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[quote=Anonymous]I once compared notes with my niece.  We grew up in the same town and ended up at the same university, 20 years apart.

Our observations of religious practice among our peers in high school and college were very different.  When I was in high school only a small number of people (if that, at my high school) would have admitted to not being religious.  Most people attended church, at least sporadically.  In college I encountered more people who were not religious, but attendance at religious clubs and centers was pretty high.

My neice's observation was that, in the same high school and college in just the past few years, few people cared about the religion of others, including her religious friends.  Much more of a live and let live mentality. Perhaps as a result, there was little societal pressure on her school peers to attend church, unless that pressure came from families.  It's just not a part of the makeup of their lives, and they aren't societal outcasts if they admit to it.[/quote]

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