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Allergic to religion?

1timspalding
Mar 15, 2021, 3:13 am

RNS: “Allergic to religion”: Conservative politics can push people out of the pews, new study shows
Various studies have argued that one reason for the rapid rise of the "nones" may be a backlash against the actions of the Religious Right. Three political scientists have now proved that there's a direct connection.
https://religionnews.com/2021/03/12/allergic-to-religion-conservative-politics-c...

I've banged this drum for years. Conservative politics is murdering Christianity in the US.

2eschator83
Mar 24, 2021, 11:44 am

I think socialists are doing their best to "murder" all religions as they hide behind euphemisms like humanism, spiritualism, liberalism, and progressivism. They seek the power and control of universalism and seem unafraid of the violence of communism. They seem willing to risk the loss of all our Freedom, not just religion and speech.

3John5918
Abr 1, 2021, 12:14 am

Vatican statistical yearbook: The number of Catholics is growing on every continent—except Europe (America Magazine)

The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world has shown steady growth, while the number of religious men and women continued to decrease, according to Vatican statistics. At the end of 2019, the worldwide Catholic population exceeded 1.34 billion, which continued to be about 17.7% of the world's population...

According to the statistical yearbook, the number of Catholics increased in every continent except Europe. At the end of 2019, 48.1% of the world's Catholics were living in the Americas, followed by Europe with 21.2%, Africa with 18.7%, about 11% in Asia (all figures for Asia exclude China) and 0.8 percent in Oceania...


Behind Gallup’s portrait of church decline (Religious News Service)

As Holy Week began this year, a Gallup Poll found that church membership in the United States had declined to less than half of the population for the first time. The headline grabbed attention, but it’s mostly unsurprising: In a country where 90% of the 350,000 congregations in the U.S. have a profile older than the general population, time brings an inevitable decline.

Christians have also suffered self-inflicted damage: Surveys show that the identification of many white evangelicals with former President Donald Trump drove many millennials away, as did the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church over the previous decades. “Nones” — those claiming no religious affiliation — are growing, now roughly equaling the number of evangelicals or of Catholics in the U.S.

That all makes for nice sound bites, but it’s not the whole story, and there are realities behind Gallup’s numbers that deserve exploration. What’s dramatically declining in the U.S. is white Christianity...

4John5918
Abr 5, 2021, 11:52 pm

'Allergic reaction to US religious right' fueling decline of religion, experts say (Guardian)

Just 47% of the US population are members of a church, mosque or synagogue, according to a survey by Gallup, down from 70% two decades ago – in part a result of millennials turning away from religion but also, experts say, a reaction to the swirling mix of rightwing politics and Christianity pursued by the Republican party...

5John5918
Abr 6, 2021, 11:11 pm

I tried to quit the Catholic church, but the Catholic church wouldn't quit me. Now what? (Guardian)

Like many lapsed Catholics, my relationship with the church has had some spectacular ups and downs... I decided mere non-participation wasn’t enough. I wanted out. Perhaps I could get a certificate, I thought, formally acknowledging that I was no longer Catholic. That I’d officially quit. I’d carry it in my wallet, and the next time my staunchly religious uncle said “I’m praying for you”, while giving me the pitying look he reserves for stray lambs, I’d whip it out and shove it in his face... But where would I start? Who would I speak to? As Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain once joked, “You can’t cut up your membership card in front of a priest and go ‘feck you! I’m out of here’”...

6John5918
Abr 11, 2021, 12:10 am

Five top-5 lists drawn from the Vatican’s Statistical Yearbook (Crux)

The countries in the world with the most people baptized Catholics continue to be, in order: Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, the United States and Italy. But, according to the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, as of Dec. 31, 2019, the order and even the countries are different when looking at the number of dioceses or other church jurisdictions, the number of ordinations of diocesan priests that year and the number of children under the age of 7 baptized over the previous 12 months...

7John5918
Editado: Maio 12, 2021, 7:19 am

African Countries Register Highest Growth in Christianity Globally amid Persecution (ACI Africa)

Christianity is on the rise in African countries despite the harsh religious environment on the continent that is characterized by persecution of Christians and lack of government support of churches, a new study has revealed.

The study, which was carried out in 166 countries globally to examine the correlation between the growth of Christianity and the support given to it by the respective governments has placed 10 African countries on top of the list of countries where there has been immense growth.

The 10 African countries in the study are Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Madagascar, Liberia, Kenya, DR Congo and Angola. In these countries, only Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia enjoy some form of State support while the rest have been left to their devices...

Further, no African country falls in the list of countries where decline of Christianity has been recorded the most...

“In these (harsh) environments, Christians do not have the luxury of becoming complacent,” the researchers say, and add, “On one hand, pluralism means that Christianity must actively compete with other faith traditions in order to gain and maintain adherents. On the other hand, persecution can, paradoxically, sometimes strengthen Christianity by deepening attachments to faith and reinforcing solidarity among Christians”...

8John5918
Maio 26, 2021, 12:16 am

Maybe not strictly on topic, but I was struck by two quotes from the world-renowned primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall, who has just won the prestigious 2021 Templeton Prize.

'Religion entered into me': A talk with Jane Goodall, 2021 Templeton Prize winner (National Catholic Reporter)

Religion entered into me. It felt like I had a secret understanding of something other people perhaps didn’t share...

What I love today is how science and religion are coming together and more minds are seeing purpose behind the universe and intelligence. Einstein did. And my good friend Francis Collins*...


* Winner of last year's Templeton Prize.

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