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More than 1 in 4 U.S. adults identify as religious "nones," new data shows (www.cbsnews.com)

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More than 1 in 4 American adults identify as "religious nones," meaning they consider themselves to be "atheist," "agnostic" or "nothing in particular," according to a report from the Pew Research Center released Wednesday.

According to the new set of data, 28% of Americans classify themselves as "nones," 17% of whom identify as atheist, 20% as agnostic and 63% as "nothing in particular." Most "nones" said they were raised to be religious, and the majority were raised in Christian households.

The data was mostly based on a Pew Research Center survey of 11,201 respondents that was conducted over the course of a week last summer. The report also drew on a few other surveys conducted in recent years and on Pew's National Public Opinion Reference Surveys.

"When asked directly why they are not religious, two-thirds of 'nones' say they question a lot of religious teachings or don't believe in God," the report said.

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[–] Mortoc 37 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Alternate title: “3/4s of grown-ass adults still believe in magic”

[–] Mr_Blott 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah I had to read the title twice; that's an insanely low percentage for the modern era