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Nuns Being Replaced by Nones

Posted on March 9, 2009, 10:52 pm, by Devon, under Religion.

According to a nationwide Trinity College 2008 survey released today (hat tip: AP/Yahoo! News), secularism is increasing across the U.S., while the percentage of self-identifying Christians has decreased significantly since 1990.  Catholicism has suffered some especially steep regional losses, particularly in the Northeast.  Traditional Protestant denominations have continued to decline as well.
Some interesting highlights:

The 2008 [...]

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My Journey from Christianity to Nonbelief

Posted on January 25, 2009, 1:31 am, by Devon, under Religion.

I am an atheist.
That word is difficult for me to use, having spent enough time in the church to know very well how abhorrent it is to so many people, especially in the United States.  I could use the milder, slightly more acceptable term “agnostic,” but that implies more uncertainty than I actually feel.  I [...]

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