81% of the people today believe in God. That's not moving on Captain Kurk. During the Slavery time, the Northern States almost 95% of the people believed in God as well as in the South. Same is true during the time of men only voting rights as well. Same with the idea that husband's could not rape their wives. But, the same things occurred as well in Europe and elsewhere where religion wasn't followed as well. And, again, today in Europe, only 26% believe in God and yet they don't believe in abortion the way the atheist loonies and the liberal religious people do. So, what gives?
Here's my take on it. There was a specific reason for Columbus to have sailed the ocean blue. There is a reason for the migration to the new world in the America's. There are several reasons but only one major reason, freedom of religion. Everything else that came with the migration including slavery and the various teachings of religion was not the reason for finding the new world of the America's. So, what is it and why as the number of believers in God goes down, does craziness, violence, evilness, vileness and other Satanic ways go up? It's the reason the Constitution has in it the 1st amendment for freedom of religion. Not freedom from religion. That's not in the Constitution. Here's my take on this. Jesus established his Church 2000 years ago. Over time, the doctrine, commandments, laws and organization of His Church diminished and finally was destroyed and cast into apostasy. The heavens were closed. No more apostles and prophets. Just Popes, priests, ministers who changed the Gospel and the understanding of God into a supernatural personage that was so big that He filled the universe and yet so small he could dwell in His heart. He could divide into three beings and then come back together into one. These Popes and others have reigned with blood and horror on the earth for centuries and still do. But, a prophecy was given, there would be a restoration of a day where the restitution of all things originally given by Jesus Christ 2000 years ago would happen. But, the restoration could only happen in a land in which there was enough freedom for religious restoration to happen. So, in 1820, the Godhead came to a young man to open up the last dispensation of the fulness of time, Joseph Smith. He was told not to join any of the churches for they were all wrong. Through him, the Gospel of Jesus Christ was fully restored and in 1830, Christ restored His Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
We are a choice land for the restoration and building up of the Kingdom of God on the earth. It has now spread to the 4 corners of the earth. And, for the Church to continue to grow and be blessed, The United States of America must remain a nation under God the Creator. This makes the numbers understandable. And, why it doesn't matter so much about the numbers of people around the world who do not believe in God.