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Europe, with its "regulated religious market", people couldn't switch religions as freely so organizations had no incentive to provide good services. Demand dro
by goatinaboat 6y ago
Europe, with its "regulated religious market", people couldn't switch religions as freely so organizations had no incentive to provide good services. Demand dropped because quality fell
This is certainly true, the CofE has the status of Official state religion and makes absolutely no effort to “recruit and retain” churchgoers, if anything it views ordinary churchgoers as a massive inconvenience for the bishops who would rather swan about their palaces enjoying centuries of accumulated wealth and privilege.
- zwieback 6y agoComing from Germany to the US that's my impression as well, here churches, especially non-catholic are free to market to various demographics. In Germany people are mostly either Catholic or Protestant but generally stay home on Sunday (at least when I left 30 years ago). What's interesting is that a lot of Germans happily pay "church tax", the two churches take in billions, which they spend on social services in addition to their own overhead. So in Germany churches are regarded as a mix of service providers (for the eldery, daycare, etc.) with a preaching service most everyone ignores.