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“It may come as no surprise that the influence of Christianity in the United States is waning (especially Gen Z, 1999-2015). Rates of church attendance, religious affiliation, belief in god, prayer, and Bible-reading have been dropping for decades.” Atheist is no longer a dirty word for these young people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[37,34,35,36],"class_list":["post-3822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-religion-blog","tag-agnostic","tag-atheist","tag-freethinker","tag-skeptic"],"yoast_head":"\nI Am An Atheist Dec - 2021 Maine Chapter - Freedom From Religion Foundation - %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am an atheist. 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