10 reasons Americans go to church — and 9 reasons they don’t
#TIA – The headline writers at CNN had fun in listing the 10 reasons why people go to church and the 9 reasons they don’t
“If American religion were traded at a stock exchange, your broker might be advising you to sell. The trend lines don’t look great and haven’t for quite some time.
Social scientists and religious leaders have lots of theories about the long, slow slide, blaming it on everything from the internet to the politicization of conservative Christianity.
A new Pew Research Center study offers something different: a survey of 4,729 Americans telling us precisely why they do (or don’t) attend religious services.
Some of their answers are unsurprising. Americans who don’t believe in religion don’t often attend church. Because duh.”
Read more at CNN