God Help Us: Atheism Becomes Largest Religion In U.S.
Daily Wire,
by
Michael J. Knowles
Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx,
4/7/2019 1:06:42 PM
For the first time in history, atheists constitute the largest religious group in America. According to the General Social Survey, the number of Americans who have no religion has increased 266% over the past three decades and now account for 23.1% of the population, just barely edging out Catholics and Evangelicals as the nation’s dominant faith. Mainline Protestant churches have suffered the greatest collapse, declining 62.5% since 1982 and now comprising just 10.8% of the U.S. population. (Video) As religiosity has declined, social ills have abounded. Nearly one in five American adults suffers from anxiety disorders, which now constitute the
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Calamity Kate 4/7/2019 1:32:15 PM (No. 26303)
Here´s the bottom line:
There is no such thing as ´atheism´ . We all -- without exception -- worship someone or something.
If one is worshiping anything other than the God that created the universe, one is worshiping something that will eventually show itself to be a tyrant that debases you.
If you´re not worshiping the God of Heaven, you´re worshiping a created thing.
The Seven Deadly Sins (lust, greed, envy, sloth, gluttony, pride, wrath) are types of little ´gods´. Any created thing we worship ultimately finds its home with one of these ´little gods´. Broken, distorted, disordered appetites. Loving things and using people instead of rightly loving people and using things. Worship the transcendent God and your life and your loves will get rightly ordered.
Christians -- the harvest is ready. Let´s get to work.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
kdog 4/7/2019 1:59:29 PM (No. 26288)
They should Sidney people on their deathbeds. I believe the result would be different.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
kdog 4/7/2019 2:00:52 PM (No. 26292)
They should SURVEY people on their deathbeds. I believe the result would be different. Sorry everyone!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
JrSample 4/7/2019 2:10:44 PM (No. 26298)
The headline is dishonest. "Unaffiliated" is not the same thing as Atheist. Current demographic data has Atheists at 3.1% and Agnostic at 4%. Unaffiliated at 22.8% is not a denomination it is "don´t care" or "have not decided".
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Penny Spencer 4/7/2019 2:14:40 PM (No. 26305)
People started leaving the Mainline Churches only after the Mainline Churches abandoned true Christianity in favor of the social gospel. What followed was the emergence of contemporary "happy clappy" churches which usually don´t offer reverent worship or sound doctrine, even though they preach the Gospel.
Protestantism has become something of a wasteland, while Roman Catholicism is mired in sexual corruption and saddled with a questionable Pontiff. Many have become disillusioned with it all and even those if us who stay faithful can´t help but be disheartened.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
BarryNo 4/7/2019 2:18:17 PM (No. 26295)
The media has been trumpeting out every failing of religious leaders, especially Christian, with the false narrative that they pretend to be ´better´ than everyone else and are hypocrites.
Everyone despises a hypocrite.
Of course, in nearly the same breath they tout themselves as having the answers everyone sought from their religious leaders - except any attempt at morality. Atheism is merely the selfish man´s solution to the idea of being held accountable for what he wants to do. An Atheist´s God, is himself, first and foremost, and about the least trustworthy member of any society.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 4/7/2019 2:23:04 PM (No. 26289)
Call me skeptical. Everybody believes in something, even if it´s not Christianity. As the old saying goes, there are no atheists in foxholes.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
fayebeck 4/7/2019 2:29:07 PM (No. 26291)
Well, I´ve always heard that god helps those who help themselves. Now what happens if the persons who help themselves to success without god?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
HotRod 4/7/2019 2:32:26 PM (No. 26294)
Then Atheists have nothing to preach to me about!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 4/7/2019 2:33:09 PM (No. 26299)
When the Baby Boomers got the reins of mainline churches, they ruined them - "happy clappy" music instead of traditional hymns, social justice lectures rather than sermons about faith, sin and redemption, activist priests/ministers who led demonstrations for leftists causes, and so on. What happens if you don´t agree with the tripe the minister is spewing? You leave. That´s what I did.
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One thing that has always fascinated me is the "standing" of atheists demanding rights as a religion. Non-belief in a deity is NOT a religion, quite the contrary. It´s merely a point of view.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NYbob 4/7/2019 3:15:20 PM (No. 26304)
I´m surprised it took this long, but this is a misleading lie. Like almost everything in a media trying anything to get your attention.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
red1066 4/7/2019 3:23:49 PM (No. 26301)
I don´t believe for a minute that just because one doesn´t go to church, one is an Atheist.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Grounded 4/7/2019 4:34:07 PM (No. 26290)
Then there are the New Agers whose mantra is "I´m not a religious person, but I´m a very spiritual being." What the Hell are they talking about?
As for myself, I´m like Ronald Reagan and his relationship with the democrat party: I didn´t leave the Church the Church left me. I still believe; in fact I believe I´ll have another beer.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 4/7/2019 5:53:34 PM (No. 26297)
Nothing of the Word of God is being taught from the pulpits these days, as everything has been focused on the "health & wealth" gospel, instead of the "pick up your cross daily and follow me," gospel of Christ. This nation is on the spiral down the toilet of history, and perhaps a civil war may reawaken mankind to the total depravity of man. Atheism can only survive in total tyranny and in times of excessive wealth and leisure. God never allows either to go on for long.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
anniebc 4/7/2019 10:37:44 PM (No. 26293)
So is where is leftism on the org chart of atheism? Atheist worship something; we all do.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Muguy 4/8/2019 12:25:14 AM (No. 26300)
People get ready.
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