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A lot of churches will not see this as a sign for self reflection and will instead blame “woke” whatever.
Strange how raping little children, embezzlement, hate speech, subjugation of women and other abuses by various churches might convince people to not associate with a group that perpetuates that.
They literally are doing this to themselves and regularly fail to understand it like a Principal Skinner meme IRL.
Stop waking up, sheeple
I mean apparently most of the departures are coming from mainline denominations as opposed to the evangelicals that are actually growing in number if anything
Just look at Redeemed Zoomer, dude just officially announced a "Reconquista" campaign to take Presbyterianism "back" from "the unchristian liberals" because he thinks acknowledging gay people deserve rights means you don't actually believe in anything Christian and are just peddling whatever is in vogue.
The Church has been left in the hands of its lowest common denominator in the west, and they've grabbed onto the power that offers with every intention to abuse the shit out of it.
Where previous social movements defined themselves around the church, the modern movements have defined themselves by rejecting it altogether, and in doing so have left the crazies with a controlling share of the leftovers.
Kind of a missed opportunity IMO, had movements like Social Gospel and Liberation Theology maintained a visible presence beyond history book footnotes, I could genuinely see modern generations bordering on organizing themselves under crusader iconography.
The southern Baptist church, the largest evangelical denomination in America, had it's peak membership in 2006.
I personally don't want to base my political activity on something I believe wholeheartedly to be a falsehood (specifically, the existence of a god).
There is such a thing as a christian atheist, someone who believes the philosophy espoused by Jesus but who rejects the historicity of the bible and even the existence of god.
An interesting philosophical exercise I suppose, but the core appeal of following Jesus (and indeed any reason for believing his methods would work) seem pretty linked to the existence of jawheh.
I haven't met any Christian or Muslim atheists, whereas I have met several Jewish and Hindu atheists.
Think of it as someone who follows Christ by actions rather than by words.
Not a prayer on their lips but willing to give you the clothes off their back if they find you in need.
I think not enough people understand how important good works are supposed to be to the faith.
Saying you believe without backing it up by offering the help you have to give to the misfortuned around you is show you don't actually believe in anything.
It has ALWAYS been this way. Difference is the freedom of choice. Of course these fukn assholes would love to have attendance, and especially tithing, legally compulsory. Their sociopathic brains can't appreciate the supreme way that could backfire. Thankfully people with 100+ IQs can abstain and ignore, for now.
Anyway, guys like you mentioned are fukn grifters and clowns. Stupid people will always be used by evil people to accomplish their goals. If it wasn't religion, it would be something else that offers the sheep easy answers with minimal cognitive commitment.
Christianity is dying at warp speed, being abandoned by the drones in favor of cryptofascism and stupidity-based nationalism. The evangelicals themselves are redefining the doctrines to include violent extremist ideology.
Donny easily meets the biblical Antichrist criteria without any use of imagination, and yet he is fully embraced by the holy moron community. Their principles have been fully compromised.