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AnswersInGenitals
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Message 16 of 50 (849699)
03-18-2019 2:17 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by RAZD
03-16-2019 11:53 AM


Becomning less or more religious?
This site about the survey makes the following statement: “If you break it down over five-year chunks, each age group is a little less religious than the one before it,” he said.
One question I always have when I see results like this is whether it really implies that the country will become less religious every five years or that each age group become more religious as they age (or some combination of the two).

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Message 21 of 50 (849708)
03-18-2019 4:57 PM
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03-18-2019 3:07 PM


Re: Becomning less or more religious?
I would like to see a long term study that exams how religious and other attitudes change with age. I remember reading about a study and analysis (I think by Brookings Institute, but that is just a guess) that found that in the past teenagers of Southern evangelical groups would typically be rebelious, even rejecting their parents churches, but that once they matured and married and entered careers they returned to their parents churches and beliefs. This study then found that for a great many of those teenagers this was no longer the case. Because they are now typically going off to college, getting married and starting families later, and are moving away from their place of birth and families to find better jobs, they are remaining separated from their parents churches and beliefs, sometimes to the point of becoming agnostics or atheists.

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