Is religion increasingly growing in the U.S.?
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America has been secular for a long time. Consumerism is our true national religion.\n\nI don't think religion is growing, I just think that fundamentalist evangelical Christianity is becoming more extreme, visible, and well-organized.\n\nAlso, Americans are on average more stupid and ignorant than they have been in a long time- far behind the rest of the 'first world' in education and cultural literacy- so there is plenty of room for faith to fill in where reason is absent.
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It is quite prevalent in the United States.
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"Happy Holidays" is definitely more American.  More than twenty percent of Americans are not Christian.  They follow religions such as Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism, and other various faiths.
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Very much so.\n\nWhen someone is down and out, you'll notice they will become more faithful in their religion.  They will pray more, hope more, etc.  \n\nDid you know that when the economy of the country starts dipping, church attendance goes up?\n\nAn ex-girlfriend once asked me-- "how can you not believe in god?  I do.  You have to.  I don't know what I'd do if he didn't exist."\n\nThat's a big crutch.
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It is not just christians but most of the organized religions, which  have large a following tend to develope multiple perspectives.
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Islam is the fastest growing religion in America and the world. The increase rate in Islam in the past 50 years was 235%, a lot more than any faith.\n\nSo the big question is: Isn't it ironic that Muslims are getting called terrorist and yet, more people are becoming Muslim daily than any other? Why is that? \n\nSo one issue is definitely overcoming stereotypes and  trying to balance Muslim morals in a society where morals are lacking.\n\nOne big contemporary issue although it may seem hidden is the Muslim youth because they are in a sense alienated from the 'elders' and then want to fit in with their friends at school. Ultimately they need to find a balance. \n\nI think that's a general principle: trying to find a balance in everything including, especially, Life itself.
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Islam at this time is the fastest growing religion in the world.
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Islam is but hinduism is gaining ground.  However, the fastest going is people leaving beliefs completely becoming either agnostic or athiests
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Mostly organized religion!
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Take a look at China sometime.  China is almost entirely atheist.\n\nIf things in the US don't start changing, you'll probably be pledging allegiance to their flag pretty soon.  :)  I'd say they're doing alright for themselves.
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You can compare 'The United States' with other countries (don't forget that 'America' is one of two continents), and you can compare 'religion in The United States' to 'religion in other countries', but you can't report on 'the difference between America [sic] and other countries [sic] religion' because they aren't the same thing.
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Atheism has doubled in popularity in America in the last few decades. And statistics clearly show that more fundamentalist countries don't do as well. With any luck, this recent trend will continue and human beings will be free from their need for religion.
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The following are the 10 biggest religious bodies in the US. For your purposes, I suspect you can pretty much exclude the Catholics, and I suspect the Methodists aren't what you're looking for either:\n\nThe 2005 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches reported the following figures, based primarily on 2003 denominational reporting data:\n1. Roman Catholic Church: 67.2 million.\n2. Southern Baptist Convention: 16.4 million.\n3. United Methodist Church: 8.2 million.\n4. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 5.5 million.\n5. Church of God in Christ: 5.4 million.\n6. National Baptist Convention USA: 5 million.\n7. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: 4.9 million.\n8. National Baptist Convention of America: 3.5 million.\n9. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): 3.2 million.\n10. Assemblies of God: 2.7 million.\n\nI guess the reason why there seem to be so many born-agains on Answers is that it makes a great forum for spouting your believes - proselytizing is a big thing for many born agains. Tell off the sinners.
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Religion, as usual.  Religion has caused more wars than any other factor.
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Yes.\n\nOver the last 20-30 years we've seen a BIG swing in the United States because people were seeking spiritual and cultural influences from other countries. \n\n(Large influx of eastern thought in the 70's, and in the last 20 years the Hispanic population has dramatically increased, bringing new ideas with it, as just two examples.)\n\nLike any form of interaction, we can both benefit and be harmed by such things, depending on how we approach them and what we personally take away from them.\n\nI'd say US culture looked pretty uniform though around 1950, while nowadays it is VERY diverse due to crossing cultural boundaries.
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the USA needs to be extremely prepared - specially because we're helping those countries. religion shouldn't really matter. but it does and it have for ever.
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Religion has been violent since the beginning of man's belief in many gods or one or just few gods. Religion has murder more people than armies have murdered.