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Sky Jewels

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98. I doubt it will rebound. The internet is letting young people compare notes.

Mon Jan 23, 2023, 05:48 PM

Jan 2023

Religious dogma thrives in isolation where people will swallow the same silly stories because everyone they know, including their parents, have swallowed them.

That doesn't work so well in the age of the internet, when people can instantly find out that millions of people are noting that the emperor is buck nekkid.

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Losing their religion: why US churches are on the decline [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2023 OP

Yep! True Blue American Jan 2023 #1

When it's so, that has to mean they don't know teaching morality Hortensis Jan 2023 #21

I disagree with this genxlib Jan 2023 #42

Finding a substitute wasn't a problem for us. paleotn Jan 2023 #75

We don't need churches to teach morals Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #52

I'm not religous. Agnostic in fact. paleotn Jan 2023 #68

And moral teachings and understandings do not exist solely in churches. The niyad Jan 2023 #70

Now, THAT first sentence is true and recognizes that there Hortensis Jan 2023 #89

My mother (82 year-old WF) says her church, a liberal Methodist church, Aristus Jan 2023 #2

So are thousands of others. The pandemic made it worse. True Blue American Jan 2023 #25

Yep Rebl2 Jan 2023 #31

Our church lost a lot of younger, more liberal congregants when Ilsa Jan 2023 #40

After years of questioning the retorhic of Christianity I finally just walkingman Jan 2023 #3

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is the cornerstone of all religions Wednesdays Jan 2023 #5

Lol. Mosby Jan 2023 #11

Um, what? Wednesdays Jan 2023 #16

The only TRUE "golden rule.." Archae Jan 2023 #76

Read the Bilble edhopper Jan 2023 #87

"Do unto others" makes fine sense for a species of interdependent primates. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #20

10 Commandments seems to work. True Blue American Jan 2023 #26

Well, #9's you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Hortensis Jan 2023 #29

If You Don't Love Your Neighbor:) True Blue American Jan 2023 #47

And, of course: peppertree Jan 2023 #54

4 of them are strictly religious in nature... Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #56

Do you realize how hard it is to carve and carry stone tablets down a mountain? ToxMarz Jan 2023 #73

Yup. Archae Jan 2023 #81

Touche!!! Lol!!! Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #84

As many people say, Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #4

I left a couple because they left me! True Blue American Jan 2023 #48

Same for me.... JanLip Jan 2023 #83

Exactly! True Blue American Jan 2023 #91

this can only be a good thing Skittles Jan 2023 #6

That was exactly my thought! -nt CrispyQ Jan 2023 #12

+1 llmart Jan 2023 #18

Amen walkingman Jan 2023 #27

I think it'll be a good thing IF the surviving churches, and new ones, Hortensis Jan 2023 #33

Crystal power is a load of crap, but at least crystals actually exist. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #96

:) True. And herb gardening has real, proven mental and physical health Hortensis Jan 2023 #99

Yes! I grow some herbs and always get a "scent high" from them when I walk by. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #100

Yes! PERFECT sense. We have a spot on a path Hortensis Jan 2023 #101

The most visible face of modern Christianity is prosperity gospel, mammon, and politics. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #7

This ...... Useless in FL Jan 2023 #10

Yeah, that whole rich man & the eye of a needle thing, & Christ & the moneychangers, & CrispyQ Jan 2023 #13

I saw this cartoon this morning and it made me giggle... Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #24

Thanks. I know a few that I'd like to rapture/vacuum away. erronis Jan 2023 #37

LOL. CrispyQ Jan 2023 #49

Haha mountain grammy Jan 2023 #72

Preparing for the rapture keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #78

+1 dalton99a Jan 2023 #15

Sickening Rebl2 Jan 2023 #43

It's about effin time.. wish it were in larger numbers, enough to wipe it out of politics msfiddlestix Jan 2023 #8

The beauty we see in Creation phoenix75 Jan 2023 #9

+1 Rebl2 Jan 2023 #34

I'll go along as long as you don't capitalize "Creation" or "Nature" like they are deified. erronis Jan 2023 #39

Permit me to share a passage from "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius.... phoenix75 Jan 2023 #90

+1 SheltieLover Jan 2023 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jan 2023 #14

The so-called evangelicals support a the prejudiced, racist lying POS Republicans. Then you have doc03 Jan 2023 #17

Inevitable, since their invisible sky god never makes an appearance lindysalsagal Jan 2023 #19

This! Now we have to grow up and take care of each other. Biophilic Jan 2023 #55

Such wonderful, wonderful news. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #22

The old guard in the 1970's warned about this to the Fundies. Xolodno Jan 2023 #23

And in the 1970s, they had no way of knowing that the internet would come along. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #28

Agree. Altho some might take the "rise of the internet" as an example of the Devil erronis Jan 2023 #41

Conventional churches are probably too cerebral for those Turbineguy Jan 2023 #30

Maybe the rapture happened and these folks were left behind IronLionZion Jan 2023 #32

Yikes! That is something to ponder, isn't it? Lol judesedit Jan 2023 #74

Churches in decline Conjuay Jan 2023 #35

Many were lost to covid. Emile Jan 2023 #36

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin....... Upthevibe Jan 2023 #38

Maybe people are finally actually reading the Bible. HardPort Jan 2023 #44

Reports like this have been out there for years, but I assert that they should be read with caution Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2023 #45

Repurpose churches? How about some suggestions? erronis Jan 2023 #46

There is financial pressure as well genxlib Jan 2023 #50

Spent my first 18 years being force-fed evangelism... czarjak Jan 2023 #51

Good vercetti2021 Jan 2023 #53

Religion and Churches aren't the same thing. Aussie105 Jan 2023 #58

I absolutely do not need religion. NT Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #59

Are you living your life Aussie105 Jan 2023 #62

Cheers. Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #63

The humanitarian parts of the Christian bible.... paleotn Jan 2023 #80

The New Testament True Blue American Jan 2023 #92

What Ben Franklin said 303squadron Jan 2023 #60

Turning away from going to church treestar Jan 2023 #61

They have actually... Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #64

Church, religion and living your life as a Good Person . . . Aussie105 Jan 2023 #67

Four things TlalocW Jan 2023 #65

Excellent! Now those tax-free users of civic resources can be made into something niyad Jan 2023 #66

take away the special tax status, and the shit would disappear all together! stop subsidizing! bringthePaine Jan 2023 #69

Good! paleotn Jan 2023 #71

I do a lot of work gopiscrap Jan 2023 #77

Part of a reson is that as Boomers become unable to attend or die off Warpy Jan 2023 #79

Religion and politics use each other to gain power and wealth. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #82

I doubt it will rebound. The internet is letting young people compare notes. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #98

When religion is weaponized, the eventual casualty is religion. n/t TygrBright Jan 2023 #85

churches have prime real estate... could make good condos BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #86

Great news! IrishAfricanAmerican Jan 2023 #88

Preaching the Gospel of the MAGAt King is no longer Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2023 #93

Sad Trump-et? Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #97

Simply put EnergizedLib Jan 2023 #94

Explains the roomier pews we've been sitting in. Torchlight Jan 2023 #95