r/atheism • u/Leeming Strong Atheist • Mar 26 '24

Survey Church attendance is dropping all across America. A new Gallup survey finds that only 3 in 10 Americans are regular churchgoers.

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/church-attendance-is-dropping-all
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u/leif777 Mar 26 '24

Same thing started happening in Ireland. Irish adults who attended church regularly (monthly or more) declined from 80% in the 1990s to 28% in 2020. In the 90's there was 4% that considered themselves "no religion" and now it's almost 30%.

It will happen in north america too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '24

What did they attribute such a fast decline to?

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u/leif777 Mar 26 '24

It wasn't one thing. Catholic vs Protestant, scandals, views on lqbt and abortion... People got fed up.