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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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Written by Adrian Hayter

February 26th, 2008 at 11:36 pm

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