“Nones” on the Rise
The number of Americans who do not identify with any religion continues to grow at a rapid pace. One-fifth of the U.S. public – and a third of adults under 30 – are religiously unaffiliated today, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center polling.
In the last five years alone, the unaffiliated have increased from just over 15% to just under 20% of all U.S. adults. Their ranks now include more than 13 million self-described atheists and agnostics (nearly 6% of the U.S. public), as well as nearly 33 million people who say they have no particular religious affiliation (14%).
But let's not make it a habit.
above: caught by the smoking nun
h/t: NYT | The Norse Mythology Blog
image credits: Anita Kunz, "Girls Will Be Girls," via The New Yorker | "Fuzz," via DelStrange
joke credit: Australiana
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