Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low
Eighty-one percent of U.S. adults say they believe in God, down six percentage points from 2017 and the lowest in Gallup's trend.
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Belief in God in U.S. dips to 81%, a new low
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It’s hard for me, but yes I believe.
The church has hurt me pretty bad, so I am unsure what that means for my church is relationship going forward.
But I want to always have a relationship with GOD.
The church has hurt me pretty bad, so I am unsure what that means for my church is relationship going forward.
But I want to always have a relationship with GOD.
Churches are made up of humans. The people at Church are the entire spectrum from saints to everything else.
Don't let some crappy people at Church cause you to leave. It's like leaving school because some of the teachers were bad.
Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low
Eighty-one percent of U.S. adults say they believe in God, down six percentage points from 2017 and the lowest in Gallup's trend.
I'm actually surprised it's that high considering 80% of Americans don't attend Church each Sunday.
Americans should be careful what they wish for as we enter an atheist culture. It will have unintended consequences, IMO.
Communism and Nazi Germany are two examples.
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Ultimately, it is important for each individual to have
a personal faith in God. The local church can help a
person develop a stronger faith in God. However, if the
local congregation loses its focus on God, then people
will stop coming.
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a personal faith in God. The local church can help a
person develop a stronger faith in God. However, if the
local congregation loses its focus on God, then people
will stop coming.
.
Doesn’t matter.Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low
Eighty-one percent of U.S. adults say they believe in God, down six percentage points from 2017 and the lowest in Gallup's trend.
the Christian fascists and Trumpists and SCOTUS will SHOVE THEIR FASCIST GOD DOWN EVERYONES GOD DAMN THROATS!
(must be read as guilfoyles or MGT or Bobert or 1/6 insurrectionist primal screams)
Believe in God and Christ. Have a lot of issues with the modern day Christian church however.
Not surprised that the number is falling..... As the country gets worse and worse
Frederick Nietszche, a die hard atheist, predicted in 1880 that this would happen.
He predicted Christianity ("God is dead") would die out in the West and would get replaced by nihilism.
He wanted to create a new value system to stop the rise of nihilism but went insane before he could complete it.
I don't think its sad.
That means they don't believe in you either
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Holland are all examples of countries having little support for religion that appear to be doing quite well both culturally and economically. I'm not saying those are completely right but they aren't completely wrong either.
The would be church with a little c, not the Church. Don’t let what one so called church did sway your belief.
Religion does not make people inherently good. Look at the modern Republican Party, god fearing hypocrite’s.
agnosticism is the only logical answer.
Religious people give more to charity than the non-religious and they also volunteer more. By alot.
Agnosticism is a cop out.
If you're truly agnostic, take Pascal's Wager.
Then what happened? What sect of Christianity did they ascribe to? Like it or not the U.S. Baptists to my mind far closer in terms of religious philosophy to Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia than say Catholic or Lutheran ministries. Or the more "liberal" faiths such as say Judaism.
Then Europe abandoned it. America is, too.
Baptists have different sects, too. I don't think most Baptists want to execute gay people like those countries do.
Cop out of what? A cop out is believing something because your parents did.
there is no possible way to know.
as far as charity goes. Bs. Most is given out of fear and gullibility besides there is no way to quantify any volunteer work or charity if there than what churches claim. Lots of catholic donations to charity got paid to rape victims too.
there is no possible way to know.
as far as charity goes. Bs. Most is given out of fear and gullibility besides there is no way to quantify any volunteer work or charity if there than what churches claim. Lots of catholic donations to charity got paid to rape victims too.
Agnosticism is a cop out of making a choice on the most important truth there is. You have to make a choice, since you will die in a few decades.
By that point, life will be over and it may be too late.
And there's definitely ways to know. Read about Jesus (or ask Him if He is real) or read or talk to one of the millions of people that have had experiences of God or Satan.
Religious people give more to charity than the non-religious and they also volunteer more. By alot.
Agnosticism is a cop out.
If you're truly agnostic, take Pascal's Wager.
What if you believe in the wrong god. Maybe you should reevaluate what agnostic means.Religious people give more to charity than the non-religious and they also volunteer more. By alot.
Agnosticism is a cop out.
If you're truly agnostic, take Pascal's Wager.
my belief is that if there is a god they value logic above all else. What will you tell them if the ask you how the f6ck could you believe the sh1t written in that book.
Holy sh1t. Did you read that? Who told you that you have to make a choice? Does that seem logical.
Catholic.Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low
Eighty-one percent of U.S. adults say they believe in God, down six percentage points from 2017 and the lowest in Gallup's trend.
Attended almost every week until covid and this Pope. Sorry but I'm not listening to a fricking communist.
Not a true believer in god or heaven. Once this pope leaves I may start attending again. Heading to Italy in August - may hit some masses in a couple basilicas.
Believe in past presence and most of the teachings of Jesus - treatment of people, family and community and we all benefit.
Short summary.
Huh?
You're going to die in a few decades, right??
By that time, your choice will be forced. You have to choose.
Staying agnostic is rejecting God.
That's a risk. Why not study, pray and make a choice?
Is it better to just refrain and stay agnostic until you die?
The purpose of attending Mass is to get the Eucharist and sacraments.
Who cares who the Pope is??
Not for everyone. Think community/common good, good vs evil, etc .
I do if he says dumb shit.
The Pope saying "dumb shit" doesn't make the sacraments invalid.
Jesus instituted them. Focus on Him.
Keep in mind the media constantly takes his quotes out of context.
Agnosticism as a qualitative label isn't very useful.
Technically, every rational person could be defaulted into the category on the basis of some level of doubt.
What's interesting is the level of doubt. For a rational person this will be in accordance to the evidence for X. (God in this instance)
For example... I find the evidence for the likelihood of a theistic, as biblically depicted, God to be extraordinarily lacking. Basically... no good evidence at all. And so I'm defaulted into extreme skepticism. Say 99.9% confident based upon available evidence that there is no theistic God.
No, nobody can be *perfectly* sure, but that's not saying anything interesting, is it? We could posit infinite unlikely scenario in which we're not able to definitively exclude the possibility of X. But you don't worry about those low probability items, do you? I just add one more (God) to the list than you.
And so... Paschal's wager and other such thought experiments don't really go anywhere with such extreme skepticism.
(which I believe to be reasonably derived from lack of evidence)
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Again why do you have to choose? Who says? In all honesty if you’re Christian you should be catholic using this logic.
again do you know what agnostic means?
I agree "agnosticism" is a complete cop out when it comes to religion. I'm a complete atheist in that I do not take it as fact that there is a supernatural entity controlling my or any other person's life. I may be wrong but if I am that's on me. As an aside I also believe that those on the political spectrum who call themselves "Independents" are merely generally more centrist republicans that lack the stones to actually that they're republicans
We have to choose because remaining agnostic is basically rejecting God. It's just sitting on the fence and refusing to choose.
I am Catholic.
