With regard to religion, my cousin and dear friend is a
devoutly skeptical and endlessly curious, a combination I hold in high esteem.
He posted this article, entitled "Religious
Diversity May Be Making America Less Religious," by Daniel Cox for fivethirtyeight.com.
I found this article extremely interesting. Upon reflection,
the question that emerged for me was what it means to be "religious."
This article points me toward a potential change in what it means to be
religious. Is "religious" about belief, as Protestants tend to think?
Is it about practice, as Catholic and (more clearly) Buddhist traditions
suggest? I think in the US, "religious" has actually tended to mean
something else.
