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i would say seria
a lot of david packard this five science but i want to talk about
that the united states is moving away from religion
this is an interesting article where i first read this on alternet and i know
we often talk about the negative affect of the irrational blind faith in
religion in this country but i want to for a second look at things a little bit
more optimistically and if you look closely there are actually some
promising signs that american attitudes are changing in the way that there's
this kind of uh... impact of politics religion and politics and culture and i
think it's being told a little bit
by a number of things
do you agree with that louis before i go through these point-by-point even
religion is becoming less of a factor in the u_s_ hundred-percent
bachman
rick perry
have ties to christian turning in his own which is this the uc radical awesome
see that
calls for a christian takeover of america's political and civil
institutions
so there are factors that want
christianity a religion to to control all of government and politics and and
culture
positively
annie laurie dealer
founder of the freedom from religion foundation told alternet that she thinks
what's happened in europe is slowly happening in the u_s_
being anti religion or questioning religion more likely is still seen
as kind of taboo
new in many circles however it's happening more and more
and we see this any number one american religious belief is becoming more and
more fractured we see that uh... more and more we see
uh... people saying they are religious but not actually attending any kind of
services
and this is kind of
first layer before people actually consider themselves nonreligious were
actually starting to see it already
how many people do we know who claim to be somewhat religious
it's been ten years since they've been to any kind of uh... services brett
that certainly a factor
number two nine belief for the acceptance of nine belief is on the rise
as we've talked with david silverman president of american atheists about
several times there are more and more
anything it's
and if you consider agnostics or other types of
nonreligious are not particularly with the jazz groups the the number of
so-called non-believers is absolutely on the rise
and most importantly if we're going to look at the future of religion
there are more more young people who don't identifies religious and that
really is where we need to look for the future the same way that
gay marriage is less and less of a big deal to young people that's going to
filter down as those people in asian it's going to be
the kind of default starting point
and they're more more young people who just don't really see anything in
religion for that that's not cool let's not let's not have
could be
going to church every sunday as that is that what is among the kids know i think
uh... that's the impression i got while he was in when we were little so why
would it be now
the kids that drink it your bar do they go to church do they talk about it
i don't think anyone goes to church now uh...
but if you drink in your car
i don't think i can name one person
that i know
with our age
your younger
because church
more than once or twice a year
now we have friends that you
i really off the air arya aka now you just don't know about it
uh... ok at also
hate groups that often exploit religion to bash gay people or
uh... access to legal and safe abortions are contraception
are actually not doing that well there are a lot of them are hemorrhaging funds
on the whole there're still some that are doing well
but on the hold ur hand urging a lot of money and this is kind of a little bit
more lighthearted but more and more people about having friends marry them
as opposed to having a full religious service
with a rabbi or pastor
and i think again that's another indication of where we going into the
future as those people engine start to have children
so i think it's very clear that the u_s_ is going
against
being more more religious towards being less
but uh...
politically
harris at the moment its daily wanna chanthea she still half their lease
pretend to be an atheist has no chance of being the president right now