Are Americans Getting Less Religious?
By DEACON MIKE MANNO The Pew Research Center is reporting that its latest surveys indicate that Americans attend religious services less often than previous estimates suggested. But it did issue a warning about the various methods used and the possible effect that the coronavirus may have had on the numbers.In the report, Pew took the effort to explain that the method of conducting its polls has changed, making it a little more difficult to track changes of opinion. Prior polls had been conducted by in-person phone interviews; however, polls are now taken online with no personal involvement by a pollster; the respondent basically answers in isolation.According to the report: “Survey respondents tend to indicate higher levels of religiosity when answering…Continue Reading