Pope Francis: Church can't 'interfere' with gays

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13. Watch what you ask for, you sometimes gets it

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Church attendance is down, but religious belief seems to be holding its own. Survey after survey points own these two trends. It indicates more a disconnection with you local community then anything to do with religious beliefs.

Other indications of a drop in community activities, include less and less people becoming Volunteers for any event. Volunteer fire departments are having a hard time finding people who wants to join them. Even bowling leagues have seen substantial drop in members (While Bowling as a whole is undergoing a boom).

In many ways we are returning to the 1800s, where you had a disconnect between people and their communities. The main reason for this is people are less secure in their jobs (thus have to move to find new jobs) and an overall drop in income.

When America last had an increase in Church membership was the same time period where we had extensive Union membership, increasing wages and increasing secure employment (The 1950s-1970s). This also saw increase in membership in bowling leagues, Volunteer Fire Departments and other Volunteer groups. Thus the drop in Church attendance shows that our societies social groupings are in decline. Given people are social animals that is NOT a good sign.

Back to the Pope, he is trying to show the world that being a member of a Community is important and the Church should try to help people be a member of a community. He is trying to be inclusive so that people see they need to work together to make a better society. Thus joining a Church, joining a Volunteer Fire Department, agreeing to volunteer at a community function all help a society act as if all of its members are one, not a bunch of individuals looking for something to be part of.