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Is Generation Z ‘Generation Atheist’?

Paul Bois

Generation Z, those born between 1999 and 2015, and those who will never remember a day when social media did not dominate their lives, has the most atheists in their group than any other generation.

According to data from the religious research company The Barna Group, 13% of Generation Z identifies as atheist. In just one generation, between U.S. Millennials and Gen Z, the numbers of children who acknowledge no divine authority has doubled.

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