• Rothe@piefed.social
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    3 days ago

    nearly half of Gen Z adults surveyed agreed with the statement that agree with the statement “Christians’ support of Trump has made me less likely to go to church.”

    So a majority of gen z are still going to churches and are perfectly fine with Christians supporting Trump.

    But I guess for the US that is probably still impressive figures.

    • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      It’s a bit confusing. This link https://religionnews.com/2026/07/20/half-of-gen-z-says-trump-support-keeps-them-out-of-church/ breaks it down by demographics, and only 72% of atheists agreed with the statement. What could that mean? That they already have zero chance of going to church? That they would go to church just for the lulz, or because somebody they cared about asked them to attend a holiday service?

      However, that same article also includes this:

      44% of those who identified as a generic Christian, 42% of Catholics and 30% of Protestant young adults said they were turned off by the Christian-Trump alliance.

      Also there is a graph that shows only 21% of Gen Z attending church weekly.

    • Einskjaldi@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      That is absolutely not what that data point says. It can be more likely, no effect for many different reasons, or less likely. It’s a tick the box that doesn’t capture people that have complex reasons.