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Why Americans Are Abandoning Religion
Breitbart.com ^ | May 14,2015 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 05/14/2015 6:53:17 AM PDT by Biggirl

On Tuesday, Pew Research released a new study finding a radical increase in the number of religiously unaffiliated Americans. That increase correlated strongly with the decrease in the number of Catholics, mainline Protestants, and evangelical Protestants over the past seven years.

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KEYWORDS: americans; christianity; nones; pewpoll; religion; uschristianity
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To: Biggirl

A significant contributor to an apparent decline is the great loss of attenders in the fossilized old denominations, who quit their trust in scripture around 1900 and now only function as leftist social clubs.


21 posted on 05/14/2015 7:17:43 AM PDT by lurk
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To: RinaseaofDs

I hear there is a great revival in Iran. I hope it gets here soon.


22 posted on 05/14/2015 7:18:40 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Biggirl

It could be that the outright assault against people of faith make many folks reluctant to tell pollsters the truth.


23 posted on 05/14/2015 7:18:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Biggirl

Rugged times grow enduring Christians. Falsehoods proffered by wishful thinkers who kick at the prick... to assuage their consciences and promote despair so they will not suffer judgement alone... are what these proclamations are. Misery craves company. Pray for reclamation of the miserable, obdurate rebels. Tares into wheat. God can do anything. He did the work in me. And does, continually, every day.


24 posted on 05/14/2015 7:19:00 AM PDT by dasboot
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To: Biggirl

See, I don’t see a decline in “religion” with that data. If you take the growth of the unaffiliated (of which I consider myself in my Christian church, we are unaffiliated with a conference association, Church of Christ or Assembly of God, for example) with the growth of other faiths, there is a net gain of 7.9%, compared to the decline of the Evangelical and Mainline Protestant and Catholic decline of 7.4%, for a net gain of ALL religion of .5%.

You can also tie the apparent decline in Christian faiths as a percentage of population to the rise in immigration, illegal and otherwise, especially Muslim.


25 posted on 05/14/2015 7:22:45 AM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: cuban leaf

....Then a needed rebuilding.


26 posted on 05/14/2015 7:23:17 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Biggirl

Here’s an important nugget from the Pew study that Mr. Shapiro left out:

“The new survey indicates that churches in the evangelical Protestant tradition – including the Southern Baptist Convention, the Assemblies of God, Churches of Christ, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the Presbyterian Church in America, 0ther evangelical denominations and many nondenominational congregations – now have a total of about 62 million adult adherents. That is an increase of roughly 2 million since 2007, though once the margins of error are taken into account, it is possible that the number of evangelicals may have risen by as many as 5 million or remained essentially unchanged.”

In other words, the “worst case” scenario for evangelicals is that their numbers have remained unchanged since 2007; it’s more likely their representation has increased, compared to the dramatic drop among main-line Protestant denominations.

The reason? Evangelicals, by and large, haven’t caved on issues like gay marriage and the ordination of gay clergy. And more importantly, their theology is still based on the ideal of personal salvation through Jesus Christ, and a relationship with him as part of your new walk in life. It’s a message that speaks to the heart and soul of man—not half-baked liberalism spewed in the pulpits of mainline Protestant churches.


27 posted on 05/14/2015 7:23:25 AM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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To: RinaseaofDs

Keep looking and praying! It took me and my family about 1-1/2 years to find our new, Biblical home.


28 posted on 05/14/2015 7:23:58 AM PDT by vpintheak (Call the left what they are - regressive control-freaks)
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To: mountainlion

One of the sad ironies of the 21st Century is that Christian churches and denominations in Third World countries are now sending missionaries to the United States—the same country whose missionaries helped spread the Gospel to their homeland years ago.


29 posted on 05/14/2015 7:25:48 AM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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To: jsanders2001

Finding “god” alright: the god they see in the mirror.


30 posted on 05/14/2015 7:29:06 AM PDT by Campion
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To: Biggirl

I’m thinking (and just my opinion) that people nowadays are simply being increasingly rebellious. They abandon religion and God because they’re thinking “NO ONE is going to tell me what to do, what to like, or who to love. I decide that myself!” Yes...they view themselves as their own ‘god’.

My sister and her husband are such people, as are most of their friends. They view those who are Christians as ‘backward’ and ‘ignorant’ because they believe that there is a God who is over all. They idolize people like Neil Degrasse Tyson who exalt science and pooh-pooh “outdated philosophies” like belief in a Creator God.


31 posted on 05/14/2015 7:29:34 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: RinaseaofDs

I think this Pope will be around for at least two more years, once he reaches 80, look for him to step down.


32 posted on 05/14/2015 7:29:58 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: mountainlion

A Christian revival in Iran?


33 posted on 05/14/2015 7:30:59 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: RinaseaofDs

A Christian revival in Iran?

I hear a big one.


34 posted on 05/14/2015 7:33:24 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: ExNewsExSpook

Look for Christians from the southern nations to do in the USA and the west what the USA and the west did years ago, send the missionaries needed to bring the Gospel of Jesus back to the USA and the west.


35 posted on 05/14/2015 7:33:41 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: hoagy62

Yep, and wait until such folks have a “foxhole” moment and they will be screaming to the top of their lungs for God to help them.


36 posted on 05/14/2015 7:34:39 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Biggirl

Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:8)


37 posted on 05/14/2015 7:37:05 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: PLD; Biggirl

Buddhism is agnostic with regard to the existence of a God who is Creator, Lawgiver and Judge. Buddhists do not worship Buddha. They hold him to be an enlightened teacher.


38 posted on 05/14/2015 7:39:41 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Therefore, as GodÂ’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with kindness. (Col 3:1)
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To: jsanders2001

Look around you. Is this really what you see?


39 posted on 05/14/2015 7:40:47 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Therefore, as GodÂ’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with kindness. (Col 3:1)
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To: alphadoggie

Extremely well said and true.


40 posted on 05/14/2015 7:41:52 AM PDT by georgia peach (georgia peach)
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