Generation Z has twice as many atheists, research group finds

[trotsky]

https://aleteia.org/2018/03/12/generation-z-has-twice-as-many-atheists-research-group-finds/

A national research organization says it has found a significant increase in atheism among the so-called Generation Z—young people born between 1999 and 2015.

The Barna Group released the results of a survey showing that the percentage of Gen Z that identifies as atheist is double that of the U.S. adult population. Barna calls Generation Z the first truly “post-Christian” generation.

...The percentage of teens who identify as atheist is double that of the general population (13 percent vs. 6 percent of all adults), Barna reports.

Meanwhile, the proportion of each generation identifying as Christian has been dropping. While 75 percent of Baby Boomers, those who were born in the years after World War II up through the mid-1960s, are Protestant or Catholic Christians, only 59 percent of those in Generation Z, who are now between the ages of 13-18, say they are some kind of Christian.

[ExciteBike66]

1. Does it count if my 3-year-old thinks Tom Hanks is god? nt

[MineralMan]

2. This doesn't seem surprising.

It's also a generation with all members having grown up from infancy with the Internet. Instant access to information about everything will have its effect.

[Iggo]

4. Nice.

"Instant access to information about everything."

I like it!

[greymattermom]

3. More important

is whether they belong or contribute to a church. Many may say they are Christian if asked, but do they go to Church on Sunday? On Easter? Maybe midnight mass at Christmas? And, the real issue is do they show a contribution to a church on their tax return.

[MineralMan]

5. The answer for most is "No."

If everyone who claims to be a Christian showed up on a random Sunday for church services, there would be no room. Truly.