Is this because they have lost all faith in a God who would let AIG and Bernie Madoff sink their 401(k)s and condemn them to an old age as Wal*Mart greeters?
--- On Fri, 4/10/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Xians down to 77%!
> To: "lbo-talk" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 2:07 PM
> <http://www.gallup.com/poll/117409/Easter-Smaller-Percentage-Americans-Christian.aspx>
>
> This Easter, Smaller Percentage of Americans Are Christian
> Americans more likely now than in previous decades to say
> they have no religious identity
>
> by Frank Newport
>
> PRINCETON, NJ -- The percentage of Americans who identify
> with some form of a Christian religion has been dropping in
> recent decades, and now stands at 77%, according to an
> aggregate of Gallup Polls conducted in 2008. In 1948, when
> Gallup began tracking religious identification, the
> percentage who were Christian was 91%.
>
> ....
>
>
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