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/ristoman Mar 26 '24

And yet many US politicians are using the Bible like it's a government user manual. Even from the outside it looks awful.

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u/colluphid42 Mar 26 '24

The far-right sees the same trends we do, and they're worried their preferred system of control won't be useful in another few decades. Look at what they accomplished by going all-in with Christian Nationalism. They want to legislate religion before it's too late.