U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time

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  1. JET3534

    JET3534 Well-Known Member

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    How do you demonstrate your claim? Take your word for it? What about all of the other individuals who have testimony different than yours? Take Muhammad for example. Is he wrong and you are right? Did your personal testimony correspond to your childhood indoctrination or culture? What does one have to do to receive testimony? Can your personal testimony reveal the 16 digit card serial number I mentioned thereby proving your claims. Here is a hint. The first digits are 1104.
     
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    Most modern so-called "Christian churches" have become Baal temples who embrace evil perverted antichrist abominations.
     
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    Nah, once folks figure what a sham lefty-ism is they will return.....they always do.
     
  4. cd8ed

    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Hopefully not
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It seems many who are “blind following” are also highly religious.
     
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    Many believe that their politicians care about them and work in their best interest even though results show otherwise.
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Who believes that beside a handful of people that act like it is a team sport? Most people know politicians do not care for Americans. The right wing dangles “freedom” ploys as bait and the left dangles stuff every other first world nation already has as bait but neither of them care outside of winning the next election.
     
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    Who do you only refer to one party on the issue of blind following? Are you turning a blind eye to the results the other party is known for?
     
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    To have the same testimony I do, you will have to study the same things, pray about them, follow the instructions from James and Moroni and wait for the Holy Ghost to bear testimony to you. That is the method to know what I know. There is no other way.
     
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    Sounds like exactly what happens when I meditate on any spiritual work I read about. Call it the Holy Spirit, Kundalini energy, Infinite intelligence, universal mind... these are all synonyms for our connection to the one universal source.
     
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    You didn't see the chart in the OP? The decline has been going on for 80 yrs.
    20% drop in the last 20 yrs. Covid had no impact on that.
     
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    Careful, your love thy neighbor Christian views are showing.
     
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    You forgot about all the Fathers of Jewish culture and the Kings all having wives and concubines.
     
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    You may do that but you will only receive what ever Kundalini or Satan with you to know. You will not know the difference of what I know until you know what I know. My experience is that I was born Jewish but did look at other religions as well. Today, I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The scriptures I would have you read are James 1:5 - 8 and Moroni 10:2 - 7 in the Bible and Book of Mormon respectively. By any other way, you cannot know what the Holy Ghost has born true to me. Anything else is a counterfeit.
     
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    Warnings are fine. It's how I personally would react in their presence. To warn my neighbor is just as important of the evil and wickedness.
     
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    Sigh. I don't know why some religious people think that they somehow, out of all of creation, on this planet or any planet, have been specially selected by god to receive his message while leaving everyone else in the dark. It's kind of like the old geocentric views of the whole universe revolving around the earth. Like I've said before, there is some good wisdom to be found in the bible and Christianity, but it is by no means the only source. God is in all places, people, spiritual traditions. No one faith has a monopoly.
     
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    It's due to the pandemic but I attend church virtually now.
     
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    There was no warning in that post. Just extreme dislike for a very very fine couple and one of the nicest to ever occupy the WH.
     
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    What?
    This chart is in the OP.

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    20% drop in last 20 yrs.
     
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    "love your neighbor" is supposed to include pointing out their sins so they can recognize and seek forgiveness for them.
     
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    I agreed with your first paragraph. You are right. Many oeople could not attend church fir months because of COVID. Then you got political about it and I could no longer cosign.

     
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    Total BS.
     
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    Which sins are you pointing out?

    I think those who make that claim just use it to justify their self righteous BS.
    When any who claim about others sin stop their own sin, then maybe you can get on the self righteous high horse. Until then, those types are just looking past that plank in their eyes.
     
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    Where did you get that interpretation?
     
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    He’s even in you.
     

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