Millennials Losing Faith In God: Survey

[2ndAmForComputers]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/05/more-millennials-losing-their-religion_n_1571366.html

More young people are losing faith in God, according to a recent Pew survey.

About 68 percent of Millennials say they never doubt the existence of God, a decline of 15 points since 2007, while the number of older Americans with a firm belief in God remains stable. Millennials are defined by Pew as those young Americans born in 1981 or later.

Other studies appear to confirm this trend - more than half of non-religious Millennials have abandoned their childhood faith, according to a recent study by the Public Religion Research Institute and Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs.

Catholicism and other forms of Christianity aren't the only congregations losing ground. The study says that “one-quarter (25 percent) of Millennials identify as religiously unaffiliated.” Not only that, since only 11 percent of Millennials were raised without faith, more than half of unaffiliated Millennials left their childhood faith.

Good news.

[PDJane]

1. I actually consider that good news......

There are too many things wrong with religion as it is taught; the message of love, peace and understanding seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle.

[HockeyMom]

7. Me too

and that is how I raised them because of my own experience with Catholic school.

[cbayer]

2. Interesting trend that seems confirmed in pretty much every survey done this year.

It's the non-affiliated who interest me the most. Many of them are disenchanted with traditional churches, but it remains to be seen whether they will seek new groups or stay unaffiliated.

[2ndAmForComputers]

3. Good potential members of the Huge Silent Christian Left Majority™.

(If such a thing actually existed.)

[cbayer]

4. Not huge and not silent, but significant and likely to attract some of these people.

[kestrel91316]

5. TPTB are alarmed by this trend, hence the constant forcing of religion

down our throats. Gotta make sure the sheeple believe and obey.

[Dawson Leery]

8. +1

[dimbear]

6. Great news. And that still small voice in the night? Siri. n/t