"In what remains of the American church, reactions to this decline will vary. Some will see it as a positive apocalypse, which is to say a revealing of what was always true. America was never really a Christian nation. Our government and society have long made choices and embraced values that are difficult, if not impossible, to square with Christianity, so an end of any association between the two is welcome. Likewise, the proportion of Americans who actually practiced Christian faith in any meaningful, life-altering sense was always substantially lower than the proportion who would identify as Christian in a poll. What we're seeing is less mass deconversion than a belated honesty which may be an opportunity for new faithfulness, repentance, or even revival."
The decline of Christianity in America will have profound consequences, socially, culturally and politically.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 21, 2019 1:02 PM |
Thread about those research findings. Love reading stuff like this.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 21, 2019 11:23 AM |
It hasn't anywhere else that has had a much steeper decline in Christianity, why would the USA be different?
The only noticeable thing is that hardly anyone goes to church on Sunday.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 21, 2019 11:59 AM |
Good riddance.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 21, 2019 12:21 PM |
Meh. We've already begun to find different reasons to judge and hate each other. Now we can sleep later.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 21, 2019 12:24 PM |
Evangelicalism has been stable, and Pentecostalism continues to grow. Only liberal and moderate Christianity is declining
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 21, 2019 12:38 PM |
And, within Protestantism, the share who consider themselves born again or evangelical actually rose, from 56 to 59 percent over 10 years.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 21, 2019 12:40 PM |
R6, that's scary. Imagine the Republican party 10 years from now being WORSE than it is now--I shudder at the thought.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 21, 2019 12:46 PM |
Religion was hijacked by right-wingers, mixing state & religion
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 21, 2019 12:55 PM |
When a man no longer believes in Christ, he doesn't now believe in nothing. He'll believe anything.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 21, 2019 12:59 PM |
If God does not exist then all is permitted!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 21, 2019 1:02 PM |