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Ask Americans what their religion is, and nearly 1 in 3 say this — none. That's according to the U.S. adults surveyed by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. They're called the "nones" — not religious sisters, but N-O-N-E-S. Other surveys show they've been growing steadily for the past 30 years. Half of the nones call themselves atheists of agnostics, but another half just say they're "nothing in particular." Many believe in God, heaven, prayer, astrology, karma or reincarnation. But the nones really, really don't like organi...

It's not really about Jesus, so much as a belief that only members of their lily white tribe are "real" Americans

Between 2008 and 2022, the Catholic share of state population rose in only six states, according to Ryan Burge, a statistician and professor at Eastern Illinois University.

In 1972, only 5% of Americans identified as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular. Today, that figure is closer to 30%.

As someone whose ancestors immigrated to the United States from Lebanon, the faces of children suffering in the war in Israel remind me of my own children.