Item: Americans change faith at rising rates/NYTimes

More Info: More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion, according to a new survey of religious affiliation by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. The report, titled “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey,” depicts a highly fluid and diverse national religious life. If shifts among Protestant denominations are included, then it appears that 44 percent of Americans have switched religious affiliations.

Question (from Gary Crooks/A Matter Of Opinion): Have you changed religious affiliation in your lifetime? If so, why?

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