Not where I live. Evangelical church that I attend are over flowing.
I blame the leftist influence on the culture to some degree - and the main line denominations as well...
Given the number of stories I’ve seen about this today, I suspect there is an organized push to discourage Christians.
2nd Thessalonians 2:3-4 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day [the Day of Christ, vs. 1] shall not come, except there come a falling away first,
The results of this poll seem to be misleading at best. What appears to be true is that the “churches” that have become apostate and no longer preach the Gospel (Episcopal, Church of Christ, many Presbyterian, Lutheran and Methodist) are bleeding membership like a hemophiliac. Evangelical churches are still growing, although not at the same pace that the population is growing. And the Catholic Church in America is losing membership at the fastest pace of all - probably because of their refusal to discipline the “cafeteria Catholics” in high public office that loudly and publicly support things like homosexual marriage and abortion.
That is what happens when non-Christians seize control of churches and entire denominations.
Without digging further, was the question about not having a specific denominational affiliation or about not actually believing? There is a big difference.
There are, probably in reality, far less than 71% actual Christians in this country.
Once America permanently comes under the rule of non-Christian forces, it’s “game over.”
This was predicted over 2,000 years ago. IN THE LATTER DAYS, THERE WILL BE A GREAT FALLING AWAY.
>> Time To Worry
Naw. It’s never time to worry. It’s always time to pray, though.
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
St. Paul, from his letter to the Philippians. (4:6,7)
Isn’t this necessary for the Revelations prophesies to happen?
I don’t care about religion.
I DO care about being in right relationship with Jesus.
Thinking that maybe they should be worrying.
And many other areas which Christianity is attacked from, too:
Knowledge/”reason”. When it becomes its own authority and rejects God.
Technology.
“Reason”-based science, the “Enlightenment”.
Political philosophy, democracy, the American Constitution (with a focus on this world, individual rights, individualism, and “neutrality” on faiths), socialism, communism.
Public education.
Higher education.
Atheism, secular humanism.
Sophistry, moral relativism, situation ethics, gradualism, naturalism, existentialism, the concerns of this life, “got to have it” mentality.
Film and TV.
Literature, both “high” and “low” , young adult, children’s.
Music.
All types of entertainment/diversion.
Obscenity, “coolness,” glorification of sin, adolescence, liberal stereotypes.
Sports.
Personalities. Famous people as idols, their personal “testimonies” for their causes, the public’s illusions of intimacy with them.
The news media.
The “fine arts,” the Renaissance (its elevation/glorification of man).
The structures of modern society. The wage-earning nuclear family. Corporations, business. Community, the global village.
Feminism.
The internet.
Social media.
Alternative media.
Consumerism, materialism.
Advertising.
Comforts and wealth.
Medicine, certain practices and treatments, including abortion, IVF and embryonic stem cell research.
Fixations on physical health, exercise.
Psychiatry/psychology.
Globalism.
Fashion, immodesty, vanity.
Gambling, lotteries.
Drugs, alcohol. Legal drugs.
The wealthy, greed.
Professionalism.
False religion.
The churches. Mainline Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox, evangelical.
Entrenched leadership in Bible-believing churches and organizations.
I’m sure it’s not because Christians are attacking Christians over doctrinal differences.
I would say they're moving more toward an apathetic, 'don't really care' agnosticism than atheism.
People who do not marry remain absorbed in their own little universes.