{"id":49027,"date":"2022-06-30T15:22:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=49027"},"modified":"2022-06-30T15:22:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:22:04","slug":"belief-in-god-continues-to-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/belief-in-god-continues-to-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Belief in God Continues to Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> Anugrah Kumar, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/number-of-americans-who-believe-in-god-dips-to-new-low-gallup.html\">Number of Americans who believe in God dips to new low: Gallup<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0<em>The Christian Post<\/em>, 20 June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The number of Americans who say they believe in God:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1940s-1960s &#8211; 98%<\/li>\n<li>2011 &#8211; 92%<\/li>\n<li>2013-2017 &#8211; 87%<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; 81%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Belief in God has fallen the most in recent years among young adults and people on the left of the political spectrum (liberals and Democrats). These groups show drops of 10 or more percentage points comparing the 2022 figures to an average of the 2013-2017 polls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The poll notes that only 72% of Democrats, 62% of liberals and 68% of young people believe in God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;About half of those who believe in God say God hears prayers and can intervene on a person&#8217;s behalf. But 28% say God hears prayers but cannot intervene, and 11% think God does neither. &#8230; only 30% of young adults believe God hears prayers and can intervene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;49% of Americans said religion was &#8220;very important&#8221; in their life, with another 27% saying it was &#8220;fairly important&#8221; and 25% saying it&#8217;s &#8220;not very important.&#8221; &#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Anugrah Kumar, &#8220;Number of Americans who believe in God dips to new low: Gallup,&#8221;\u00a0The Christian Post, 20 June 2022. The number of Americans who say they believe in God: 1940s-1960s &#8211; 98% 2011 &#8211; 92% 2013-2017 &#8211; 87% 2022 &#8211; 81% &#8220;Belief in God has fallen the most in recent years among young adults&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[356,139,49,90],"class_list":["post-49027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-attendance","tag-belief","tag-faith","tag-god"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58549,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/partial-faith-is-satans-victory\/","url_meta":{"origin":49027,"position":0},"title":"Partial Faith Is Satan\u2019s Victory","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 28, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"by Carey Scott \"A major survey by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that most Americans have a non-dogmatic approach to faith. A majority of those who are affiliated with a religion, for instance, do not believe their religion is the only way to salvation.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":91566,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/half-of-americans-no-longer-see-traditional-sins-as-wrong\/","url_meta":{"origin":49027,"position":1},"title":"Half of Americans no longer see traditional sins as wrong","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Chris Eyte, \"Half of Americans no longer view most traditional sins as wrong, Barna study finds,\"\u00a0Christian Daily International, 23 October 2025. \"... most Americans now say that they only consider half of 12 specific behaviors presented to them and traditionally considered sinful, as actually sinful.\" \"Some behaviors, such as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55907,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-one-have-a-right-to-his-own-belief\/","url_meta":{"origin":49027,"position":2},"title":"Does One Have a Right to His Own Belief?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 17, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"by Eugene W. 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