Ryan, you made one assumption that really jolted me out of your article. You said, "The other was religious attendance. Those who were attending their current house of worship more were less likely to switch. Which makes sense - very committed people tend to attend church more. A deeper commitment to their current faith makes one less likely to leave it behind."
What is your basis for this assumption? Couldn't it also be that people who attend worship frequently go not because of their own commitment, but because their houses of worship actually offers them something they need?
And people who avoid houses of worship and religion like plague don't switch would never find out one way or another whether religion and houses of worship offers them something they need or want.
The assumption that we make in social science is - I go to something more often that I agree with.
If I'm Catholic but I don't like what the church is up to, I may become a none. Or a may be a never attending Catholic. It seems unlikely that someone would continue to go to a place they don't approve of.
Very interesting
Ryan, you made one assumption that really jolted me out of your article. You said, "The other was religious attendance. Those who were attending their current house of worship more were less likely to switch. Which makes sense - very committed people tend to attend church more. A deeper commitment to their current faith makes one less likely to leave it behind."
What is your basis for this assumption? Couldn't it also be that people who attend worship frequently go not because of their own commitment, but because their houses of worship actually offers them something they need?
And people who avoid houses of worship and religion like plague don't switch would never find out one way or another whether religion and houses of worship offers them something they need or want.
The assumption that we make in social science is - I go to something more often that I agree with.
If I'm Catholic but I don't like what the church is up to, I may become a none. Or a may be a never attending Catholic. It seems unlikely that someone would continue to go to a place they don't approve of.
Thorough, and from multiple angles. Solid analysis. Very sharp thinking. Thanks a lot for this.