Most U.S. adults (60%) say the founders of the United States originally intended for it to be a Christian nation. A third say the U.S. is currently a Christian nation. https://t.co/MIbtfKnLNf
For the first time in a census of England and Wales, less than half of the population (46.2%, 27.5 million people) described themselves as “Christian”, a 13.1 percentage point decrease from 59.3% (33.3 million) in 2011.
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45% of U.S. adults believe the country should be a Christian nation, while 51% say it should not be. To further explore this divide, @pewreligion analyzed the demographic and religious makeup of U.S. adults on both sides of the debate. https://t.co/JCnBgWfdPg
Shout out to @barnagroup for the statistics!! Let's keep praying🙏 🇬🇧
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Although Christianity is by far the majority faith in the U.S., religious switching has resulted in a net flow of millions of Americans from Christianity to the ranks of the religiously unaffiliated. https://t.co/E2Da9xfMfx
Within Europe, there are sometimes sizable differences in levels of religious commitment - In Romania 55% are highly religious against just 7% in Estonia: https://t.co/W6Gvo6Kbmf
Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion, Views of Minorities, and Key Social Issues. People in Central and Eastern Europe are less accepting of Muslims and Jews, same-sex marriage, and legal abortion: https://t.co/AfPcgGC1Km
Church attendance in Scotland falls from 12.3% to 7.2% over the period 2000-2016. If trends continue, it will fall further to 5.3% by 2025: https://t.co/G3HaZY1guz
Most Americans (57%) are supportive of legal abortion. But a substantial minority (40%) says abortion should be illegal in all or most cases : https://t.co/wM2FdqBT7i
Sky Poll of 1,600 persons suggest 26% of those surveyed will attend church at some point over the Christmas period, but only 3% of those aged 18-24 will actually attend on Christmas Day: https://t.co/Eeo87IjdDe