The Briefing 06-04-15

1) American exception to secularization no longer true in Pacific northwest

10 percent of Seattle residents identify as atheist, says study, Seattle Sun Times (Kim De Guzman)

2) Effect of individualism in Millennials reveals increasingly secular future for America 

The least religious generation, Science News

Generational and Time Period Differences in American Adolescents’ Religious Orientation, 1966–2014, PLOS ONE (Jean Twenge, et. al.)

3) Scientist remains committed to anti-human secularism despite unrealized overpopulation crisis 

The Unrealized Horrors of Population Explosion, New York Times (Clyde Haberman)