Religion in the United States

The graph here is from the Pew Research Center.  I would speculate on many different causes, and suggest that it’s probably a combination.

• Evangelicals are terrifying people.  Hypocrisy is everywhere.

• Despite the anti-vaxxers and/or QAnon, respect for science is growing, and it’s seen as the only answer to the world’s most pressing problems, e.g., climate change and COVID-19.

• Bad times call into question the existence of an omniscient being who’s not (apparently) helping.

• Those of us who are following orders so as to curb the pandemic resent (putting it mildly) the selfish idiots who say, “faith over fear.”

• Our understanding of child abuse is growing every day, and it’s a horrific phenomenon.