I was raised Catholic, and it never spoke to me . . . just felt like a chore and lot of mumbo-jumbo. I stopped going to church when I was 15 and never looked back. I suppose I'm an atheist now. I raised my kids without religion playing any part in our lives.

Anonymous wrote:What do you expect when schools aren’t allowed to teach religion? We are now a couple of generations past the 1962 ruling that really took religion out of public schools. Similar things have happened in other countries after church state separation. (I am not religious by the way but I’m always surprised that people don’t see the connection).

You're right! My mom told us that she used to say prayers in public school. She said that a friend of hers, who grew up to be a presbyterian minister, used to be embarrassed to keep going on the Lord's Prayer after all the Catholics had stopped.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you expect when schools aren’t allowed to teach religion? We are now a couple of generations past the 1962 ruling that really took religion out of public schools. Similar things have happened in other countries after church state separation. (I am not religious by the way but I’m always surprised that people don’t see the connection).

Please, that is not even close to the right answer. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, so 20+ years after the ruling. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, only about 5-6% of the public identified as religiously unaffiliated. Today, that figure stands at around 29%.

I grew up in an observant Catholic family. I would light votive candles as a “treat” at church if I slept over my grandmothers house and went to church with her. My husband and I were very observant until our kid’s CCD teacher made them think they were going to hell. This combined with the coverup of pedophilia and the Virginia Catholic Churches’ swing to the right and their support of Trump has totally turned us off. And we aren’t the only ones. Many parishioners left St. Agnes because of its right wing tilt and blatant political messaging (when the Church strictly forbids political messaging). And the rest of the Christians aren’t looking great either - having their own pedophilia problems and being overtly political, and frankly hateful.

People don’t identify as religious because the US is filled with a bunch of fake Christians, Jews, and Muslims that claim to love their neighbor and peace while doing the opposite.

Bravo!

People don’t identify as religious because the US is filled with a bunch of fake Christians, Jews, and Muslims that claim to love their neighbor and peace while doing the opposite.


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This is the truth

Also why would a women be religious and obey some man . Absolutely no

Of course people are less reglious

Especially women
Religion is control run by snake oil salesmen

From the Heritage Foundation's incoming project 2025 which is horrific all under the guise of religion who would want to stay here?

Anonymous wrote:What do you expect when schools aren’t allowed to teach religion? We are now a couple of generations past the 1962 ruling that really took religion out of public schools. Similar things have happened in other countries after church state separation. (I am not religious by the way but I’m always surprised that people don’t see the connection).

Please, that is not even close to the right answer. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, so 20+ years after the ruling. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, only about 5-6% of the public identified as religiously unaffiliated. Today, that figure stands at around 29%.

I grew up in an observant Catholic family. I would light votive candles as a “treat” at church if I slept over my grandmothers house and went to church with her. My husband and I were very observant until our kid’s CCD teacher made them think they were going to hell. This combined with the coverup of pedophilia and the Virginia Catholic Churches’ swing to the right and their support of Trump has totally turned us off. And we aren’t the only ones. Many parishioners left St. Agnes because of its right wing tilt and blatant political messaging (when the Church strictly forbids political messaging). And the rest of the Christians aren’t looking great either - having their own pedophilia problems and being overtly political, and frankly hateful.

People don’t identify as religious because the US is filled with a bunch of fake Christians, Jews, and Muslims that claim to love their neighbor and peace while doing the opposite.

Anonymous wrote:What do you expect when schools aren’t allowed to teach religion? We are now a couple of generations past the 1962 ruling that really took religion out of public schools. Similar things have happened in other countries after church state separation. (I am not religious by the way but I’m always surprised that people don’t see the connection).

That's a cornerstone this country was built on. If the church can't maintain interest without using public schools then it's not much good is it.

What do you expect when schools aren’t allowed to teach religion? We are now a couple of generations past the 1962 ruling that really took religion out of public schools. Similar things have happened in other countries after church state separation. (I am not religious by the way but I’m always surprised that people don’t see the connection).

Religiosity? I believe in the church of language and you've just been excommunicated. I think it would be more shocking if more people were taking up "religiosity" than if they were losing it. In fact, that would be in keeping with our ever-extreme society.

Anonymous wrote:What do you think? This is pretty astounding, and IMHO, very positive.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/697676/drop-religiosity-among-largest-world.aspx

“ The 17-point drop in the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily life — from 66% in 2015 to 49% today — ranks among the largest Gallup has recorded in any country over any 10-year period since 2007.

About half of Americans now say religion is not an important part of their daily life. They remain as divided on the question today as they were last year.”

Thank god!

Anonymous wrote:Frankly it's because a lot of religious institutions have shown themselves to be horrible hypocrites and downright harmful. Example after example of sex abuse of children covered up, refusing to help the needy, and preaching garbage like prosperity gospel.

My own parents raised us as every Sunday church goers and not even they go to church anymore. I even sang in church choir in college but quit going.

I'm curious - Why did you quit the church choir and why did your parents stop going to church? For any of the reasons you gave above?

Frankly it's because a lot of religious institutions have shown themselves to be horrible hypocrites and downright harmful. Example after example of sex abuse of children covered up, refusing to help the needy, and preaching garbage like prosperity gospel.

My own parents raised us as every Sunday church goers and not even they go to church anymore. I even sang in church choir in college but quit going.

As a kid, I was forced to go to an awful hebrew school and use an embarrassing and ugly backpack that I got made fun of for, for years. It made me hate my religion. Now as an adult, I don't do anything religion related and am much happier. The nearest temple that would align with my beliefs takes an hour on a bus each way so even if I wanted to attend services, it's just not worth it.

Anonymous wrote:What do you think? This is pretty astounding, and IMHO, very positive.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/697676/drop-religiosity-among-largest-world.aspx

“ The 17-point drop in the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily life — from 66% in 2015 to 49% today — ranks among the largest Gallup has recorded in any country over any 10-year period since 2007.

About half of Americans now say religion is not an important part of their daily life. They remain as divided on the question today as they were last year.”

Yay! I did sense that - though not here on DCUM.

What do you think? This is pretty astounding, and IMHO, very positive.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/697676/drop-religiosity-among-largest-world.aspx

“ The 17-point drop in the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily life — from 66% in 2015 to 49% today — ranks among the largest Gallup has recorded in any country over any 10-year period since 2007.

About half of Americans now say religion is not an important part of their daily life. They remain as divided on the question today as they were last year.”