Christian Doubt» Survey http://www.christiandoubt.com thoughts from someone dealing with doubt Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:04:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 I Guess I’m Not Alone http://www.christiandoubt.com/2009/03/19/i-guess-i%e2%80%99m-not-alone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-guess-i%25e2%2580%2599m-not-alone http://www.christiandoubt.com/2009/03/19/i-guess-i%e2%80%99m-not-alone/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:39:59 +0000 Mark Lefers http://christiandoubt.com/?p=211 Continue reading →]]> As you may have heard, there was a recent survey that looked at American’s religious identity. This showed an increase in unbelievers.

The percentage of Americans claiming no religion, which jumped from 8.2 in 1990 to 14.2 in 2001, has now increased to 15 percent. Given the estimated growth of the American adult population since the last census from 207 million to 228 million, that reflects an additional 4.7 million “Nones.”

A different question regarding the existence of God had other interesting results:

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I’m not sure how I feel about this data. It’s said that misery loves company, but I don’t think I’ve gained comfort knowing that millions of other Americans also suffer from doubt. In fact, it’s probably more discouraging, since there appears to be more and more people loosing their faith. Is this just a progression of a modern society or a result of a sinful nation? Will humans eventually give up on religion or is it ingrained in society? Another thing I’ve been thinking about in reflecting on the brevity of life is that this survey points to a significant large number of people who die still struggling to know whether or not God exist. I am so tired of doubting. . .

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