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Old 12-25-2009, 12:12 PM   #22 (permalink)
dippin
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Originally Posted by Willravel View Post
Well, that's not necessarily true. Still, well over 80% of American are Christian and of that well over half regularly attend church. A recent Gallop poll had the number of atheists still in the single digits, with Jews and Muslims trailing us. On top of that, a majority of human beings on the planet self-describe as Christian.

As for the idea that the United States is a Christian nation, whatever. As long as people don't act stupid (like teaching mythology in public science classrooms or try to enact religious laws), I don't care at all. Believe in whatever you want.
Im not sure what the data source in that link is, but they seem to point to short term fluctuations. I was referring to long term trends:

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