Nearly Half Of Americans Change Their Religion
An article written by The Atheist Jew (sourced from a Reuters article) reveals that 44% of American adults have changed their religion from the one they were raised up with.
The majority of those people converted from a religion to some form of non-religion (whether it be atheism or a form of theism), and the Jehovah’s Witnesses saw the lowest retention rate, with only 37% of followers staying with the religion in adulthood.
Not surprisingly, the Protestant churches are gaining in numbers due to the relaxed approach, and the Hindu religion (which is also pretty relaxed) is retaining 84% of it’s members.
Some pretty interesting facts and figures.
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I simply abandoned mine. Have been a happy man since.
yeah, i gave up roman catholisism and moved to nihilism at age 13. have never regretted it for a second.
I tried Nihilism for a while, but Hedonism works much better for me.
I’m not sure what “retaining” the religion means. I’m an atheist. But from Hindu background. Culture and religion are so mixed up at least in case of Hindus, it’s almost impossible not to be a Hindu. Even the definition of who is a Hindu is not very clear.