Monday, July 18, 2011

What do you think of America becoming less religious?

An article in USA Today gave the following report in March of this year, indicating the America is becoming a less religious nation: "The percentage of people who call themselves in some way Christian has dropped more than 11% in a generation. The faithful have scattered out of their traditional bases: The Bible Belt is less Baptist. The Rust Belt is less Catholic. And everywhere, more people are exploring spiritual frontiers - or falling off the faith map completely." What we have to consider is the possibility that becoming a less religious nation may actually be a good thing... or, at least an opportunity for something good to happen. Some Christians are reacting strongly to the aforementioned statistics and with a public outcry for more legislated morality or declaring the "culture war" between religious conservatives and atheistic liberals in full swing. In such a struggle, it's difficult for the Church to know where to stand. . What do you think?

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