7.5 Million Americans Lost Their Religion since 2012
A new survey shows in stark relief that what some are calling the Great Decline of religion in America continues: Since 2012, the U.S. has about 7.5 million more Americans who are no longer active in religion.1. More Americans prefer “no religion.”
When asked their religious preference, nearly 1 in 4 Americans now says “none.” Up until the 1990s, the percentage who were in this group known as “nones” hovered in the single digits. The 2014 GSS showed that nones are 23 percent of the population, up 3 points from 2012.
How large is this group? There are nearly as many Americans who claim no religion as there are Catholics (24 percent). If this growth continues, in a few years the largest “religion” in the U.S. may be no religion at all.
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Since we are to seek the Kingdom first I don’t think that having a religious affiliation is as necessary as maybe we would like to believe. Jesus biggest indictment against the Pharisees and Sadducess wasn’t that they weren’t religious enough, but they were not in the Kingdom and they did not allow others in either. Religion doesn’t make you a Kingdom citizen.