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<blockquote data-quote="ThatRobGuy" data-source="post: 73286359" data-attributes="member: 123415"><p>The percentage of people who are true atheists is still probably smaller...but the number of people who reject at least some portion of their religious upbringing from their parents probably is around the 80% number that you mentioned. I have no data to back that up...but just a hunch based on interactions I've had with people.</p><p></p><p>Most people in the US alive today were raised in households that involved some sort of Christianity, however, not all of them believe everything their particular denomination taught them.</p><p></p><p>For instance, I know many people who were raised Christian, still self-identify as such, but don't accept the OT as literal, and seem to pick & choose which parts of the religion they want to embrace based on how it lines up with their other moral preferences.</p><p></p><p>For instance, my cousin is a big-time, super far-left, liberal, bi-sexual feminist, but also identifies as a Christian. In order to keep both her religious identification and her personal feelings in tact and cohesive, she has to write off about 50% of her religion's text as non-literal allegory that was "written for a different time". I always tell her "if you have to try to change someone else's belief system to match your own beliefs, you should just be an atheist like me and live by your own moral code"...but that always starts and argument <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ...but I digress.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThatRobGuy, post: 73286359, member: 123415"] The percentage of people who are true atheists is still probably smaller...but the number of people who reject at least some portion of their religious upbringing from their parents probably is around the 80% number that you mentioned. I have no data to back that up...but just a hunch based on interactions I've had with people. Most people in the US alive today were raised in households that involved some sort of Christianity, however, not all of them believe everything their particular denomination taught them. For instance, I know many people who were raised Christian, still self-identify as such, but don't accept the OT as literal, and seem to pick & choose which parts of the religion they want to embrace based on how it lines up with their other moral preferences. For instance, my cousin is a big-time, super far-left, liberal, bi-sexual feminist, but also identifies as a Christian. In order to keep both her religious identification and her personal feelings in tact and cohesive, she has to write off about 50% of her religion's text as non-literal allegory that was "written for a different time". I always tell her "if you have to try to change someone else's belief system to match your own beliefs, you should just be an atheist like me and live by your own moral code"...but that always starts and argument :) ...but I digress. [/QUOTE]
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