Zoom out: Only a small number of mostly wealthy nations have experienced larger losses in religiosity.
Greece from 2013 to 2023, for example, experienced a 28 percentage point decrease, Gallup found.
Between 2012 and 2022, Italy experienced a decline of 23 percentage points.
Other countries, including Chile, Turkey, and Portugal, have seen declines of a similar magnitude to the U.S. drop.

State of play: An unprecedented 15,000 churches in the U.S. are estimated to shut their doors this year, far more than the few thousand expected to open, according to denominational reports and church consultants.

A record number of Americans (29%) also are identifying as religiously unaffiliated, and 62% identify as Christians, down from 78% in 2007, according to the Pew Research Center.

Yes, but: While fewer Americans identify as Christian, faith-based communities and institutions remain profoundly influential in politics, social networks and philanthropy.

President Trump took 85% of the white evangelical vote and 57% of the white mainline/non-evangelical Protestant vote in 2024, according to a Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) survey.

The U.S. no longer fits neatly into any global category of belief, Gallup said. It has a medium-high Christian identity but only middling religiosity — a mix seen in few other countries.

What we're watching: Gen Z women are increasingly shunning organized religion, and they are leading the exodus from Christianity, PRRI CEO Melissa Deckman tells Axios.

Deckman said that, despite anecdotal stories about Gen Z men returning to church, there's little evidence that this is happening on a large scale that can reverse the overall declining trends.

The bottom line: The United States is undergoing one of the world's most dramatic cultural shifts — transitioning from a faith-centered nation to one where religion no longer defines the daily lives of most people.

it's over

I already knew this country was going to hell but Jesus Christ! I've seen what Reddit atheists worship to replace the religion-shaped holes in their hearts and I hate it all.

>>1457644
you're not american, but you do belong on reddit

>>1457644
Lego, Funko Pop, and Switch.
>>1457645
The eternal reddootfag is angry again.

>>1457648
nobody will ever think you're white, american or not an election tourist

Christcucks only have themselves to blame for engaging in blatant hypocrisy, power grabbing, greed, and anointing politicians as false prophets and saviors. Modern Christianity is less about morals and more about appearances. Something to launder your hate through so you don’t have to examine yourself or change in any meaningful way. Why the fuck would people want to be part of something like that?

>>1457706
Growing up in the South, I used to dislike Christians, but then I moved out of the US for a bit and found out that they were great people. Even the pastors were pretty cool. I realized that I didn't have an issue with Christianity, just the way it's practiced in the US. Stuff like the prosperity gospel shit is especially odious.

Brahman is within us all.

>>1457708
>prosperity gospel
This is the first I've heard of this. Sounds like some niche belief atheists (jews) would put on blast to spotlight 'how terrible Christianity is' since they're still mad over a few coins they couldn't find when Jesus tableflipped the longnose tribe 2000 years ago.

>>1457714
>Sounds like some niche belief
Bruh its Calvinism: Burger Edition and "megachurches" with multimillionaire pastors are not some obscure phenomenon. And its not like the tardcaths are any better either, they're just protestants who like stained glass windows and larping as crusaders, while jerking themselves off to actual Catholics being sent to concentration camps by Stephen Miller and his thugs

>>1457604
This is because the vast majority of Christian Americans are not Christian at all in that they steadfastly ignore the teachings he gave. Any Christian with a big house, fancy car or JEWlery is not a Christian. At best they are a misguided fool, more likely they are purposefully disingenuous. It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that people are increasingly disinterested in following a religion that is mostly just used as a front to tithe their already low wages and rape their kids.

Maybe Christianity will gain a little more respect when the people who claim to be Christian actually practice what they preach instead of just using the Bible as a cudgel.

Luke 14:33 - In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
Luke 16:13 - “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Matthew 19-21 - Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
Luke 18-22 - When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
Mark 10:22 - And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

>>1457738
Nigga yo ass need some Jesus.
I'm going to need to see one positive post from you before anyone takes your constant judgment seriously.
Until then, enjoy your sinner's life quietly, please.

>>1457727
>while jerking themselves off to actual Catholics being sent to concentration camps by Stephen Miller and his thugs

>>1457727
They actually are rare.

>>1457791
Yes? Most Latinos were actually raised Catholic unlike the evangelical-until-5-minutes-ago sedevacantist tardcath types, and those same fake Catholics are some of the biggest cheerleaders for the ICE thugs despite the fact that the whole project primarily targets actual Catholics and is being led by the living embodiment of all the antisemitic caricatures you guys believe in.
One of the central ideas of Catholicism is supposed to be universalism, its antithetical to the rabid xenophobia that drives the modern political right.

>>1457644
i just don't believe in any jewish fairy tale, whether it be kikestianity or transgenderism

>>1457604
>>1457604
>Saaaar. Join hindu pagan cow shit eating religion. We have fireworks and poop war every year. We do no work but take white man jobs for $2 a day. We very good. You need us. Come to Hindu temple we pour milk on you and you drink the holy butter cow dung gisahdidjwnaa drink.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WsPZC1-TLo

>>1457604
>The shift reflects profound cultural changes that could reshape politics, social ties and even national identity.
>politics, social ties and even national identity get worse as Christianity declines
What a coincidence.

>>1457798
Racism was actually very popular with the church until the late 1800's when dispensationalism reared it's ugly head. See also: the Crusades and Martin Luther's hot takes on the Juice.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Jews_and_Their_Lies

>>1457869
>the crusades
you mean when the christians repeatedly failed to take back the holy land in any meaningful way and stabbed each other in the back during the whole process, and then rome collapsed

>>1457869
>muh Crusades!
I'm sorry people weren't super nice 2000 years ago.

>>1457871
Actually I want to go back to when we weren't nice at all.
Christians cucking to Arabs after raping their daughters is some real dystopian shit.
Personally I blame liberalism.

>>1457873
i'm sure you're already in a position where nobody is nice to you anon

>>1457604
Spics doing to churches what blacks did to public transportation.
Mayhaps the churches should have used their influence to try and repair the social contract of the country instead of trying to ban video games, import more migrants, and make it illegal for (mainly same said migrants) to get abortions.

Also boomer lag-time in the statistics until the bottom falls out. Many such cases.

god isn't real, and even if he was, he'd be shunning his "fans" for how shitty they are. if I were god I'd divorce myself from the embarrassment that has been the human experiment, write it off as a failed attempt at making viable intelligent life and start anew. the heat death of the universe can't come quickly enough but maybe global warming induced errant extreme weather conditions can do something about it. I don't know, humans have proven to be quite adaptable and resilient to changes in their environment.

>>1457875
Do you feel personally attacked
I am bullying you?

>>1457877
>I'm mad.
>I'm mad a God.
>God doesn't exist.
OK, bro. Not my fault God hates you to the point where you're seething like a bitch about Christians.

>>1457714
It's not niche at all amongst Americans. Basically the general idea is that if you're successful in life, you must have God in your corner. If you're a poorfag, you must've done something to deserve it.
It's basically the exact opposite of Jesus's teachings, and originates in Calvinism, which is basically "God is omnipotent, so literally nothing happens without his say-so, which means everything is preordained".

>>1457893
And I've gone and overused the word 'Basically'.

>>1457604
*Laughs in Arabic*

>>1457893
>bible thumpers believing that everything is preordained
doesn't that fly in the face of free will?

>>1457896
Christians don’t know the difference between free will and blind obedience

Of course there are fewer Christains, some were ruptured when they read Matthew 25 31:46

>>1457604
Well, yeah. Have you seen what so-called christians are doing lately?

>>1457869
To be fair, things were better when all religions killed or exiled fags.

>>1457604
>Israel not mentioned once
Young people hate Israel. They're not going to go to church to listen to boomers fundraise for poor child-killing New Yorkers.

>>1458057
Israel as an extension of jews to be exact.

>>1457790
I need Jesus? I was quoting Jesus. You know nothing about him.

>>1457604
> parents dont push religion on you
> grow up ok
> make fun of it when I can
> dont push anything on my own kids
> they pickup some stupid ideology
damn maybe I should have beat my kids with a ruler and assign them bible reads everyday