It's interesting that while "No religion" is obviously increasing quickly, only "mainline" has really declined. It seems plausible that the people who were christian but didn't take their religion too seriously in the 1970s and 1980s have simply shifted to admitting that they don't actually care about being Christian because social norms now permit them to hold that position.
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