Newsweek: The End Of Christian America

The End of Christian America at Newsweek.com by Jon Meacham

"The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 points in the past two decades. How that statistic explains who we are now—and what, as a nation, we are about to become."

Of course it's not happening fast enough for my taste but this significant start to a decline is worth a little celebration. Bring on the new enlightenment.

Tags: christianity, politics, post-christian, states, united

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on April 6, 2009 at 11:40pm

A start. A small one, but a start. Certainly nowhere near the 'Christian American has lost political power!' that the headline suggests. We still have a very long way to go.

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Permalink Reply by James on April 7, 2009 at 8:38pm

It's a start for sure. There is still quite a way to go. But I can only hope that this trend begins to snowball.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Leroux on April 8, 2009 at 1:32am

With further sacrifices of goats and chickens to my dark lord and savior, Lucifer, we can hopefully speed this trend!

I imagine members of the religious right might read the article and proclaim that the dark forces are gaining ground! Beware!

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Permalink Reply by Shawna on April 15, 2009 at 1:27am

I say it can't happen fast enough.

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Permalink Reply by mike maloney on March 20, 2010 at 4:53am

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