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Are we becoming less religious?

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Ted Bauer
May 24, 2015
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First, look at this chart (it's from here):

The ties between wealth and religion

In general, then, richer nations -- UK, Germany, Japan, Australia -- tend to be less religious, but the U.S. actually seems to be far more religious than other nations among its wealth-generating peers.

Now consider this, from 2013 on NPR. It's an interview about the rise of the "nones," meaning people with no r…

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