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The Non-Religious Hit a Record High

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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New data analysis on the 2014 General Social Survey conducted by NORC and the University of Chicago has found that although Americans are abandoning specific religions at record high numbers, the rate of those who said they believe in God has remained steady.

The Associated Press identified it as one of the major findings of the survey, which asked a number of wide-ranging questions of the American public. The data found that back in 1972, only 5 percent of respondents said that they have no religion, but by 2014, 21 percent said the same, which is a record high.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/number-of-americans-who-say-they-have-no-religion-hits-record-high-survey-finds-136253/

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