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Washington's Blog reports
The Pew Research Center on Religion & Public Life is reporting, in their poll of 35,000 Americans, that during the seven years from 2007 to 2014, the numbers of religiously "Unaffiliated" were soaring, the numbers of Christians were plunging, and the numbers of adherents to non-Christian faiths were rising substantially but not nearly as much as were the numbers of "Unaffiliated".
This report, issued on May 12th, is headlined, "America's Changing Religious Landscape: Christians Decline Sharply as Share of Population; Unaffiliated and Other Faiths Continue to Grow".
It shows that: the percentage of Americans who are unaffiliated rose from 16.1% in 2007 up to 22.8% today.
[...][The USA] is becoming a less [religious], and a more religiously diverse, country.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday May 14 2015, @06:43PM
Nice lumping everyone together. As a Christian, I have to point out to the less intelligent Christians that we're not supposed to hate ANYBODY and a gay's sins are no worse than mine. There is a "gay agenda", which is simply to get everyone to accept homosexuality as normal. Being homosexual isn't a sin, acting on impulse is, whether one is gay or straight. As I pointed out to a Lesbian friend who said she wished she were straight so she wouldn't go to hell, it's no more a sin for her to eat pussy than is is for me to. I also pointed out that since she was regretful, she was forgiven. FORGIVENESS IS WHAT THE RELIGION IS ABOUT!
As to the rapture, there's nothing biblical about that. Too many believe it, though.
The "God loves rich people more and that's why they're rich" is bullshit, too -- and like "God hates fags" is completely the opposite of what the Bible teaches. "The love of money is the root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:10). [mcgrewbooks.com] "Blessed are the poor" (Luke 6:20) [mcgrewbooks.com]. And there's the story of the rich man and the poor man who die (Luke 16:19). [mcgrewbooks.com]
We are also warned of false prophets and wolves in sheep's clothing.
that corporations are people, that we don't need social programs
I don't know what kind of "Christians" you're hanging around with, but no Christian I have ever met has said anything resembling that, with the exception of rich Republicans. Here's a hint: anyone who wears a necktie should be suspect as a Christian, because the tie is the symbol of wealth and power, the symbol of everything Christianity is against. I call a necktie "Satan's Leash" and refuse to attend any service where the preacher is wearing one, and once walked out in the middle of a sermon because the preacher was lying about the bible.
Christianity isn't dying, but the number of Christians affiliated with major religions are. The nondenominational church I attend far less regularly than I should is growing by leaps and bounds, and I see far more young faces than old.
Don't forget, "Where two or three are gathered in my name, I will be there" (Matthew 18:20) [mcgrewbooks.com]. I've seen church take place in bars, without anybody directing it.
Your interpretation of the 25% is faulty; there are over 300 million people here scattered over thousands of square miles. Almost all those evangelicals are in the south. If you live in, say, Tennessee, I can see why you see things as you do.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by naubol on Friday May 15 2015, @05:25AM
The fact that you implied being gay is a sin is enough to lump you in.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday May 17 2015, @03:58PM
I implied no such thing. BEING gay is no sin, "gay" is how you're born. There are gays in heaven. When they fall to temptation, it's no different than when I fall to temptation. We simply have different temptations.
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