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As institutional Christianity falters throughout Europe, the United States looks positively devout by comparison.
"The most striking trend of recent decades has been the major increase in the number and the proportion of adults who profess no religion," wrote the authors of the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS).
Another finding that the researchers said surprised them: 43 percent of the unaffiliated were former Roman Catholics.
They were a disproportionately large presence in those ranks, given that Catholics make up slightly less than one-quarter of the general population in the United States.
"Why aren't Catholics becoming Baptists or something else?" Keysar said. "Instead, they are deciding to distance themselves from organized religion. So there is something major going on" in Catholic religious identity, she said. "It's in transition."
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. . . any wonder that JWs have ministries dedicated to attracting Catholics on the rebound?
From the frying pan, straight into the fire . . . .
) noses at others is an example of the 'intellect' found in the catholic church today.....well then NO wonder there is a growing mass exodus!! 
