"The essence of Christianity...

... does not consist in being pious but in being joyous.” Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf

Religious Affiliation? "None" on the Rise

USA Today recently reported that the number of respondents to a Pew Research survey on religious affiliation who indicated "None" has risen dramatically, from 6% in 1990 to 19% this year. One of the researches attributed this sharp rise in unbelief/agnosticism/disinterest to the following:  "Young people are resistant to the authority of institutional religion, older people are turned off by the politicization of religion, and people are simply less into theology than ever before."


What do you think is causing this trend?