Here is some good news.

According to a piece by the Religion News Service a report by General Social Survey was released for the year 2014 showing a massive drop in Americans who claim to hold onto a particular religion. Since 2012, nearly 7.5 million Americans have stated they are no longer active in a religion.

The study, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, this massive study gives us the most accurate data on American society; including statistic about religion in society.

More Americans are choosing no religion.

This is something said often and still holds true. The religious “nones” are growing, and growing fast.

According to RNS,

There are nearly as many Americans who claim no religion as there are Catholics (24 percent). If this growth continues, in a few years the largest “religion” in the U.S. may be no religion at all.

Americans are going to church less and less

Again, RNS says,

Over a third of Americans (35 percent) never attend a worship service (other than weddings and other ceremonies). This is a 5-point increase from just a few years earlier.

They also note in the report that fewer and fewer Americans are praying, (around 17 percent).

The Christian right will be terrified of these numbers. The growing non-religious population in this country is on its way to being the majority.

What this means is that there is a good chance secularism will be once again the norm in the United States. Laws based on empathy and equality will be passed instead of laws based on biblical beliefs and oppression to those outside of a particular religion.

It is important to note that a “none” does not mean they are atheists or even agnostics. They could very well be God believing or deity believing, spiritual, etc and just not belong to a particular religion.

However, when dealing with political rule and religion, I would much rather deal with someone who is a believer yet not tied to a dogmatic belief system and whose beliefs can be more fluid than I would to someone who refuses to change their mind because of an adherence to a particular religious belief system.