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 8:22 pm

(March 24, 2015 at 3:29 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:
(March 24, 2015 at 3:15 pm)robvalue Wrote: It makes me laugh how the afterlife, the foundation of the carrot and stick keeping the whole thing going, is something barely anyone can agree on. It goes as far as some people saying there is no hell or you just get destroyed, to those who believe in unlimited suffering. That's about as big a difference as you could get.

And it's not just the afterlife.

How does god judge? Is believing in it more important than good works? Less? Is there a special pass for those that never heard of the Christian god?

If the religion was clear, there wouldn't be 40,000 sects in Christianity alone, with disagreements found within each.

Great points. It's a train wreck. Disagreements on the details should be expected but when you can't agree on the fundamentals...what have you got?

It's a strong argument: Do you really have a religion?

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein

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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

RE: Churches losing membership four times faster than they are gaining it - by Vox Populi - March 26, 2015 at 4:38 am

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

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

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