In 2018 - "I know God really exists and I have no doubts about it."
— Ryan Burge 📊 (@ryanburge) July 2, 2021
Silent: 70%
Boomers: 59%
Gen X: 62%
But, look at this huge gap between Gen X and Millennials.
Millennials: 44%
Gen Z: 33%
The decline for Gen Z is staggering, too.
49% in 2014
39% in 2016
33% in 2018. pic.twitter.com/ko5CQs45rp
If anybody were to ask, the point at which I became certain that the existence of God was impossible, it was the election of Donald Trump. I will never be able to reconcile a supposed omnipotent and caring God allowing such a hateful and debased man to win an election in a nation that the rest of world is so dependent on for its survival. History will show that the damage Donald Trump did through his pettiness and stupidity, not just to America but to the rest of the planet as well, is as incalculable as it is real.
So it was with very little surprise that I read the numbers of Millennials and Generation Z in the poll conducted above concerning Americans' certainty in the existence of God. Young people, who are much closer to the formative years of their learning, often have more skepticism and a still functioning bullshit detector. That the rapid drop in belief for Generation Z coincided with the election of Donald Trump is not an accident. The utter hypocrisy of so many organized religions in their acceptance of Donald Trumps egregious transgressions (homophobia, misogyny, lying, racism) in the face of Christ's teachings was more than enough to clue so many young people into the fact that the existence of God is nothing more than a farce.
It is my sincerest hope that these trend lines continue for the next generation and rid America once and for all of the cancer that adherents of the word of God have brought upon us.
You Have a Choice: Pass a Voting Rights Bill, or Welcome Fascism to America
Peace,
emaycee
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