By Patti Garibay for REAL CLEAR RELIGION
America’s spiritual future is at risk.
Recent studies conducted by Pew Research Center have concluded that in 2020, 64% of Americans, including children, were Christian. People who are religiously unaffiliated, sometimes called religious “nones,” accounted for 30% of the US population. Other religions accounted for 6%.
If this rate continues, it is projected that by the year 2070, Christians will shrink to just above one-third (35%) while “nones” would rise to between 34 and 52% of the population.
Additionally, for the first time in American history, young women are becoming religiously unaffiliated at a rate higher than their male counterparts. Further studies found that nearly 40% of Gen Z women identify as atheist, agnostic or have no faith at all.
What is happening to our country founded on Judeo Christian values? Mission creep.
Undoubtedly, our country has strayed from the mission of the Founding Fathers and authors of our foundational documents. Some of its modern leaders even edit the Declaration of Independence, by leaving the word “life” out of the well-known statement: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
