and then I switch to Bacchus.

This part of the article, More Americans also are turning away from Christianity and are seeing themselves as unaffiliated with any religion or as religious "nones," makes me think that abandoning religion is more accurate.

Although it may be true, I haven’t seen anything that suggests people are abandoning more conservative Christian denominations for more liberal ones or other religions are picking up the membership lost by the less tolerant ones.

I think it’s safe to assume the growth in religious “nones” category is a good mix of people either abandoning religion altogether or at least organized religion. Either way it shows people are turning their backs on those who demand they think a certain way, which is almost certainly a good thing for freedom of thought.