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0:00.0	You're listening to Breakpoint this week, where we're talking about the top stories of the week from a Christian perspective.
0:08.3	Today we're going to talk about new numbers from Gallup showing religiosity is down.
0:13.2	We're also going to talk about the increasing influence of AI on everything from work to grief.
0:18.8	We have a lot to get to today. We're so glad you're with us.
0:21.3	Stick around.
0:24.0	Welcome to Breakpoint this week.
0:25.8	From the Clelson Center for Christian Worldview, I'm Maria Bear, alongside John Stone Street.
0:30.1	John, I'm hoping you can help me make sense of another poll this week.
0:34.3	This one's coming from Gallup, indicating that there has been a precipitous drop
0:39.8	in what they're calling religiosity among people in the U.S. Now, we've talked over the last
0:44.6	couple of weeks about polls showing a rise in, for example, Bible reading or accessing Bible
0:50.3	apps, a rise in church attendance among Gen Z and millennials.
0:55.0	Now, this poll from Gallup is showing that from 2015 to this year, there has been a
1:02.2	precipitous drop in people who say religion is an important part of their daily life.
1:07.6	It sounds like that was how the question was worded.
1:10.3	The number of people who said yes was
1:11.7	66% in 2015 and now is 49%. So help me make sense of this. What does this mean? Well, I think the best
1:20.3	way to make sense of is just wait for the next poll so then you can have the one that gives you
1:24.0	the results that you want. I think there's a number of things working here.
1:28.9	First of all, the timing of this. It does date back a little bit before some of the events of the
1:33.9	fall, including the assassination of Charlie Kirk, as I understand the timing of this.
1:39.1	And, you know, that certainly, I think, was a catalyst for a lot of things. I'm not sure it was kind of the central event
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