Religious Trends

Both Knoxville and Chattanooga in top three. Barna.org

Gallup editor: “Americans’ level of religiosity to increase over the next 20 years because the number of Americans 65 and older will double over the next 20 years.”

“New research shows that Catholics now report the lowest proportion of ‘strongly affiliated’ followers among major American religious traditions, while the data indicates that evangelicals are increasingly devout and committed to their faith.” WP Story

What China’s Seven New Rulers Mean for Its 80 Million Christians

“…the nominals are becoming the nones.”

“[T]here is movement in religious identification that should cause us to consider three ramifications….”

Opinion Matters survey: “52 percent of U.K. adults believe UFO evidence has been covered up because widespread knowledge of their existence would threaten government stability, as opposed to 44 percent who say they believe in God.”

“A recent Pew Research Center poll shows that nearly one-fifth of all U.S. adults, including over 30% of adults age 30 and under, now list their religious affiliation as ‘none.’”

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Seven Common Comments Non-Christians Make About Christians

“A new Ohio State University study of Amish communities in the United States and Ontario, Canada, shows explosive growth taking place…”



This is not about being “right” or “wrong” on an issue. This is about menacing and bullying people into conforming or paying the price. It’s about the bastardization of the word “tolerance” in our society, to the point where the word no longer means “live and let live” or “let people be who they are”; the word has become distorted in a very unhealthy way.