According to Steve Sailer, the mass shootings committed by disciplined, skilled killers are on the rise because fewer young men fear there is a hell waiting for them. Do the data support this?
The General Social Survey asked respondents, "Do you believe in hell?" I lumped those who answered "definitely yes" and "probably yes" into one group, and the same for the no's. Here are the results for men ages 18-29:
The percent not believing in hell bounces around a little 1991-2008, but it jumps up to 47% in 2018.
Here is a graph of the trend in high body count mass shootings in America--the type usually committed by the kind of men Steve is talking about:
The rate accelerates around the same time we see a jump in skepticism about hell.
