- May 27, 2015
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"'This is a Christian nation,' said the Supreme Court in 1892. 'America was born a Christian nation,' echoed Woodrow Wilson. Harry Truman affirmed it: 'This is a Christian nation.' But in 2009, Barack Hussein Obama begged to differ: 'We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation'....
"Whereas 86 percent of Americans in 1990 identified as Christians, by 2007, that was down to 78 percent. Today only 7 in 10 say they are Christians. But the percentage of those describing themselves as atheists, agnostics or nonbelievers has risen to 23.... 'Those in the mainline Protestant churches — Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians — have plummeted from 50 percent of the U.S. population in 1958 to 14 percent today....
"The decline in Christian identity is greatest among the young. While 85 percent of Americans born before 1945 still call themselves Christians, only 57 percent of those born after 1980 do."
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/patrick-j-buchanan/decline-christian-america
"Whereas 86 percent of Americans in 1990 identified as Christians, by 2007, that was down to 78 percent. Today only 7 in 10 say they are Christians. But the percentage of those describing themselves as atheists, agnostics or nonbelievers has risen to 23.... 'Those in the mainline Protestant churches — Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians — have plummeted from 50 percent of the U.S. population in 1958 to 14 percent today....
"The decline in Christian identity is greatest among the young. While 85 percent of Americans born before 1945 still call themselves Christians, only 57 percent of those born after 1980 do."
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/patrick-j-buchanan/decline-christian-america