Who is more religious? The Silent Generation or the Boomer Generation?

[AspieMillennial]

(01-13-2020, 11:16 AM)ResidentArtist Wrote:

(11-13-2019, 12:48 AM)taramarie Wrote:

(11-13-2019, 12:29 AM)AspieMillennial Wrote: The early to mid Silent generation seems to be the most religious to me in a by the book liturgical sense and a spiritual sense too. I'm not sure why Boomers are considered more religious than the Silents. The religious Silents also seem more what some call fanatical about it than the religious Boomers. 

Generational cohort by religious percentage

One interesting thing about the data you shared is that the G.I. Generation makes up a smaller percentage in certain aspects than Silents or Baby Boomers, which could mean that religiosity also plays a role in the cycle. Somewhat surprising that G.I.s had less belief in God, absolute standards of right and wrong, belief in Heaven or Hell, and slightly less frequency of participation in prayer.

Maybe this means that in the years ahead, the two generations after Millennials will bring another surge in religious belief, followed by another decline in subsequent generations.

But they also pray daily more than the Boomers, attend church much more than the Boomers, and see religion as important much more than the Boomers. I think for the GI Generation the people into religion were very devoted and the people out of religion were very distant towards anything religious. Boomers seem to believe slightly more but be less devoted to the religion or to following it. More of them also meditate than any other generation and also more of them are into Biblical literalism.

So I think Millennials will split off into 2 camps in the 1T, people extremely devoted to their religion and make it their lives and people who are anti religious. This will grow religion because people will see fewer hypocrites in the church. However the popularity of religion will get less of a core of devoted followers causing more hypocrisy then causing more atheists again. It's a cycle. I think with Civics they take whatever they believe to the logical conclusions so when they are religious they are highly devoted to it and take it literally when they are not religious they are totally distanced from it and very hostile to it like Madalyn Murray O' Hair.