[Salvation]

**The study appears in the forthcoming Public Opinion Quarterly.**

Interesting — we’ll have to follow it when it comes out.

[hoyt-clagwell]

I’m Catholic. Our mass has 1/2 the people it had 10-15 years ago. Very few young people unless they are dragged in by their parents.

My uncle is Methodist. Their church went from 300-400 people down to 40-50 and those are mainly 70+ years old.

Yet you have mega churches popping up everywhere and thriving.

I think people are getting away from denominational religion.

[frogjerk]

While conventional survey data show high and stable American church attendance rates of about 35 to 45 percent, the time diary data over the past decade reveal attendance rates of just 24 to 25 percent -- a figure in line with a number of European countries.

Which means European countries are lying as well...their attendance is probably 10-15%.

[daniel1212]

“Time diary data? Sounds suspect.

The same page also lists studies as “Weekly Religious Attendance Nearly As Effective As Statins And Exercise In Extending Life

and

Go To Church And Breathe Easier

Moe stats here, but site is down today: http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/RevealingStatistics.html

[LadyDoc]

in medicine, we are told that when we ask someone how much they drink, to double it. Sounds about the same here, but in the other direction.