Church attendance continues to plummet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing this, but a new church pops up near me every day. Everyone I know is Christian and goes to church, and my neighborhood is dominated by a group of evangelical mean girls. I only wish religion would plummet faster.

Guessing you live in the south or in a rural area.

[Anonymous]

I feel sorry for all the out-of-work church musicians

[Anonymous]

All the Zoomers I know are into astrology and tarot cards. Atheists who imagine a new enlightenment are going to be sorely disappointed.

[Anonymous]

Not for long. Facists will make it mandatory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not for long. Facists will make it mandatory.

Making yourself sound ridiculous doesn’t help your credibility

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing this, but a new church pops up near me every day. Everyone I know is Christian and goes to church, and my neighborhood is dominated by a group of evangelical mean girls. I only wish religion would plummet faster.

Guessing you live in the south or in a rural area.

I live in Fairfax County, VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing this, but a new church pops up near me every day. Everyone I know is Christian and goes to church, and my neighborhood is dominated by a group of evangelical mean girls. I only wish religion would plummet faster.

Guessing you live in the south or in a rural area.

I live in Fairfax County, VA.

could be rural, sort of southern, but known to be heavily liberal. maybe not where you live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, I didn’t read the whole thread. But I am not surprised.
I think this shows in our current culture in so many ways.

I think it is just America catching up with the rest of the world. Many countries have Bern increasingly secular for decades.

[Anonymous]

I very rarely attend church.

Now ask my how my ***spiritual life*** is going. It is daily. It is thriving. It is a close, reliable, solid connection.

The longer I live, the more I know for a fact that I don’t need a flawed human preaching to me or interpreting for me. I’m educated and capable of reading scripture, praying, seeking information, and connecting with others.

[Anonymous]

At least there is some hope!! I am tired of hearing the insanity of people like my FIL who preach to me "GOD FIRST THEN FAMILY"
The most psycho person I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I very rarely attend church.

Now ask my how my ***spiritual life*** is going. It is daily. It is thriving. It is a close, reliable, solid connection.

The longer I live, the more I know for a fact that I don’t need a flawed human preaching to me or interpreting for me. I’m educated and capable of reading scripture, praying, seeking information, and connecting with others.

and not attending religious services is a lot cheaper too. However, there is a lost of community, at least of a shared religious community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least there is some hope!! I am tired of hearing the insanity of people like my FIL who preach to me "GOD FIRST THEN FAMILY"
The most psycho person I know.

Luckily, not all church-goers are psycho and I suspect you're going to continue to hear your FIL's rants, irrespective of church attendance.

[Anonymous]

Church attendance globally is rising and increasing. Atheists/agnostics/others are expected to decline because they don’t get married and have children. Religious people have kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Church attendance globally is rising and increasing. Atheists/agnostics/others are expected to decline because they don’t get married and have children. Religious people have kids.

Atheists don’t get married and have children?

Guffawing here.

[Anonymous]

Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/

Much of the worldwide growth of Islam and Christianity, for example, is expected to take place in sub-Saharan Africa. Today’s religiously unaffiliated population, by contrast, is heavily concentrated in places with low fertility and aging populations, such as Europe, North America, China and Japan.