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Re: Losing Faith: 21% Say Religion 'Not That Important'

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spydig is not online. spydig
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13 Mar 2014 06:18 PM
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One in five Americans say religion does not play an important role in their lives, a new NBC/WSJ journal poll shows – the highest percentage since the poll began asking participants about their focus on faith in 1997.

Twenty one percent of respondents said that religion is “not that important” to their lives, compared to 16 percent who said the same in 1999. In 1997, 14 percent of Americans said religion did not play an important role in their lives.

The poll showed that these less religious Americans are more likely to be men, have an income over $75,000, to live in the Northeast or West and to be under the age of 35.

More than half of Americans still place a major emphasis on their faith. Thirteen percent of respondents in the new poll said that religion is the most important aspect of their lives, and 41 percent said it is “very important.”

The new numbers come as one of the world’s most famous faith leaders celebrates an important anniversary. Pope Francis now has a year under his belt at the Vatican, a Person of the Year title and even his own fan magazine. And the new data shows that he’s making American Catholics more committed to their faith.

According to the NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll, six in ten Catholics agreed that the pope has “renewed and strengthened my religious faith and commitment to the Catholic Church.” Three in ten disagreed.

The poll also reinforced the pope’s sky-high popularity in the United States. Fifty-five percent of adults say they have a “somewhat positive” (22 percent) or “very positive” (33 percent) view of the man previously known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Only seven percent give him a negative rating, with another quarter of respondents saying they’re neutral.

Pope Francis, who has urged a focus on humility and service to the disadvantaged, fares much better in public polling than his predecessor, Benedict the Sixteenth.

In February 2013, the NBC/WSJ poll found that only 30 percent of respondents viewed Pope Benedict positively, while 17 percent said they held a negative view of him. That poll also found that more than a quarter of Americans gave poor ratings to the Catholic Church as a whole.

The new pontiff’s favorability in the United States is comparable to that of Pope John Paul the Second. The famous advocate for human rights, now set for canonization, received a rating of “very positive” from 42 percent of respondents in a January 1998 poll, with an additional 23 percent saying they had a “somewhat positive” view of him.

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One in five Americans say religion does not play an important role in their lives, a new NBC/WSJ journal poll shows – the highest percentage since the poll began asking participants about their focus on faith in 1997.

Twenty one percent of respondents said that religion is “not that important” to their lives, compared to 16 percent who said the same in 1999. In 1997, 14 percent of Americans said religion did not play an important role in their lives.


Discuss. I want a mature discussion please.
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13 Mar 2014 06:19 PM
Credit/Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/losing-faith-21-percent-say-religion-not-important-n51256
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13 Mar 2014 06:20 PM
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13 Mar 2014 06:24 PM
@ Tap:
Yeah, sad for us. Luckily, we are still sending missionaries to Africa and parts of Asia, so our faith can live. And, most of Europe is Christian.
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13 Mar 2014 06:28 PM
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13 Mar 2014 06:29 PM
Blame the schools.

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13 Mar 2014 06:31 PM
Blame the schools.
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praise the school's for not shoving creationist garbage instead of evolution down the throats of children
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13 Mar 2014 06:32 PM
@ Scy:

Yes, the schools have much to do with this I'd think. They do teach students different things, and they hate any religion.
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Scyblocks is not online. Scyblocks
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13 Mar 2014 06:32 PM
And the Soviet Union.

They are the reason the US school system was "updated" to compete with them.

Allegedly.
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13 Mar 2014 06:32 PM
@ Berserk: Yeah, that's good though.
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spydig is not online. spydig
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13 Mar 2014 06:34 PM
The schools shouldn't make anyone believe anything, they try though. And, I support freedom of choice.
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13 Mar 2014 06:35 PM
ugh i can't even imagine having to go to school and learn all of that theist BS
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spydig is not online. spydig
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13 Mar 2014 06:39 PM
I'm sure if you were in Colonial days you'd think the other way.

Just saying.
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13 Mar 2014 06:43 PM
But we're not in the Colonial age, and not to be offensive but it's about time people started going for Logic instead of Myth, we're in the 21st century now not the 18th.
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13 Mar 2014 06:48 PM
I'll still turn to God, never the ones against him an convert to scientific stuff. I don't mean to offend them, but I'm just trying to say I'll hold out faith as long as I can.

"You may deprive me of my freedom, but never my God."
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13 Mar 2014 06:50 PM
I respect peoples beliefs, i'm not one of those, 'I'm an Atheist and if your not an Atheist your an Idiot' person, i'm just happy more people are becoming atheists.
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13 Mar 2014 08:03 PM
That is sad
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13 Mar 2014 08:08 PM
omg great!!!!! woooo!!!!
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13 Mar 2014 08:12 PM
"praise the school's for not shoving creationist garbage instead of evolution down the throats of children"

Yea because evolution is 100% proven scientific fact right? No? Oh that's right; it's a theory with no scientific/biological backing! That's unfortunate for y'all that believe in it...
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13 Mar 2014 08:13 PM
Evolution has alot more evidence to support it than creationism.
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13 Mar 2014 08:13 PM
Lol evolution has a ton of scientific and biological evidence
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13 Mar 2014 08:14 PM
I don't believe in religion.
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Zkiller11 is not online. Zkiller11
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13 Mar 2014 08:14 PM
"Evolution has alot more evidence to support it than creationism."

"Lol evolution has a ton of scientific and biological evidence"

Mhmm. Let's see it so this turns into a huge debate wherein no one wins.
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SuperJediNinja is not online. SuperJediNinja
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13 Mar 2014 08:15 PM
Religion is nesscary in America ... America would be even worst if we where all atheist
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Zkiller11 is not online. Zkiller11
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13 Mar 2014 08:16 PM
"I don't believe in religion."

...

Do I even need to explain why this sounds silly?
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