What does dwindling church attendance mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s means that people are realizing that their so-called Abrahamic religion is a myth. It’s as simple as that. It’s as real as Apollo and Zeus.

Wrong again. The percentage and number of Christians in the US is on the rise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a troll thread designed to incite people, just like every other recent thread here. Again, no serious discussion to be had here.

+1

And just as with the many other recent troll threads, the premise is wrong. People are moving from the mainline denominations to independent Christian churches. McLean Bible Church happens to be a local example of an independent church growing by leaps and bounds.

?Change in administration

I would look at broader data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to be an avid church goer, very involved. I became frustrated during lockdown because church had in person events that put many at risk, and many of my favorites died. No compromise was offered. Also, the political climate makes it hard to understand each other. Trumpet has ruined so much, he has polarized and separated families, churches, with no relief in sight.

If this is your excuse, YOU are the one polarizing and separating.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s means that people are realizing that their so-called Abrahamic religion is a myth. It’s as simple as that. It’s as real as Apollo and Zeus.

Wrong again. The percentage and number of Christians in the US is on the rise.

Nope - unless you're cherry picking data over a very short period of time. The long term trend is very clear and it's down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s means that people are realizing that their so-called Abrahamic religion is a myth. It’s as simple as that. It’s as real as Apollo and Zeus.

Wrong again. The percentage and number of Christians in the US is on the rise.

Nope - unless you're cherry picking data over a very short period of time. The long term trend is very clear and it's down.

some data i'm sure you'll ignore

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/09/13/how-u-s-religious-composition-has-changed-in-recent-decades/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people aren’t going to church any more.

Some got out of the habit during covid and some just didn’t see the community value of it any more. Some people are not indoctrinating their children to believe something they don't believe themselves.

What do you think it means?

This is not what I see in my church. We have a huge building with two services offered on Sunday, and it becoming increasingly full, especially with younger people and young couples. It is interesting phenomena, but definitely an increase in attendance this year.

Young people are bucking the trend and becoming increasingly more religious - that is a well documented phenomena.

https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/415758/gen-z-religion-church-catholicism-trend

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s means that people are realizing that their so-called Abrahamic religion is a myth. It’s as simple as that. It’s as real as Apollo and Zeus.

Wrong again. The percentage and number of Christians in the US is on the rise.

Nope - unless you're cherry picking data over a very short period of time. The long term trend is very clear and it's down.

some data i'm sure you'll ignore

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/09/13/how-u-s-religious-composition-has-changed-in-recent-decades/

DP - Can you point out what part of that link I am missing that makes your point? All I can see is the opposite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people aren’t going to church any more.

Some got out of the habit during covid and some just didn’t see the community value of it any more. Some people are not indoctrinating their children to believe something they don't believe themselves.

What do you think it means?

This is not what I see in my church. We have a huge building with two services offered on Sunday, and it becoming increasingly full, especially with younger people and young couples. It is interesting phenomena, but definitely an increase in attendance this year.

Young people are bucking the trend and becoming increasingly more religious - that is a well documented phenomena.

https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/415758/gen-z-religion-church-catholicism-trend

Nope - see the post above (thanks for sharing a paywalled article btw). Look at the global not the local trend. Feel free to come back in several years, but this is nothing more than a blip in a very obvious downward trend.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s means that people are realizing that their so-called Abrahamic religion is a myth. It’s as simple as that. It’s as real as Apollo and Zeus.

Wrong again. The percentage and number of Christians in the US is on the rise.

Nope - unless you're cherry picking data over a very short period of time. The long term trend is very clear and it's down.

some data i'm sure you'll ignore

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/09/13/how-u-s-religious-composition-has-changed-in-recent-decades/

DP - Can you point out what part of that link I am missing that makes your point? All I can see is the opposite.

since i guess you didn't click the link, i posted the image - line goes down

[Anonymous]

Gen Z is aching for community. So there's actually been a pretty big uptick among young people choosing to go to church. Much more so than Millennials or Gen X.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s means that people are realizing that their so-called Abrahamic religion is a myth. It’s as simple as that. It’s as real as Apollo and Zeus.

Wrong again. The percentage and number of Christians in the US is on the rise.

No it is not that’s absurd

What is on the rise is pedos at church

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gen Z is aching for community. So there's actually been a pretty big uptick among young people choosing to go to church. Much more so than Millennials or Gen X.

They are aching for community and not for GOD????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s means that people are realizing that their so-called Abrahamic religion is a myth. It’s as simple as that. It’s as real as Apollo and Zeus.

Wrong again. The percentage and number of Christians in the US is on the rise.

No it is not that’s absurd

What is on the rise is pedos at church

Ha Ha - Church would be a good place to find kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s means that people are realizing that their so-called Abrahamic religion is a myth. It’s as simple as that. It’s as real as Apollo and Zeus.

Wrong again. The percentage and number of Christians in the US is on the rise.

Nope - unless you're cherry picking data over a very short period of time. The long term trend is very clear and it's down.

some data i'm sure you'll ignore

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/09/13/how-u-s-religious-composition-has-changed-in-recent-decades/

DP - Can you point out what part of that link I am missing that makes your point? All I can see is the opposite.

since i guess you didn't click the link, i posted the image - line goes down

No, I did click the link, and saw what you said. But you responded to a point saying the numbers went down indicating you disagreed with it. Which apparently you didn’t. This is why i was confused.

You might want to look at threads in context before you act like such a dick and insult people. It’s unnecessary, even when you are right. In this case, you were wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s means that people are realizing that their so-called Abrahamic religion is a myth. It’s as simple as that. It’s as real as Apollo and Zeus.

Wrong again. The percentage and number of Christians in the US is on the rise.

Nope - unless you're cherry picking data over a very short period of time. The long term trend is very clear and it's down.

some data i'm sure you'll ignore

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/09/13/how-u-s-religious-composition-has-changed-in-recent-decades/

DP - Can you point out what part of that link I am missing that makes your point? All I can see is the opposite.

since i guess you didn't click the link, i posted the image - line goes down

No, I did click the link, and saw what you said. But you responded to a point saying the numbers went down indicating you disagreed with it. Which apparently you didn’t. This is why i was confused.

You might want to look at threads in context before you act like such a dick and insult people. It’s unnecessary, even when you are right. In this case, you were wrong.

There are a lot of insults here. Maybe because it's easy to insult a stranger