Well this will send the Uber Right Wing Christian nuts over the Edge

[avebury]

Millennials leaving church in droves, study finds

Released Tuesday, the survey of 35,000 American adults shows the Christian percentage of the population dropping precipitously, to 70.6%. In 2007, the last time Pew conducted a similar survey, 78.4% of American adults called themselves Christian.

In the meantime, almost every major branch of Christianity in the United States has lost a significant number of members, Pew found, mainly because millennials are leaving the fold. More than one-third of millennials now say they are unaffiliated with any faith, up 10 percentage points since 2007.

The alacrity of their exodus surprises even seasoned experts.

"We've known that the religiously unaffiliated has been growing for decades," said Greg Smith, Pew's associate director of religion research and the lead researcher on the new study. "But the pace at which they've continued to grow is really astounding."

It's not just millennials leaving the church. Whether married or single, rich or poor, young or old, living in the West or the Bible Belt, almost every demographic group has seen a significant drop in people who call themselves Christians, Pew found.

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/living/pew-religion-study/index.html

[LeftinOH]

1. The religous right is turning people away - in droves.

With so many wacked-out 'leaders' from the Christian religious right presumptuously claiming to be the standard bearers, it's no wonder level headed people want nothing to do with religion.