A new study finds that American's are shifting religion at an increasing rate. I think that's interesting...I see a few possible reasons for this trend:
1. increased exposure to other religions
2. an increase in the number of people with no belief in religion (the unafiliated tag on the graph may account for that)
3. recent scandals scaring people away from Catholicism (and other religions.)
But the good news is that these has only been a change in .2 percent of those who no longer consider themselves "Jewish."
-DaGirl
Monday, February 25, 2008
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1.9% raised Jewish to 1.7% that are currently Jewish is a 0.2% difference, but this a naive and misleading way of phrasing this.
Actually, slightly more than 10.5% of people raised as Jews are no longer Jews. (1.9%-1.7%)/1.9%.
Another example of this type of calculation:
If the % of people who leave rude comments like the one above changes from 10% to 15%, that's a (15% - 10%)/10% = 50% increase.
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bloggy dead? :(
Let's call it extended hiatus.
Maybe back some day I hope. Thanks for asking :)
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