Gallup: Confidence in organized religion reaches all-time low

[Arugula Latte]

Things like this give me a glimmer of hope ...

Confidence in organized religion has been in a downward spiral since at least the 1970s. It’s still more popular than Congress, but that’s not saying much.

According to a recent Gallup poll, confidence in organized religion reached an all-time low of 42 percent this year. The decline became noticeably steep in the ’80s, with the biggest drop off in the early 2000s, when news of the Catholic Church’s widespread child rape and cover up broke, according to Gallup. A dramatic 15 percentage point drop – from 60 to 45 – can be seen on Gallup’s graph around the years 2001 and 2002.

The consequence?

“The church and organized religion is losing its footing as a pillar of moral leadership in the nation’s culture,” according to Gallup. It once was one of the most reliable points of public confidence, but now has fallen below the military, small business and the police. Congress, the media and the medical industry are among the institutions with lower rankings.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/confidence-in-organized-religion-reaches-all-time-low-gallup/

[passnobuck]

1. Isn't this sort of like confidence in the U.S. Congress?

When you have fools and true-believers running the show, what should one expect?

[AlbertCat]

4. When you have fools and true-believers running the show, what should one expect?

But....

"the medical industry are among the institutions with lower rankings."

WHAT?


It's those damn antivaxers... and health care INSURANCE being equated with health care.

[Promethean]

5. Honestly I don't have a great deal of trust in the medical industry

It is one of the most unethical groups out there in terms of patents. Oh this drug's patent is almost up? Make a new one with a slightly different formula for the same purpose and stop making the old one. Profits maintained!

There are other issues but it all can be solved with socialized medicine like we should have had years ago.

[RussBLib]

2. I would guess that the events in South Carolina could cause an uptick in that stat

A lot of people of faith turn to their church when shit like this happens, even or maybe especially when something like this happens in a church. They will be more resolved than ever to attend their church to show solidarity.

I just wonder how much longer people will beseech a being that never shows up for anything, or anyone, anytime?

People show up. God doesn't. Hey, these people are not God, these people are people.

Some day they will realize they made up their gods, but they just might decide to keep it because they like it so much.

[Curmudgeoness]

3. A step in the right direction.

That was my first step toward atheism---loss of confidence in established religion. It was downhill from there.

[Brainstormy]

6. I think that's good news n/t

[Yorktown]

7. Shocking news: still 40% have confidence in organized religions?

Who are these guys? May I have the names and addresses?

I have a brand new Brooklyn Bridge to sell them.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Probably most of them are 50 and older.

It's the younguns who ain't buying what the god peddlers are selling anymore.

[Yorktown]

10. Good. They have more money to buy my Brooklyn Bridge.

[Warpy]

8. That's probably a direct result of prosperity theology

All those tithes from the faithful certainly helped the preacher prosper, especially in those glitzy megachurches and on the teevee set.

Nobody else did and they're finally realizing that their bread cast upon the waters just got soggy and sank.