The Rise of Religious "Nones" Indicates the End of Religion As We Know It

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5. My niece was raised in a totally a-religious home, identifies as a "none". So in her situation

it was less a move away from any one religion but a move toward incorporating a spiritual aspect into her daily life. She belongs to a number of groups. Some decidedly and solely secular, some with a decidedly spiritual take on a secular life that includes those of an established faith tradition, atheists, agnostics and nones.

She made an interesting comment to me recently. Instead of exacerbating the cultural conflicts fueled by the religious right and played out in the political sphere, she feels her generation and the one younger than hers will increasingly make them irrelevant. They just aren't issues to them.

I found that a refreshingly optimistic point of view. And one that simple demographics support.