Unreasonable Faith Forum » Topic: How many people leave/switch religions? http://forums.patheos.com/forums/unreasonablefaith/topic.php?id=1561 A Reasonable Forum on Religion, Science, Skepticism, and Atheism en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 10:16:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://forums.patheos.com/forums/unreasonablefaith/search.php hughie on "How many people leave/switch religions?" http://forums.patheos.com/forums/unreasonablefaith/topic.php?id=1561#post-32022 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:46:14 +0000 hughie 32022@http://forums.patheos.com/forums/unreasonablefaith/

Did it count the number of people who just abandon religon in general?

Jeremy on "How many people leave/switch religions?" http://forums.patheos.com/forums/unreasonablefaith/topic.php?id=1561#post-31813 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:17:45 +0000 Jeremy 31813@http://forums.patheos.com/forums/unreasonablefaith/

Years ago I read an article that said about 19/20 people never leave the religion in which they were raised. The stat was notable because a) it was worldwide, not specific to America, and b) did NOT count people swapping protestant denominations. Pretty sure it split catholicism and protestantism into two religions, but otherwise, if you were raised Presbyterian but are currently Baptist, it would oount you in the 95% of people who hadn't switched, because it was only counting major changes in core beliefs.

I'm trying to google for that article now but can't find it. Does anyone have a source for this kind of info? Or any stat on how many people change between major religions (like Christianity to Islam)? I can find plenty of articles on the number of people who switch denominations in America, but that's not what I care about.