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Title: Gen Z religious revival in the US is an illusion
Post by: Hydra009 on January 24, 2026, 11:23:14 AM

It is true that there's been a leveling off of the Nones and a less steep decline in religiosity (mathematically, this would have to be the case, because there was a HUGE break about 20 years ago and imho it was mostly due to people being comfortable enough to publically voice non-belief and a relatively safe place to say it - the internet.  And something like that can't really grow year-over-year like a tiny new religious movement, where low numbers pretty much guarantees high growth rates)

It is also true that gen Z is overall less religious than millennials, who are in turn less religious than gen X and boomers.

And looking around at religion in America - where megachurches have gobbled up smaller churches and there's this odd corporatization of religion as well as the ever-present collusion of church with far-reich state, it's not exactly a very enticing thing for someone who might be on the fence.

Case in point:


While I don't expect America's very peculiar religiosity to die out anytime soon, it's less and less the norm.
Title: Re: Gen Z religious revival in the US is an illusion
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on January 24, 2026, 11:38:25 AM
The more you know about your religion the less likely you are to believe it. Time will tell.