Tuesday's News & Ideas - 8/31/2021

‘OK millennial’: Don’t blame the boomers for decline of religion in America
Religion News Service: Millennials dropped about 10 percentage points in 20 years in reporting certainty about a supreme being. There’s ample reason to believe that they are half as likely as Gen X to express a certain belief — leaving millennials as the generation that was the great divide.

Catholic leaders say after demise of eviction moratorium, rental assistance is key
Crux: The president of Catholic charities USA says it’s now crucial to educate local charities, landlords and renters on how to access the billions of dollars of rental assistance available from the federal government.

Tate Reeves: Christians are ‘less scared’ of COVID because of their belief in eternal life
Associated Press: Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said he believes Christians are “a little less scared” of COVID-19 because of their belief in eternal life. Mississippi has the highest per-capita rate of new coronavirus cases and deaths in the country.

Most white Americans who regularly attend worship services voted for Trump in 2020
Pew Research Center: Among white Americans, worship service attendance remains highly correlated with presidential vote choice, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of 2020 validated voters.

One thing I don’t plan to do before I die is make a bucket list*
The New York Times: A bucket list disguises a dark question as a challenge: What do you want to do before you die? We all want, in the words of Henry David Thoreau, “to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.” But is the answer to that desire a set of experiences? Should we really focus on how many moments we can collect? writes Kate Bowler.

The Spark

Zoom dysmorphia is following people into the real world
Eighteen months of using front-facing cameras has distorted our self-image* — and a new study reveals that the effects aren't going away easily, Wired says.

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