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Harvard Study: Christianity Is Not Shrinking, But Growing Stronger In The US.

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  • Harvard Study: Christianity Is Not Shrinking, But Growing Stronger In The US.

    Interesting!

    New Harvard Research Says U.S. Christianity Is Not Shrinking, But Growing Stronger

    Mainline churches are tanking as if they have super-sized millstones around their necks. Yes, these churches are hemorrhaging members in startling numbers, but many of those folks are not leaving Christianity. They are simply going elsewhere. Because of this shifting, other very different kinds of churches are holding strong in crowds and have been for as long as such data has been collected. In some ways, they are even growing. This is what this new research has found.

    The percentage of Americans who attend church more than once a week, pray daily, and accept the Bible as wholly reliable and deeply instructive to their lives has remained absolutely, steel-bar constant for the last 50 years or more, right up to today. These authors describe this continuity as “patently persistent.”

    The percentage of such people is also not small. One in three Americans prays multiple times a day, while one in 15 do so in other countries on average. Attending services more than once a week continues to be twice as high among Americans compared to the next highest-attending industrial country, and three times higher than the average comparable nation.

    One-third of Americans hold that the Bible is the actual word of God. Fewer than 10 percent believe so in similar countries. The United States “clearly stands out as exceptional,” and this exceptionalism has not been decreasing over time. In fact, these scholars determine that the percentages of Americans who are the most vibrant and serious in their faith is actually increasing a bit, “which is making the United States even more exceptional over time.”

    http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/22/...wing-stronger/
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    Hence starlight's characterization of America as "weirdly religious."
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    • #3
      Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
      Hence starlight's characterization of America as "weirdly religious."
      But all we hear is that the US is getting less religious, it seems that numbers of devout Christians has remained the same our up-ticked a bit more. It is the liberal churches that are taking it on the chin!
      Last edited by seer; 07-09-2018, 02:11 PM.
      Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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      • #4
        Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
        Hence starlight's characterization of America as "weirdly religious."
        We're just ahead of the curve!
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
          We're just ahead of the curve!
          Behind - way behind - in his estimation.
          Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

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          • #6
            Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
            Hence starlight's characterization of America as "weirdly religious."
            This is about me, isn't it?
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by seer View Post
              But all we hear is that the US is getting less religious, it seems that numbers of devout Christians has remained the same our up-ticked a bit more. It is the liberal churches that are taking it on the chin!
              And it's no wonder. I worked behind the scenes on a couple of big church conferences recently as part of my job, and I would have thought I was working a Democrat convention. So many churches trying to expand their appeal by refusing to condemn and even embracing sin, but it's having the opposite affect. You cant beat the world when you play by its rules.
              Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
              But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
              Than a fool in the eyes of God


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              • #8
                Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                This is about me, isn't it?
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                Maybe the weirdly part

                I'm always still in trouble again

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
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                  Maybe the weirdly part
                  Well, YEAH!
                  The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                    Behind - way behind - in his estimation.
                    Which means we're really way ahead!
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by seer View Post
                      Interesting!
                      Oh great, 1/3 of americans believe the bible is the actual word of god, how exceptional. 2/3's of us realize that it's hogwash! That just goes to show that americans are about 20% dumber than people in most other similar countries are. I don't see much to be boasting about in that study as a christian, seer.
                      Last edited by JimL; 07-10-2018, 12:10 PM.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by JimL View Post
                        Oh great, 1/3 of americans believe the bible is the actual word of god, how exceptional. 2/3's of us realize that it's hogwash! That just goes to show that americans are about 20% dumber than people in most other similar countries are. I don't see much to be boasting about in that study as a christian, seer.
                        Jim, it doesn't say that 2/3 say it is hogwash! Rasmussen poll:

                        74% Believe Jesus Was Son of God

                        http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...was_son_of_god
                        Last edited by seer; 07-10-2018, 12:21 PM.
                        Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by seer View Post
                          Jim, it doesn't say that 2/3 say it is hogwash! Rasmussen poll:
                          He's being JimL - he's doing his own interpretation...

                          Originally posted by JimL View Post
                          ...2/3's of us realize that it's hogwash!...
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                            He's being JimL - he's doing his own interpretation...
                            I understand why liberals are so upset, their world is falling apart...
                            Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by seer View Post
                              I understand why liberals are so upset, their world is falling apart...
                              EGGzackly.... and there is no safe space in the US of A.
                              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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