The LA Times , MSNB and CNN all recently picked up on a study was released by the Pew-Form on Religion and Public Life. It says, among other things, - 78.4% of Americans are Christians, about 5% belong to other faith traditions and 16.1% are unaffiliated with any religion. - Secular unaffiliated Americans account for 6.3% of the population; religious unaffiliated, 5.8%; atheists, 1.6%; and agnostics, 2.4%. - At 1.7% of the population, Jews make up the next-largest religious group. Buddhists are 0.7% of the population; Muslims 0.6%; and Hindus and New Age followers, both 0.4%. What trends are we seeing here: - Non-denominational churches are gaining members. - U.S. about to lose its status as a majority Protestant nation. - 25 percent of adults leave faith of their upbringing. - Survey found a dropping confidence in organized religion. In a separate survey from UCLA which you can read about at churchrelevance.com - 43.7% of freshmen frequently attend religious services while 25.4% o