Christianity in the US on the decline

[RollWithIt]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/03/09/us.religion.less.christian/index.html

CNN) -- America is a less Christian nation than it was 20 years ago, and Christianity is not losing out to other religions, but primarily to a rejection of religion altogether, a survey published Monday found.

Three out of four Americans call themselves Christian, according to the American Religious Identification Survey from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1990, the figure was closer to nine out of 10 -- 86 percent.

At the same time there has been an increase in the number of people expressing no religious affiliation.

The survey also found that "born-again" or "evangelical" Christianity is on the rise, while the percentage who belong to "mainline" congregations such as the Episcopal or Lutheran churches has fallen.

[LynnTheDem]

1. Thank GAWD!!!

May the American Talibornagains disappear for good!

[Xipe Totec]

2. Christianity is not losing. Religion is n/t

[BlooInBloo]

3. Ah. Maybe there's hope after all.

[Deja Q]

4. Can't imagine why... (look at what Jesus did vs what his "followers" do.)

People aren't convinced.

Ironically, those to blame are the ones who claim most to be Christian while doing the most un-Christian acts.

[DinahMoeHum]

5. ". . .straying away from the church and going back to God. . ." - Lenny Bruce

n/t

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. It's no wonder with all them Christians giving it a bad name

There is no doubt that the rise of the evangelical persuasion is a bad thing. This is the breeding ground of zealots and those wishing to hasten the end of times.

[davidwparker]

7. 2 Thes 2:1-12 - Part of the falling away (apostasy) before the day of the Lord

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time.

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

[GoesTo11]

8. Did 11% of the people just become Jewish?

I guess not. Had to read the article.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. One better!

They didn't get rid of just one of the books -- they got rid of both! :bounce:

[upi402]

9. there IS a god !!! yay n/t k/r