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The Surprising Reason Why More Americans Are Not Going To Church
The Atlantic via msn ^
| 08-2016
Posted on 08/28/2016 2:41:41 PM PDT by Salvation
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To: ThunderSleeps
Why don’t you attend a local RCIA class and find out about the Catholic Church?
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:03:04 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: bigbob
You to need the Church. Why would Christ say to Peter that was “building His church,” if we had no need for it?
I ask you that!
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:03:38 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. Yogi Berra)
To: ThunderSleeps
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:04:20 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: soycd
Something as personal as Faith needs no public gathering.When two or more are gathered in His name, He is there. Yes, Jesus said Our Father is pleased when we pray to Him privately, but the disciples and Apostles achieved so much more when in pairs and grouped together.
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:04:27 PM PDT
by
Vision Thing
(You know the depths of my heart, and You love me the same...)
To: Salvation
I don’t go to weak, mealy-mouthed, post-modern churches. If I go, I want it to be solemn, with a sense of sacredness permeating the air.
You rarely see that, and while not all young people would go back to Church if they found such, I think more than you would expect would.
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:05:59 PM PDT
by
Shadow44
To: Salvation; Jim Robinson; glock rocks; colorcountry
We worship from our front deck at the natural cathedral across the way. If we need a service we invite a few Freepers like Jim Rob to come for a visit. Nothing more needed...That is except a nice $50 monthly donation to FR. Better than any church IMHO...
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:07:04 PM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Ancestral Puebloan Xeroid)
To: soycd
Do you know even why this country exists?
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:07:43 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Utah Binger
It’s the community who helps build our faith. Right?
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:09:13 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: lakecumberlandvet
No, but the bible does talk about believers getting together to worship. Itis a good way to get strengthened for the rest of what faces you in fhe world out there. Kinda like how some people feel about certain social media places.
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:09:40 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Salvation
Twenty-seven percent of people in the survey say theyre attending services more often than they did in the past, cutting against the countrys overall decline in religious practice. This was most common among evangelical Protestants, three-quarters of whom say they go to church at least once or twice a month. Half of the people who said theyre going to services more often explained the change in terms of their beliefs: Theyve become more religious; they found that they need God in their life; theyve gotten more mature as theyve aged.
Pretty decent article.
Most evangelicals I know attend a Christian fellowship at least once each week just because they want to join together with other believers in Lord Jesus Christ. Also, for my family, to partake of the Lord's Supper to show unity of the body of Christ until He appears again, and not forgetting what Jesus asked us to do in remembrance of Him.
To: Salvation
Sunday morning children’s soccer league games. Those are big here in the DC area.
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:13:40 PM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: Salvation
It is My Soul ... Not the Church’s
I prefer to maintain it that way, I go to functions from a variety of denominations and I guess that is because I am used to Military Services...
Your Post/Thread made me think and at the moment the best I can come up with is I don’t want to join a club or be limited or have to choose one over another, I pretty much enjoy and appreciate all of them .. including some (that I did in the past) think were odd.
In the end I am sure I will know and I don’t fear that end.
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:15:23 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
To: Salvation
I stopped going because all of the mainstream denominations got infiltrated by communists and sodomites
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:16:44 PM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: soycd
“Something as personal as Faith needs no public gathering.”
Participation in what is now called a “faith community” is good on many levels.
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:18:24 PM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: Ouderkirk
Ditto. There is too much moral relativism, at least in Western Christian churches. JMHO, from my experience.
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:19:57 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: Salvation
I left the church when a diddler bishop assigned his homo/diddler to my parish.
No church that believes in the bible would all that to happen. Yet, they did.
To: Chickensoup
We go to church on Saturday and Wednesday evening. Great rock band sings/plays Christian music and minister has great Bible study sessions. People seem to attend in whatever they have on at the time and attire ranges from professional to shorts and a tee shirt. Pizza and choice of tea, coffee, lemonade and water are available. Huge crowds. You can feed your soul and family. Our week is not complete without it.
We did go out to dinner last night after church to celebrate a family member’s birthday. Passed by table after table of “families” waiting for their food and all of them were on their separate iPhones. No interaction at all between individuals beyond sharing the same booth. The disconnect would appear to extend to all parts of the family.
We always join hands and pray when our food is served. Had a young Black waiter tell us that he appreciated seeing this as so few people do and it means a lot to him.
Our family has always had a rule - no electronic devices out and/or turned on when we are together. The rest of the world can wait.
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:20:44 PM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: Salvation
Its the community who helps build our faith. Right?LOL as a fifth generation Utahan, I have had all the community I need, thank you very much. Proud of the heritage; had my fill of the sanctimonious dogma. And in my opinion all organized religion is the same.
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:21:07 PM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Ancestral Puebloan Xeroid)
To: Salvation
Ah, out of the frying pan and into the fire. :-)
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:21:42 PM PDT
by
Jacob Kell
(Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American history, Obama is the yellow stain in front)
To: Ouderkirk
Because of that alleged abuse doesn’t mean that the entire church has gone caput. And that goes for many churches.
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posted on
08/28/2016 3:21:50 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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