Soon it may not be, according to a USA Today article (via Yahoo! News).
The National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago’s 2002 survey noted Americans who say that they belong to one of Protestant denominations are only 52%, down from 62% around 1993. A controversial thing is that this number included Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), which accounted for 2%, as protestants. Among immigrants, only 25% were protestants.
On the other hand, the proportions of Roman Catholics and Jews stayed about the same, 25% and 2% respectively. Other religious groups, including Muslims, Orthodox Christians, Buddhists and Hindus rosed to 7%.
Also, another interesting trend was that 27% of those born in 1980 or later claim they have “no religion”.
I was kind of shocked that it was that low among immigrants because I see Korean protestants all the time. So, it’s obvious that Koreans aren’t even close to making a dent in the big picture.
So, the growth of secularism in the U.S. (and the world) and the increasing fanaticism among some religious fundamentalists do have bases in the statistics, and the trend is telling me that it will get worse.
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