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People in the U.S. are leaving and switching faith traditions in large numbers. The idea of "religious churning" is very common in America, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). 

It finds that around one-quarter (26%) of Americans now identify as religiously unaffiliated, a number that has risen over the last decade and is now the largest single religious group in the U.S. That's similar to what other surveys and polls have also found, including Pew Research.

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Was talking about this to a religious Christian friend of mine last week. Do you really want your religion to be associated with anger and being mean to minorities or do you want people to associate it with charity programs?

It is too much for me to ask that religion be good, I just wonder why they don't care about even being seen as good. Why don't they even have the basic level of shame we should expect from any common criminal?

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

Or any shame at all. Even common crooks are appalled by pedophiles. Christians will not only shield their priests from justice, they help transition them to other churches to find new victims.

[–] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They don't have shame because "God" is a crutch for all sins when you can just beg for forgiveness from the supposedly all merciful.

Furthermore, they can't comprehend their worldview without the existence of the Christian God.

Pair that with indoctrinations and now you got a cult!

Source: am former Catholic student studying psychology

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Why don’t they even have the basic level of shame we should expect from any common criminal?

Well put