Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it

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Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it

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RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it

March 24, 2015 at 11:31 am (This post was last modified: March 24, 2015 at 11:35 am by FatAndFaithless.)

(March 24, 2015 at 11:28 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: That is a factor as well, but far from the whole story. It's likely an additional accelerator, but the trend of each generation being less religious than the previous one has been going on since the forties.

True, but the trend-breaking upward spike of the "nones" in the recent decade or so is (in my opinion, anyway) directly linked to mass information technology like the internet.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
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Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Mister Agenda - March 24, 2015 at 11:19 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Alex K - March 24, 2015 at 11:22 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Mister Agenda - March 24, 2015 at 11:24 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by dyresand - March 24, 2015 at 11:47 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by FatAndFaithless - March 24, 2015 at 11:26 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Mister Agenda - March 24, 2015 at 11:28 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by FatAndFaithless - March 24, 2015 at 11:31 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Ravenshire - March 24, 2015 at 4:14 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by robvalue - March 24, 2015 at 11:34 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by JuliaL - March 24, 2015 at 12:47 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Mister Agenda - March 24, 2015 at 11:58 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Joods - March 24, 2015 at 12:08 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Esquilax - March 24, 2015 at 12:18 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by dyresand - March 24, 2015 at 12:41 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Norman Humann - March 24, 2015 at 12:29 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by KevinM1 - March 24, 2015 at 2:02 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Minimalist - March 24, 2015 at 12:44 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by dyresand - March 24, 2015 at 12:48 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 24, 2015 at 12:52 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Mister Agenda - March 24, 2015 at 3:49 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by AFTT47 - March 24, 2015 at 12:57 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by vorlon13 - March 24, 2015 at 1:35 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Minimalist - March 24, 2015 at 1:42 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by dyresand - March 24, 2015 at 1:54 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by vorlon13 - March 24, 2015 at 4:14 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Pyrrho - March 25, 2015 at 7:16 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by robvalue - March 24, 2015 at 3:15 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by KevinM1 - March 24, 2015 at 3:29 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by AFTT47 - March 24, 2015 at 8:22 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by robvalue - March 24, 2015 at 3:53 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by robvalue - March 25, 2015 at 4:47 am

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RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by AFTT47 - March 26, 2015 at 10:25 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by dyresand - March 26, 2015 at 8:07 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Cephus - March 27, 2015 at 1:57 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Mister Agenda - March 27, 2015 at 3:07 pm

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by robvalue - March 27, 2015 at 3:55 am

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Pyrrho - March 27, 2015 at 12:40 pm

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