Big Shift Happening In America Concerning Religion
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:57 pm
And I doubt there'll be any stopping it.
Politicians are seeing the Christian right’s once-formidable influence diminish, while increasingly vocal secularists are looking for politicians to end the unconstitutional pandering to religions. Groups such as the Secular Coalition for America are stepping up their lobbying and giving a political voice to the “nones.
Membership in secular and skepticism advocacy groups is at an all-time high. The Secular Student Alliance, which had 50 affiliate groups in 2006, now has 408 groups, including a chapter at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
While some people successfully managed to dupe Americans during the Cold War by falsely conflating atheism and communism, this bogeyman is no longer effective to malign nonbelievers. Since 9/11, radicalized religion has come under the microscope as the greatest threat to civilization.
The Internet is another variable that is likely contributing to the decline of religiosity. There is a reason that small religious groups have often tried to isolate themselves from outsiders. Exposure to dissenting opinions can be toxic to one’s religious convictions.
The vast majority of the world’s population disagrees with your religious affiliation — regardless of your religious affiliation) — and our increased interconnectedness exposes us to opposing views like never before Jeremy Fejfar : 'Nones' watch their numbers swell
Politicians are seeing the Christian right’s once-formidable influence diminish, while increasingly vocal secularists are looking for politicians to end the unconstitutional pandering to religions. Groups such as the Secular Coalition for America are stepping up their lobbying and giving a political voice to the “nones.
Membership in secular and skepticism advocacy groups is at an all-time high. The Secular Student Alliance, which had 50 affiliate groups in 2006, now has 408 groups, including a chapter at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
While some people successfully managed to dupe Americans during the Cold War by falsely conflating atheism and communism, this bogeyman is no longer effective to malign nonbelievers. Since 9/11, radicalized religion has come under the microscope as the greatest threat to civilization.
The Internet is another variable that is likely contributing to the decline of religiosity. There is a reason that small religious groups have often tried to isolate themselves from outsiders. Exposure to dissenting opinions can be toxic to one’s religious convictions.
The vast majority of the world’s population disagrees with your religious affiliation — regardless of your religious affiliation) — and our increased interconnectedness exposes us to opposing views like never before Jeremy Fejfar : 'Nones' watch their numbers swell
