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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Can we stop using "religion" to refer to only Christianity? Please?

[–] HauntedCupcake 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The stats they're using refer to the increase in women identifying as "unaffiliated" regardless of starting religion. However, the examples and stories they use refer to Christianity specifically.

So the title is right, just the article as a whole is just weirdly focused on Christianity

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well it's still the dominant religion in the USA so it makes sense that it's where people are fleeing from.

[–] HauntedCupcake 3 points 7 months ago

Oh for sure, but you'd hope they'd try to make it a bit less conflicting with the more generic title. It totally makes sense why it's Christianity focused

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

The stats they're using refer to the increase in women identifying as "unaffiliated" regardless of starting religion.

True enough, but that's almost completely because they've leaving Christianity. Upon reading the title I thought religion as a whole was in decline in the US, which isn't very inaccurate but Christianity is clearly an outlier here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

You got one that humanity wouldn't be better off without?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

People consider Catholicism, protestantism, and Mormonism as separate religions. But also that's the vast majority of religion in the US, so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That makes more sense yeah.