Baylor university has a new survey (PDF) of American religion out, and it is an excellent supplement to The American Religious Identification Survey. Here are some findings I found interesting:
Instead of 14% of Americans with "No religion" (nearly doubling in a generation) the new survey suggests that a more accurate number is 10.8% (still an increase). The issue here is that the set of individuals who a) attend religious services b) disavows any affiliation has increased greatly over the past generation. The number of young people (18-30) with "No religion" is greater than the median.
About 5% of Americans seem to be atheists, around 40% of those who are not religiously affiliated. 8% of Jews are atheists. None of the black respondents in their survey were atheists.
Secularism and theological liberalism are positively correlated with income and education.
40% of Americans believe in Atlantis.
Women and blacks seem more ...
