http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/01/02/new-point-of-inquiry-barry-kosmin-one-nation-losing-god/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/01/02/new-point-of-inquiry-barry-kosmin-one-nation-losing-god/#comment-87227 @CarlTres Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:39:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=14745#comment-87227 Mr. Smidt, I think you might have the demographics mixed up. The demographic cited in this article is ages 18-24, which constitutes "Generation Y", whereas the Science Daily article you cite is referring to Gen X, those born in the 60s-70s. It would be understandable that those who are reaching or in middle age would be loyal to their faith and more ideologically stagnant, whereas the "younger generation" (Gen Y) are losing their religion much faster by being more ideologically fluid. As Gen Y reaches maturity and begins the next generation (Gen Z?), we might expect that the "nones" will continue to proliferate as successive generations becoming increasingly liberal from their predecessors. Even as Gen X stabilizes, that alone is unlikely to stem the transition to a more secular culture. Mr. Smidt, I think you might have the demographics mixed up. The demographic cited in this article is ages 18-24, which constitutes “Generation Y”, whereas the Science Daily article you cite is referring to Gen X, those born in the 60s-70s. It would be understandable that those who are reaching or in middle age would be loyal to their faith and more ideologically stagnant, whereas the “younger generation” (Gen Y) are losing their religion much faster by being more ideologically fluid. As Gen Y reaches maturity and begins the next generation (Gen Z?), we might expect that the “nones” will continue to proliferate as successive generations becoming increasingly liberal from their predecessors. Even as Gen X stabilizes, that alone is unlikely to stem the transition to a more secular culture.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/01/02/new-point-of-inquiry-barry-kosmin-one-nation-losing-god/#comment-87167 Joseph Smidt Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:47:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=14745#comment-87167 Interesting that this demographic is "expected" to go up given there <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100826083620.htm" rel="nofollow">are some studies</a> that suggest the younger generation appears more loyal to their faith, implying "the rising non-religious tide in the United States may be leveling off." Interesting that this demographic is “expected” to go up given there are some studies that suggest the younger generation appears more loyal to their faith, implying “the rising non-religious tide in the United States may be leveling off.”

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