The phrase "as less religious" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly when trying to compare levels of religiosity.
Example: "In recent years, society has become as less religious as it was in the past."
Alternatives: "less religious" or "not as religious."
The gap is spelled out in new data released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center that shows religiously observant GOP voters are just as interested in Trump as less religious ones – and in some cases more so.
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Donald Trump is not just the least religious Republican in the field, he is perceived as less religious than Hillary Clinton or even Bernie Sanders, who clearly resembles a secular European social democrat.
Still, the findings on Trump are particularly striking, Pew pollsters and other experts say, much more so than was the case with past presidential candidates religious Republicans have perceived as less religious or with whose faith they identified with less.
Another study found that more religious people were just as likely as less religious people to bypass a stranger in distress.
This suggests that it is not just "acceptance" that differs: religious students may not understand the science as well as their less religious cohort.
Perhaps as "people get less religious, they get wealthier," wrote Kevin Drum of the Washington Monthly's Political Animal blog (washingtonmonthly.com).com
I read with increasing frustration your article on the dying out of religion in Britain (Christians now in a minority as UK becomes less religious, 24 May).
Even as Americans grow less religious and less participatory, more likely to spend an evening with our Netflix accounts than our church choirs, the old-fashioned singalong is having a moment.
As a college professor often teaching about religion, I can tell you that for years my students have increasingly identified more as "spiritual" and less "religious".
As a college professor often teaching about religion, I can tell you that for years my students have increasingly identified more as "spiritual" and less "religious". Many feel that their worldviews are best characterized by a recognition that life has meaning, that the Universe perhaps has a Creator, and that consciousness or some essence continues beyond death.
