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muriel_volestrangler

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34. And yet, when we look at figures, we see there was no 'cycle'; it's a steady decline
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 03:25 PM
Oct 2019
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1690/religion.aspx

50 years ago, 4% of Americans told Gallup they had no religion. 20 years ago, it was 8%. In 2018, it was 20%.

"a more Catholic crisis than a Protestant one"? In those years, Protestants have fallen from 64%, to 52%, to 35% (you can arguably add "Christian (nonspecific) " figures of 2% for 1999 and 10% for 2018 to Protestant, but really, that means "non-Catholic" ). . For Catholics, 27% to 27% to 22%. Any way you look at it, Protestant figures have fallen more.

Douthat is just making shit up, and trusting there are some readers who have 'faith' in him.

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ugh. Douthat is horrible. a "bothsideserist" NRaleighLiberal Oct 2019 #1
No, he's a hardcore Catholic. And Republican, for that matter. muriel_volestrangler Oct 2019 #33
A Downward Spiral Cartoonist Oct 2019 #2
How many fingers? guillaumeb Oct 2019 #8
I use all my fingers Cartoonist Oct 2019 #10
I use most of my fingers when playing guitar. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #11
I'm getting old Cartoonist Oct 2019 #12
True. And Word is so much easier than was the typewriter. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #15
Religion will thrive as long as it serves the needs of the American oligarchs. Midnight Writer Oct 2019 #3
You keep clinging to whatever hope you can, g. trotsky Oct 2019 #4
Oh holy shit, I didn't even notice. trotsky Oct 2019 #5
Channeling a wingnut zealot who is a homophobic racist Major Nikon Oct 2019 #13
The g-man sure has a long, sordid history of finding deplorables to echo here. trotsky Oct 2019 #17
I'm telling you Trotsky, he posts shit like this on purpose. Mariana Oct 2019 #22
Hard to believe he can enjoy being humiliated like this over and over. trotsky Oct 2019 #25
The author of that is a reactionary voice who has lost MineralMan Oct 2019 #6
Delusion is thinking an opinion is reality. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #9
You promoted a right-wing bigot's work, g. trotsky Oct 2019 #16
Non-responsive reply. MineralMan Oct 2019 #18
I understand your need to feel that way. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #20
What a silly thing to say... MineralMan Oct 2019 #21
If you think a homophobic racist is irrelevant, you must be delusional Major Nikon Oct 2019 #14
Well, see...hmm... MineralMan Oct 2019 #19
On GD a column by Douthat edhopper Oct 2019 #7
Ross Douthat is Republican fuckstick. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #23
In all fairness this trainwreck was not sourced from religion news service. Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #24
Why are you posting True Blue American Oct 2019 #26
The empty churches in Ohio are astounding. erlewyne Oct 2019 #27
I pass 3 Churches True Blue American Oct 2019 #30
Lebanon, eh? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #31
Family there. True Blue American Oct 2019 #32
Mineral Man EmeraldCoaster Oct 2019 #28
MM exposes his own opinions. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #29
And yet, when we look at figures, we see there was no 'cycle'; it's a steady decline muriel_volestrangler Oct 2019 #34
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