Not that I give too much of a shit about the goings on in the Land of the Large, but
this little piece has some encouraging gems, and being a severe christ-stain, Mike Pence is probably a lying twatwaffle.
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According to Greg Smith, associate director for religion research at the Pew Research Center, Mr Pence's claims do not appear follow the numbers.
"The data we do have do not suggest a recent increase in the share of Americans who are highly religious," Mr Smith told the BBC.
"The vast majority of Americans do say they believe in God, but those numbers are ticking downward," he added.
As for Mr Pence's suggestion that more Americans are going to church in modern times? Aside from sheer population differences from 1776 to now, the figures do not support that claim either, according to Mr Smith.
"We've begun to see in recent years smaller but noticeable declines in the share of Americans who say they believe in God, who say religion is important to them in their personal lives, who say they pray every day and we've seen declines in the share of Americans who say they attend religious services regularly," he said.
A 2017 study published in Sociological Science showed that those who are intensely religious are still going to church consistently and frequently, but once-a-week attendance is dropping.
Mr Smith also noted the data shows the number of Americans identifying as atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular is "growing very, very rapidly".
"The share of Americans who identify with Christianity is declining because the share of Americans who identify with no religion is growing," Mr Smith said.
A 2017 study by the Public Religion Research Institute also tracked a diminishing white Christian presence across the US.
In 1996, 65% of Americans identified as white Christians. Over the last decade, that number has dropped to 43%.
"But Pence is one of only 56% of Americans who believe in a traditional conservative God of the Bible.
"The number of Americans with that kind of faith is plummeting.
"More than one in three millennials are now religiously unaffiliated. On average 3,500 churches close every year in America."
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Looks like Pence is a cunt - as expected.