It's a harmful myth that nonreligious people don't believe in anything. Researchers have shown that secular Americans have distinct beliefs about science and how to know the world, as well as what happens when we die. Secular people also have distinc...

The 2025 elections are over, with big wins for Democratic candidates in the two governorships in play, as well as the New York City mayoral race. In this piece, I will gather my thoughts on how secular voters performed, based on the exit polls and my...

I want to continue with the discussion of the American Values Survey by PRRI. Last week, I mentioned that secular people are heavily invested in opposing Trump and his administration. On every question where a majority of the public disagrees with an...

Earlier this week, PRRI released the latest American Values Survey. While the survey contains a lot of information, I want to focus on five specific items that demonstrate how the secular population in the United States is essentially the heart of th...

For the past few weeks, we’ve been focusing on Latinos who identify as secular or non-religious. This post focuses on five changes in the secular Latino population between 2007 and 2024, the time between the first Pew Landscape Survey and the latest...

In the last three weeks, we have learned a lot about the religious composition of Latinos, as well as the beliefs and behavior of secular Latinos. Last week, we discussed the Latino vote by religion in the previous election. On the one hand, the GOP...

We have already explored the demographic characteristics and beliefs of Latinos by religion, with a focus on secular Latinos. Now, I will focus on the 2024 election results of Latino voters by religion. According to three major voter surveys released...

Today, I continue the analysis of Latino secularism with an exploration of beliefs and behaviors. I focus on five beliefs: in God, in heaven, hell, the soul, and the personal importance of the Bible. The three behaviors I analyze are church attendanc...

The Latino religious landscape, according to the latest Pew Research data, shows that 27% of all Latinos have no religious affiliation, nearly doubling from 14% between 2007 and 2024. In the case of Pew surveys, the secular (or religiously unaffiliat...

Last week, Hemant Mehta, the Friendly Atheist, wrote about a new Pew report of a survey of nonreligious people internationally.  He was despairing as the secular (aka “the nones”) still hold many beliefs that could be considered religious. Howev...