believing in any form of God or supreme being. And even in these overwhelmingly godless countries, the young are still significantly less religious than their elders."
www.humaniststudies.org/enews/
www.humaniststudies.org/enews/
posted by:
|
SF Bay Area
|
-
Re: Religious Decline in U.S. Follows Europe
Mon, February 26, 2007 - 4:45 PMThere may be hope for this country yet. The trouble in Europe is that Islamic fundamentalist are moving there and are filling the voids the non-religious have left, and in many cases are causing regression instead of progress. The Christian fundamentalist we have in this country are harmless compared to what the Islamic fundamentalist are up to, but there are not so many of them here.
