Post Christian is defined as a country where Christianity is no longer the dominant social, political or cultural force. According to my projections the US will hit below 50% Christian by 2030.

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  1. Your projections? Who are you?

    I’ve had fewer than 10 acquaintances who regularly go to church in my entire life, so I can’t imagine my life would change.

    But also, my dude, please go touch some grass.

  2. Average r/atheism user. What’s the basis for this prediction? Vermont is the least religious state in America and is still 54% Christian. Your timeline requires some pretty severe cultural shifts in the next 6 years.

  3. The US still has a long way to go to be “post Christian”

    It may be the case that most people will not acknowledge the Christian influence in their life, but the reality is that American life is utterly infused with Christian ideologies (as conceived of by Europeans circa mid 18th century)

  5. Aside from the fact that we are still a largely Christian nation, with the immigrants we have coming in it’s going to be awhile.

  7. My feeling is that it can’t come fast enough. I’d rather is put our energy into scientific endeavors instead of bronze age religions.

  8. A few years ago I’d be indifferent. But after what the ultra-religious have put us through in the past few years, can’t wait.

  9. Your projections are wrong. But even if they weren’t, I’m not sure this would demand any particular feeling. People are free to believe or disbelieve whatever they want.

  10. As a religious minority (muslim), I like my government without any religion whether its a church,mosque or synagogue .

    That said im indifferent, I’ve meet nice christians and shitty atheist and vice versa. Even if religion drops it doesnt mean christian nationalist wont keep trying to turn it into a theocracy.

    I rather live in a country thats 99 percent religious but a secular government than 1 percent religious but theocratic government.

  12. Christianity doesn’t seem like a net positive in the US right now.

    Having a society guided by compassion and using science to achieve those goals sounds amazing.

  14. I’m a former Christian that now practices another faith. I’m glad that more people feel comfortable enough to leave a religion they don’t want to be a part of, and I’m glad we live in a country where people can practice religion if they want to. But it does suck that a lot of the Christians left support the implementing of laws based on their religious beliefs, and the problem only seems to be getting worse.

  15. Dude we had Mike pence a heartbeat away from the presidency only 4 yrs ago! Abortion access was over turned for only religious reasons recently. Numerous states are ruled by fiercely Christian politicians. We are in no way post-Christian and aren’t even close. Maybe in 30 years if all these change…

  18. I’m more excited for a post-religion society. Probably never gonna happen, but I can dream.

  19. The way “Christians” act in this country it cannot happen fast enough. Horrible people.

  21. Based on your definition, Christianity has not been the dominant force for at least a couple decades. It is influential amongst a large portion of the population, but not “dominant”.

    Also, since you are comparing it to other nations, we never archived the dominance you reference. We have never had a single denomination as a majority, like most all other countries. We have had a plurality of religious sects(generally within Christianity) since the beginning. That was part of the point of our existence.

  22. I don’t see it happening within our lifetime. It’ll take a lot of changes.

    American culture is secular but the Christian influence is obvious to people who weren’t raised Christian. The culture is very Christian based even amongst its most secular. Even most secular people in the US are either Christian or were raised Christian.

  23. I don’t particularly care how religious people are. However, it is my strongly held belief that religious fundamentalists should not be allowed to touch the levers of power.

  24. I don’t give a shit. First Amendment. Lots of un-Christlike shit comes from gatekeeping a country based on creed.

  25. I’d say right now, most Americans participate in a secularized but religious tradition-influenced culture already.

    The minority sect are people who are much more seriously observant about it & who mostly associate with social circles that are similarly observant: especially here in the South, Contemporary Christian world has branched off into its own thing, with its own alternative set of cultural influences/influencers. That dynamic will continue whether or not the overall belief %s decline.

  26. Idk if it will happen. Religious folks are the most likely to have kids, especially religious conservatives. And children are heavily influenced by their parents’ views. Could lead to a situation where the secular fail to reproduce enough to make that post Christian society. Plus we could end up with another Great Awakening at some point, there’s already been something like three or four iirc

  28. That’s a very naive and simplistic way to look at things. The second you drop below 50% doesn’t change anything. And just look at Christmas as an example. The percentage of people who celebrate Christmas is way higher than the percentage of people who claim to be Christians. Christianity will have a lasting effect for hundreds of years. Our society will not be identical to Vietnam or China or a predominantly Muslim country even if they were to reach a similar “post-religious” state. Things like that get deeply ingrained even beyond the formal religious aspect. Ways of thought are affected permanently.

  33. Doesn’t change the fact of the impact Christian values have made on our nation’s creation and ideals.

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