Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World

[Anonymous]

Imagine no religion… heavenly.

[Anonymous]

I remember visiting the Vatican and feeling like it really explained the Protestant Reformation (kind of like visiting Versailles explains the French Revolution). There's something deeply off-putting about modern mega churches as well. It feels very packaged and commercial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember visiting the Vatican and feeling like it really explained the Protestant Reformation (kind of like visiting Versailles explains the French Revolution). There's something deeply off-putting about modern mega churches as well. It feels very packaged and commercial.

It feels that way because megachurches are very packaged and commercial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine no religion… heavenly.

+1

[Anonymous]

It shows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you think? This is pretty astounding, and IMHO, very positive.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/697676/drop-religiosity-among-largest-world.aspx

“ The 17-point drop in the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily life — from 66% in 2015 to 49% today — ranks among the largest Gallup has recorded in any country over any 10-year period since 2007.

About half of Americans now say religion is not an important part of their daily life. They remain as divided on the question today as they were last year.”

Look at how crappy most churches have gotten in the last decade. It's not surprising they have a drop in attendance.

[Anonymous]

And this is why the US sucks so bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And this is why the US sucks so bad.

Yes. More people need to leave the USA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this is why the US sucks so bad.

Yes. More people need to leave the USA.

I'm hoping that the badness is just temporary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this is why the US sucks so bad.

Yes. More people need to leave the USA.

I'm hoping that the badness is just temporary.

And that we can go back to being good. And even a beacon of hope to the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember visiting the Vatican and feeling like it really explained the Protestant Reformation (kind of like visiting Versailles explains the French Revolution). There's something deeply off-putting about modern mega churches as well. It feels very packaged and commercial.

You and Martin Luther. Did you know he was a Catholic monk, who supposedly had a duty to walk to Rome?

When he got there, he was appalled by the riches he saw. This was the beginning of the Lutheran Church.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember visiting the Vatican and feeling like it really explained the Protestant Reformation (kind of like visiting Versailles explains the French Revolution). There's something deeply off-putting about modern mega churches as well. It feels very packaged and commercial.

When we visited the Vatican, my then 13 year old commented that if the Catholic Church was interested in curing world hunger, all they had to do was sell the art in the Vatican.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember visiting the Vatican and feeling like it really explained the Protestant Reformation (kind of like visiting Versailles explains the French Revolution). There's something deeply off-putting about modern mega churches as well. It feels very packaged and commercial.

When we visited the Vatican, my then 13 year old commented that if the Catholic Church was interested in curing world hunger, all they had to do was sell the art in the Vatican.

Is your then 13 year old still religious?

[Anonymous]

No decent person wants to be associated with evangelicals or conservative Catholics now. And since they've appointed themselves the only "real" Christians (as opposed to us love one another types of Christians) is no surprise most Americans don't want any to do with that type of Christianity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No decent person wants to be associated with evangelicals or conservative Catholics now. And since they've appointed themselves the only "real" Christians (as opposed to us love one another types of Christians) is no surprise most Americans don't want any to do with that type of Christianity.

Keep in mind that there are lots of people who don't want anything to do with any type of religion, while they still have religious people as friends and family.