Millennials are less religious than preceding age groups

[DavidDvorkin]

There's hope for America!

http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=510

[SoCalDem]

1. the more people know, the less likely they are to rely on myths & superstitions

Maybe there is hope:)

[rpannier]

4. From the article

Millennials say they believe in God with absolute certainty at rates similar to those seen among Gen Xers a decade ago. This suggests that some of the religious differences between younger and older Americans today are not entirely generational but result in part from people's tendency to place greater emphasis on religion as they age.

they are slightly more supportive than their elders of government efforts to protect morality, as well as somewhat more comfortable with involvement in politics by churches and other houses of worship.

One-third of those under age 30 say they attend worship services at least once a week, compared with 41% of adults 30 and older (including more than half of people 65 and older). But generational differences in worship attendance tend to be smaller within religious groups (with the exception of Catholics) than in the total population. In other words, while young people are less likely than their elders to be affiliated with a religion, among those who are affiliated, generational differences in worship attendance are fairly small.

But Millennials closely resemble members of Generation X when they were in their 20s and early 30s, when one-in-five Gen Xers (21%) reported attending religious services weekly or nearly weekly.


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It's not that they don't believe, it's that they are more unaffiliated

[SoCalDem]

6. Well that's a good thing too.. bad for the megavangelists though

:evilgrin:

[rpannier]

2. The other end of that is

And they are slightly more supportive than their elders of government efforts to protect morality, as well as somewhat more comfortable with involvement in politics by churches and other houses of worship.

It's better in some ways.
But, I'd take more religious and more supportive of Separation of Church and State

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Yeah, that's disturbing

Perhaps it's partly a product of what they see happening currently in the U.S., but they're not seeing or hearing the objections to what's happening.

[M155Y_A1CH]

5. Had to go see what the heck a millennial is

I had never heard that term before.
For the uninitiated, a millennial is someone who has come of age around the year 2000.
:hi:

[stevedeshazer]

7. Thank God!

Oh wait....

[Jennicut]

8. Darn youngins have better things to do then attend church! As a Gen Xer

I am actually pretty religious but then my husband works for a church as the choir director and church organist. It is a left-leaning church and Lutheran. Some church members do not like that the Lutheran group our church is affiliated with allows gay pastors in but they can just back right out and leave.

[madrchsod]

9. i quit going to church when i was 13 yrs old

over the next 50 yrs my spiritualism has grown.

why do you think that i am not worthy because i am spiritual? you seem to be very narrow minded and do not respect other`s opinions or beliefs.