People in the U.S. are leaving and switching faith traditions in large numbers. The idea of “religious churning” is very common in America, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI).

It finds that around one-quarter (26%) of Americans now identify as religiously unaffiliated, a number that has risen over the last decade and is now the largest single religious group in the U.S. That’s similar to what other surveys and polls have also found, including Pew Research.

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      We don’t need a sky god to be good people.

      I’d also argue that if a person needs the fear of a sky daddie to be a good person, they’re not really a good person

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      “Religiously unaffiliated” and “atheist” are different things.

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        “A new study from Pew Research finds that the religiously unaffiliated – a group comprised of atheists, agnostic and those who say their religion is “nothing in particular” – is now the largest cohort in the U.S.”

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          That’s a better definition than I have heard previously, but atheists are still a portion of that group and not its whole.

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        And to add to this: Religion is not equal to spirituality. Left that door closed for decades.