Commonweal: “Today we speak neutrally of ‘the unaffiliated,’ describing the dramatic increase in their numbers as ‘the rise of the nones’ (as in, those who choose ‘no religion’ on research surveys),” writes LMU Professor of Theology Brett C. Hoover. “But there’s an obvious problem with that last phrase, as the boyfriend of one of my theology graduate students pointed out: ‘It’s not like I believe in nothing!'”
Source: Commonweal
Nothing But Politics? Explaining the Rise of Religious Disaffiliation