End of the Culture Wars

NY Post ^ | 062710 | KYLE SMITH

[the invisib1e hand]

You know something is changing in American mores when the supposed leader of the culture wars from the right, Sarah Palin, declares that smoking pot is “a minimal problem” and that “if somebody’s gonna smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody any harm, then perhaps there are other things our cops should be looking at to engage in.”

[aSeattleConservative]

"With young people leaving the Church in droves,"

I'm pretty sure exactly the opposite is happening.

I thought what I wrote was common knowledge, (although I wish you were right).
Link to 2 out of 3 young people leaving the church

[the invisib1e hand]

maybe if you hunt around Fr. George Rutler's site you can find his recent citations to the contrary. I'd post it but it requires registration, etc. and I'm too busy to go digging up the citation -- point is, I read it, so I'm OK with it. Anyway, church membership is up worldwide over a decade ago. Up by more than fractional percentage points. JPII generation, World Youth Day, young vocations, etc. etc.

Maybe we're talking about different "churches."

[aSeattleConservative]

Maybe we're talking about different "churches."

I didn't specify a particular church in my post. In fact, I stated "With YOUNG PEOPLE leaving the Church in droves.."

So according your Fr. Rutler, Catholic membership is up? (And here I thought because of the sex scandal people were leaving the Catholic Church in droves as well).

If you do an internet search "is church membership down?" you'll come up with hits like this:
Link to Catholic Membership Up

and studies that show the contrary

Link to North American Church Attendance

So if church attendance is up, what is the cause behind the moral depravation in our society? (or are you denying that statement as well?).

[the invisib1e hand]

Yes, if people are leaving or entering "the Church," it is The Church they are doing so about. The Church is the Catholic Church, that's the definition.

Thanks for the citations; Fr. Rutler's sources are going to be implicitly credible. Some google search results? Not so much.

And, yes, people are leaving Protestant denominations in droves. In fact, the same sources indicate that those denominations are disintigrating, and we all knew they must.

Pax.