Posted on 04/12/2018 9:13:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Not surprised.
Yoga?
Everybody has a religious identity. You can’t get away from it. The only question is which one, not whether or not.
And yet they think UFO’s are real the bridge is always for sale.
This last paragraph basically tells the whole story.
**One troubling sign for the future spiritual and financial strength of both churches is Americans in their twenties attending services less frequently–Protestants 36 percent and Catholics 25 percent. And a growing proportion in that age cohort have stopped identifying with any religion, 33 percent.**
I wouldn’t be surprised if that number surpasses 50% in 10-15 years.
Something is going to fill that void.
Andrew Malcolm is an interesting nom de plum.
Well Andrew, those 20% will have a change of heart so to speak, when they check out from the planet.
5.56mm
I went to a funeral Mass last week, in the church I used to attend. The priest was black, spoke with an African (?) accent, and I never understood a single word of what he said.
Yep.. just as it is in Europe.
Makes the job SO much easier to convert these “unchurched” to Islam, and once THAT conversion is made, there is no going back, the “newly religious” find they cannot be nearly so lackadaisical about not being observant Muslims.
That is where the non-Islamic religious denominations are at something of a disadvantage, they have no enforcement policy to FORCE people to adhere to the religion they were brought into, and there are sizable numbers who are lapsed or dormant.
Judgment Day still comes for everybody whether you are “churched” or not. Even for Muslims.
I was in an employee diversity meeting at work that was sponsored by HR. One comical thing I just had to call them out on was when they said boomers are more “religious”, while gen x is more “spiritual”.
I asked what the difference was and in a nutshell, my interpretation was as follows: Boomers tend to belong to established religious organizations and Gen X folks are just sorta believing various and sundry “stuff” about what we can’t see and don’t know, but they tend to think there is “something else” there.
i.e. each generation just chose a different poison*.
*To be clear, I’m a professing Christian, but I separate Christianity from the man made religions that tend to be built up around Him. Christianity is pure. Man made Christian churches are all flawed. But I still attend one because it’s better than being an introverted Christian.
Those 20 % that don’t identify have a god.
They look at him every morning in the mirror
They confuse ‘church attendance’ with ‘loving God’.
RE: They confuse ‘church attendance’ with ‘loving God’.
If one loves God, one will of course want to Obey His Commandments.
Scripture tells us to “not neglect to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:245 )
Oh, man.
There is Good News however:
Muslims turning to Christianity — everywhere!
Exclusive: Joseph Farah looks at recent jaw-dropping stats on conversions
http://www.wnd.com/2018/04/muslims-turning-to-christianity-everywhere/
One of the problems younger Protestant and Catholic professionals alike face in some Blue-dominated parts of the country is that if they become identified at work or among colleagues as Christian, they believe they would likely lose their job outright and see their career ended. So I would expect that polls might miss these people, and I would also expect that over time, most would eventually simply adapt to a non-Christian culture and not really worry about it all most of the time, mellowness being the state most living Americans try to achieve. But there are exceptions, as always.
“Religious Identity” is not the same as religious belief.
Religious identity infers the adherence to a denomination or organized religious belief system.
That is crap. One can believe in God, and Christ without following the tenants of a denomination.
One can also believe in Buddha without following the practices of any of the various sects of that religion.
You do not need a denomination/system dictated by man to believer. Belief in God is in one’s heart and soul and not in the edicts laid out by mortals who claim to know God’s words and intents. That is man’s arrogance.
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