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LINK 7 Startling Facts: An Up Close Look at Church Attendance in America

Here's an interesting article from 2004 where religious leaders were freaking out about church attendance. We were on our with Germany's stats back then, so the take away is that religious people lie about their church attendance. Say it isn't so!

dokala 7 July 21
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Always be skeptical about polls.

Absolutely. However, this is a poll they conducted because they know their numbers stunningly low. If it was bogus, then they'd show how their numbers are up.

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So, the US is getting smarter. Who knew?

Gareth Level 7 July 21, 2018
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👍

weeman Level 7 July 21, 2018
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Riding the highways to heaven...don't have time for church.

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No surprise, really. My community has at LEAST two formerly huge churches whose congregations have diminshed so much that they'll soon be forced to close down & move to smaller buildings.

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hope the trend accelerates! The sooner we get rid of myth loving and face reality we will be better off!

BillF Level 7 July 21, 2018
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Here are a few more links on the topic (gotta love the RNS sources because you know they are freaking out over the decline):
[pbs.org]

[religionnews.com]

[religionnews.com]

dokala Level 7 July 21, 2018

THOSE WERE FUN! Thanks! I had fun with comments.

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