Religion is dying out in America: Just 18% of people 60 and younger attend church

Daily Mail ^ | 17 March 2016 | Cheyenne MacDonald

[Yuri Orinko]

Religion will be back.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

This!!!!

[ChuteTheMall]

I’m OK with that.

Whether I die or get raptured, I got a good deal.

We can’t all leave at once, what if God held a Tribulation and nobody was still here?

Bring it on.

[detective]

If you are 60 today you were born in 1956. That means you would have been around 10 at the time of Vatican II reforms.

I wonder if the late 1960’s was the time our country turned away from God and spirituality.

The 1970’s was probably the most decadent and irreligious time in America. Until the recent years.

[ChuteTheMall]

Religion will be back.
.................

Bigger than ever, and universal for everyone.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Religion is dying out in America: Just 18% of people 60 and younger attend church

Baloney. Religion has been with man since man started to think, and it'll most likely be with man until the end. The fact that people don't attend church as often as they used to has nothing to do with their religious faith.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

It’s a difficult battle. Going through that, now. I know your pain. But I struggled as well growing up and have told my boys about that telling them that I never felt He left me. And He was. They have soooooo much bombarding them.

[patlin]

I did not leave the “church”, the “church” left me and so that is why we now worship at home every Sabbath.

[txrefugee]

Rejoice, Christians! This may be “the great falling away,” which is one of the signs that Jesus is coming soon to take his followers home. Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus.

[Terry L Smith]

I have a question.
Does this study claim in it’s
findings, that not attending
a church, defines one as less
of an American, than one that
does?
Of the last two churches I attended, one on Long Island, NY, and the other in Portland, Oregon, in order, the former had a pastor on staff that counseled the single eligible women behind closed doors, and the latter had a pastor who thought my writing science fiction works for publication were nothing but witchcraft.

[Vision]

82% are fools.

[TontoKowalski]

The fact that people don't attend church as often as they used to has nothing to do with their religious faith.

Thank you. I was going to avoid this thread, but you've given me courage. I haven't been inside a church for 20 years, other than weddings, funerals, and Christmas cantatas.

I won't go into why that is. I continue to believe. I pray daily. I study the Bible, although perhaps not as much as I should. I try to live a life consistent with my beliefs, although I often fail.

The Lord and I are on good terms. I don't see any need to monkey with the arrangement.

[johniegrad]

Of the last two churches I attended, one on Long Island, NY, and the other in Portland, Oregon, in order, the former had a pastor on staff that counseled the single eligible women behind closed doors, and the latter had a pastor who thought my writing science fiction works for publication were nothing but witchcraft.

LOL!

[patlin]

Drives me nuts. For centuries children learned to behave at Mass without being entertained.

When we attended, we sat as close to the front as we could and the children knew if they acted up they would be trotted down the center isle in front of everyone. I only remember having to do that one time. Now it's nurseries & pre-school so the adults are not even aware that there are children in the building.

[JudyinCanada]

Thanks - it is disheartening sometimes. And he thinks he’s so right. And so much smarter than anyone else. Stubborn.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Oh, boy, do I know!! I have to realize that they have to find their own way and that I’ve done the best I can do and have to let Him do the rest and realize He gave us free will. I instilled in them values and faith. I’m thankful they have chosen their OWN churches to attend (youth groups). At least they’re still going....but they express their disbelief. They are questioning.....and that’s normal.

[HarleyD]

Christianity has ebbed and flowed throughout the centuries with believers increasing and decreasing but has nevered died out. It was the same with the Jews in the Old Testament when many unbelieving kings (like King Ahab) ruled.

It doesn’t mean that God does not exist or is not working. It simply means that people don’t want anything to do with Him. There is always a price to be paid for rebellion against love.

[litehaus]

NEEDS REPOSTING !....Even if not geographically apropo....for many....

I live in a suburb, in liberal MA. There are four churches in our town: Catholic, Episcopal, Congregationalist, and Jewish.

Sunday morning at 10 AM I could rob most houses in my town. The churches are packed.

But we are also mostly married, professional, and our school system produces doctors, generals, and people at the top of their professions.

Religion and morals are the basis for our community. We are successful. Are we successful because of religion? Or are we religious because we understand that there is a power greater than us making us successfu

[SVTCobra03]

Being religious and moral may make you successful, but it does not make you saved unless you confess that Christ is your Lord and Savior.

[Vermont Lt]

Well, I guess we will find out in th end won’t we?