Ask Americans what their religion is, and nearly 1 in 3 say this -- none. That’s according to the U.S. adults surveyed by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy the beauty of the morning. “And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church,” he recalled.

Nothing has changed that view in the ensuing decades.

“Most religions are there to control people and get money from them,” said Dulak, now 76, of Rocheport, Missouri. He also cited sex abuse scandals in Catholic and Southern Baptist churches. “I can’t buy into that,” he said.

  • @[email protected]English
    19•9 months ago

    Have you looked at the age of the average politician? It’ll change when they all die of old age and someone sensible from the younger generation takes over.

    • @braxy29
      4•9 months ago

      my concern is that they seem to have indoctrinated or allied with enough young people that i’m no longer certain it will matter.

    • 新星 [he/him/CPC bot]English
      1•9 months ago

      Why is this take so popular? What do you think will happen when every politician of today is dead or retired? They’ll just be replaced with a new generation of mostly older people, who more importantly are there to serve their corporate masters.

      If you really think it’s about age, let’s try your country’s legislative body but every politician is a Marjorie Taylor Greene clone