From the  New York Times :    The USA has 63% Christians, a decline of 15% in 18 years: However, people have stopped leaving churches en masse, according to   a new study released   by Pew Research. Further from the  Pew Research Center : 22%  of Americans are categorized as   spiritual but not religious (SBNR)  because they say they think of themselves as spiritual or they consider spirituality very important in their lives, but they neither think of themselves as religious nor say religion is very important in their lives. 58%  of Americans fall into an overall or   “NET” Religious   category because they say they think of themselves as religious or they consider religion very important in their lives. This group can be subdivided into U.S. adults who are   both religious and spiritual   (48%) and those who are   religious but not spiritual   (10%) 21%  of Americans are categorized as   neit...

This is Sunday, February 16, 2025.  What has happened in history on this day? First, this is the 47th day of the year, with 318 days left in 2025.  Not a leap year. Donald Trump is the 47th PUS  ( P resident of the  U nited  S tates). According to  Wikipedia . 1796  The British conquered Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka. 1923  Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber on Pharaoh Tutankhamun. 1937  Wallace Carothers receives a U.S. patent for nylon. 1959  Fidel Castro became Premier, or El Comandante, of Cuba. He served in this capacity for 32 years. 1968  9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service, in Alabama. 1985  Hezbollah is founded in Lebanon. 2006  The last Mash (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is decommissioned. In other words, nothing much happened in history on this day. Watch a  short video of February 6 .  And  another .  By  Dr. Zarr . As of today,  ranking of most famous Genera...