Not grown so much as gotten more vocal. I think the religious are old people with more time to crusade...but be patient, because they are naturally becoming fewer and the younger gen are less prone to believe the guy in the sky is real...

They have several new champions. One of them is in the White House. (Who's no more a christian than my dog.)

In my estimation, they are fewer but louder.

You mean as more in your face? I think they have. Because so many conservative Christians have now become politicians, and pastors have become more political, it's like they all think they are entitled to demand that everyone live and believe what they do.

West coast, consistently shrinking...

Do you mean on this site or in general? Because it's down to 70% in the US from 84% 15 years ago

It’s grown. The presence that is. It’s deliberate and the tool that makes it happen is fear. Fear drummed up by an agenda that has no real loyalty to any religion or faith but is willing to use these as a tool. Fear in the minds of those that feel a need to turn over their sensibility and critical thinking in exchange for (unearned) comfort and security. Sorry, rant over.

I feel they (most the evangelical strains at least) have long been about wielding power and cozying up to those they see as either doing their bidding or aligned with them on their pet issues. 9/11 allowed the nation and government to get their hate on in a more openly bombastic manner as well as demonize the "other" in a way they're more than willing to do.

I think the most touching and powerful counterpoint to this I've seen, was a documentary about a group of US women that lost their husbands on 9/11, and traveled to Afghanistan to see how the people we were bombing lived.

It's always been there. They've just got WAY more noisy about it.

It seems more intense and extreme. Atheists are dead meat in politics.

It has grown. The Muslim attacks world wide have given a rise to white supremacy and nationalism worldwide. This includes the U.S.A.

More vocal noisy

There seems to be a division in religious prevalence post 9-11. the older generations that were already religious turned to it stronger, where the younger generation after fighting against terrorism in the name of christianity have turned hard from the whole thing. Understanding of what happened during 9-11 and the resulting wars was a major gateway that lead to my eventual atheism, and I have talked to lots of people that feel the same way.

Well their "War on Christmas" whine is more often and louder. The hate for Muslims. Arabs, Jewish people and people from Africa has escalated to dangerous levels.

...I don't think so - there seems to be a
rally around "older comfort institutions"-
for those scared of change. When a statement was made that "caucasians"
will be a minority before long,insecure
people seemed willing to grope for scapegoats. Here in Pennsylvania, around
the year 2005 ,many churches combined or
closed-due to lack of participation. Other
religions appear to be recruiting still.

Studies show that more and more people are leaving the churches. What we are seeing is the American Fundamentalist Christian Taliban that has been given a spotlight because of our idiot orange president.

Fear and uncertainty are the reasons people are turning to religion, and religious leaders and con-men (if there's a difference) do all they can to encourage fear and uncertainty. On top of that, the government, especially under Bush and trump have done all they can to create fear, because a scared populace is more compliant.

not necessarily specifically since that date; i have noticed its presence growing since before then. but yeah, since then too.

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Not sure .......what does have one thing to do with the other?

It just seems like it's grown because of a larger media presence with cable and the web since 9/11, not to mention all the cross waving from Trump and Pence. I feel it's getting smaller and the already skeptical millennials (like my kid and her friends) aren't buying into their evangelical nonsense. They're a lot smarter than we think.

Christian public presence is reinforced by lies. It always has been. Constantine's mother gave him nails from the true cross of Christ. He was told to wear them in his crown or have them on his horse if he was in battle. (Jesus Christ! How many nails were there?)
Later in the 1970's hitchhiker's that were picked up on the highways were know to suddenly blurt out "Jesus is returning soon" and they would simply vanish from the vehicle. This is the nature of Evangelical religion.