{"id":11138,"date":"2024-05-16T12:48:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=11138"},"modified":"2024-04-13T12:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T19:56:29","slug":"a-sad-metric-to-be-at-the-top-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=11138","title":{"rendered":"A sad metric to be at the top of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oregon used to be #1 in this category. Now it looks as if Vermont (75%), New Hampshire (66%) and Maine (66%) are now the top share of adults who say they never or seldom attend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/01\/24\/religious-affiliation-protestant-catholic-agnostic\">church or religious services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"530\" data-attachment-id=\"11139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=11139\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-9.png?fit=1271%2C1052&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1271,1052\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-9.png?fit=640%2C530&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-9-1024x848.png?resize=640%2C530&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-9.png?resize=1024%2C848&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-9.png?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-9.png?resize=768%2C636&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-9.png?resize=326%2C270&amp;ssl=1 326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-9.png?w=1271&amp;ssl=1 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, half of people believe that&#8217;s a bad thing but only 30% of Protestants, 28% of Muslims, 23% of Catholics, and 16% of Jews report they attend services weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"329\" data-attachment-id=\"11140\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=11140\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-10.png?fit=1023%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1023,526\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-10.png?fit=640%2C329&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-10.png?resize=640%2C329&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-10.png?w=1023&amp;ssl=1 1023w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-10.png?resize=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-10.png?resize=768%2C395&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2024\/04\/image-10.png?resize=525%2C270&amp;ssl=1 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a ton of data in the Pew research link. Worth taking a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religion\/2024\/03\/15\/8-in-10-americans-say-religion-is-losing-influence-in-public-life\/\">https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religion\/2024\/03\/15\/8-in-10-americans-say-religion-is-losing-influence-in-public-life\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/27\/church-religious-services-american-attendance-drop\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/27\/church-religious-services-american-attendance-drop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon used to be #1 in this category. Now it looks as if Vermont (75%), New Hampshire (66%) and Maine (66%) are now the top share of adults who say they never or seldom attend\u00a0church or religious services. Ironically, half of people believe that&#8217;s a bad thing but only 30% of Protestants, 28% of Muslims, 23% of Catholics, and 16% of Jews report they attend services weekly. There&#8217;s a ton of data in the Pew research link. 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