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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO, there are a few reasons:

1. people are more educated and don't believe in some of the archaic teachings
2. people are turned off by the religiousity  and/or politicizing of God's teachings
3. people may want to connect with a group but not with a group that they have not much in common with  -- see #1 and #2
4. people have better things to do on Sundays

-long time church goer who stopped going due to all the above[/quote]

Sounds like you don't believe in organized religion, but still believe in god.  I wonder if there's a way to express god-belief with a like minded group, or if it's even needed.[/quote]

It's called Deism, it has "[i]existed since ancient times, but it did not develop as a religio-philosophical movement until after the Scientific Revolution[/i]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism

BTW [b]there is no evidence for this unfalsifiable belief either.[/b]

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There's no evidence for any of it.  That's why it's called faith and why so many people experience feelings of losing their faith.  Sometimes they regain it; sometimes they don't.[/quote]

And sometimes people find faith when they didn’t have it before.[/quote]
"Faith communities" abound, whereas non-faith communities do not.[/quote]
That's not specific to faith communities, though.

"Fitness communities" abound, whereas non-faith communities do not.
"Vegan communities" abound, whereas non-vegan communities do not.
"Education communities"(colleges) abound, whereas non-education communities do not.
"Magic: The Gathering communities" abound, whereas non-Magic: The Gathering communities do not.[/quote]

Fascinating -- These  "non-communities" make up the majority of people.  They are so common that they aren't even thought of as communities. This is quite different from the large US "religious community", in which the majority of people are nominally religious -- at least for now. [/quote]

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