(April 4, 2017 at 3:01 pm)SteveII Wrote: I do not think science is nonsense. I will be clearer for those that struggle: Christianity is on the rise across the world because it resonates with people. Atheists think they have a compelling message. They either suck at getting their message out, or, it is not as good of a message as they think (or both).
People like GodlessHeatheness think that Christianity has not been answering all these objections for centuries and that somehow "science" will somehow shine through and illuminate the ignorant. That has simply not been the case (or is expected to). Most Christians do not fear science or any knowledge we can attain from many disciplines.
Christianity is dying in the more advanced parts of the world, where I was christened is now a pub for example. and that is the case for lots of churches in the UK. It may be growing where you are but that is not representative.
Quote:Some key findings from the Church Statistics1 report are:
- UK Church membership has declined from 10.6 million in 1930 to 5.5 Million in 2010, or as a percentage of the population; from about 30% to 11.2%.
By 2013, this had declined further to 5.4 million (10.3%). If current trends continue, membership will fall to 8.4% of the population by 2025.2
- In England, membership is forecast to decline to 2.53 million (4.3% of the population) by 2025.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
