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Important to note Christians as a whole still vastly outnumber “Nones”.

• defrost 3y ago
  Why? Ants outnumber both groups ... although global ant mass is only one fifth the dry weight of all humans. Addendum: No response to why it matters that christians outnumber others then? FWiW in Australia Christianity has been a matter of increasing indifference my entire life, it's mainly popular with those over 55 (moreso the over 70's) of European descent. https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/religious-affiliation-australia https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/religious-affiliation-austra...
  • cal85 3y ago
    Sorry, very late responding here. I never said it matters to me! I just pointed out the headline is false, unless you split up 'Christian' into separate denominations. But to answer your question anyway, it's obvious why people are interested in this kind of statistic: because billions of people follow a variety of different religions, which disagree on everything from how the world was created to how one is supposed to spend their free time, and these disagreements continue to cause a lot of violence.
  • jfengel 3y ago
    In the US, it matters a lot that Christians are, collectively, a majority, because of voting. Christians are not a unified voting bloc, but we have one political party that explicitly supports Christianity. It often uses Christianity as the basis of its decisions, to the detriment of non-Christians. It's not as simple as a tyranny-of-the-majority by Christians. There are also some nonbelievers who support them, in a way that baffles many observers because they're often explicitly voting against their own best interests. And there are some Christians opposed to this, though they should be able to use Christianity to support that choice and they don't. This further bolsters the nominally-Christian political party in forcing their version of Christianity on others.