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In the graph you can see a 3% drop in the last year or two alone. And the fallout from covid probably hasn't reached membership rolls yet. Culture shift aside,
by jonstaab 6y ago
In the graph you can see a 3% drop in the last year or two alone. And the fallout from covid probably hasn't reached membership rolls yet. Culture shift aside, we will likely see a big drop this year as well, since faith needs to be cultivated, and relies heavily on community.
I'm personally holding out for a resurgence, as people see how morally bankrupt our culture has become (e.g., the Emmys viewership dropped almost 50% this year), and how uninterested our elite are in doing anything substantial for the econimic underclass, aside from manipulate them for their own political ends.
- BitwiseFool 6y agoI've often considered joining a church for fellowship, social opportunities, and networking but I'm an atheist and I just can't bring myself to do it. It's such a shame that the community around faith does not apply to people without it.
- dalbasal 6y agoParticipation in church-like, non religious organisations used to be more common. That's kind of what freemasons, lions club, rotary and such are/were kind of like that. Social clubs. Unions sometimes played that kind of a role. Union meetings, barbeques, bars. Even personal identities tied into union memberships. A lot of organisations with names like "X society of Y" were actually "societies" at one point. We are just far less affiliated than we used to be. Less church membership, probably less gang membership, social club affiliation, etc.
- mavhc 6y agoSome propose that those kind of clubs exist because of Christianity. Paul told people to treat their wives like they were the Church, which lead to the end of tribes, the replacement of those large social/family groups with a more varied interest based group structure, which lead to more intermixing of ideas, the industrial revolution, and Western thought processes.
- anotherevan 6y agoYou might consider checking out Sunday Assembly[1]. [1] https://sundayassembly.online/about-sunday-assembly/ https://sundayassembly.online/about-sunday-assembly/
- jfengel 6y agoYou might consider the Unitarian Universalists. They welcome everybody, including atheists, and they're pretty good people. I mean, people are people everywhere, but I don't think you'll find the same kind of problems that you find with other faith groups.