3 big numbers that tell the story of secularization in America
Secularization has fascinated sociologists for 200 years – but that doesn’t mean they always agree on what it is, or how much it’s happening.
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Secularization has fascinated sociologists for 200 years – but that doesn’t mean they always agree on what it is, or how much it’s happening.
That it is -- >> the same thing, almost. >> atheism is there's nothing there. >> no, no, you're wrong. atheism means atheism. >> i have no beliefs? >> no, the-ism is the belief in god. i preached the gospel of i don't know. >> i think that's agnostic is what that is? >> again, you're splitting hairs. you are getting hung up on the terms. even richard dawkins, the famous atheist, says on a scale of 1 to 7, where seven would be total certainty that there is no god, i am a 6. 9. because we don't know. because there are so many questions we can answer. of course, and i allow for that. of course bu...
Secularization has fascinated sociologists for 200 years – but that doesn’t mean they always agree on what it is, or how much it’s happening.
Bart Ehrman professed faith in Christ as a teenager but is now an atheist; whereas Hugh Ross grew up in a non-religious home but is now a Christian. One man abandoned Christianity, while the other embraced it.
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