American Society Becoming Increasingly Secular, Particularly Among the Young

Pew Research was out recently with a new poll on religion in America, "U.S. Public Becoming Less Religious."

The findings aren't all that striking, actually. The key thing is religious observance, as measured by regular church attendance. Barely one-in-four "young Millennials" attend church on a weekly basis, about half that of the "silent generation" of Americans born between 1928 and 1945. Nevertheless, it's clear that youth culture is fundamentally different than mainstream traditionalism, particularly on homosexuality and same-sex marriage.

Noteworthy are the findings for those who identify no religious affiliation, the "nones." The largest group of any category among Democrats is the "nones." That's to say that Democrats are increasing a secular movement, even outwardly hostile to religious practice and public policies informed by faith.

Truth Revolt wrote about this, "Pew Poll: Young Adults Losing Their Religion, Politics Coincides":

Young adults, beholden to causes like climate change, abortion, and gay-marriage, view Republicans as "anti-science" and bigoted. Young adults in turn relate Republicans’ political views with their faith, and thus, run from both.

While a growing number of Americans, particularly within the younger demographic, shun religion, they have embraced another one in its place – that of secular-progressivism. What is perhaps most ironic, is that this political philosophy, so imbued with moral relativism, is as much if not more "anti-science" than the Judeo-Christian faiths its adherents mock.

Of course true believers do not see it that way. Rather, they view their political ideology as the more enlightened way forward and evangelize it with the vim and vigor. What results, however, is a populace that is less tolerant and increasingly devoid of a moral compass with which to guide it through life...