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Topic: A moral ethical God?
feralcatlady Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 35491	Thu 01/10/08 07:13 PM
(((((((((Kat))))))))

cuzimwhiteboy Joined Mon 10/15/07 Posts: 229	Thu 01/10/08 07:16 PM
I can believe that the number is correct to whom claim Christianity. But to really follow with the belief system as is meant to be? Nope. Not so many. But...the church is on the rise. Churches are being built and being filled to maximum capacity. It is the fastest and largest group growing today. It's even made national news. Kat Now, now, Kat. We don't call 'em churches. We call 'em Family Worship Centers.

scttrbrain Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 5769	Thu 01/10/08 07:22 PM
Okay whiteboy......lol. A building for like minded people to congregate or gather to worship the same. Wheeeeeeeewww. Lotta words. Kat

feralcatlady Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 35491	Thu 01/10/08 07:23 PM
I call em churches.....

Dragoness Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 23320	Thu 01/10/08 07:27 PM
How interesting dragon.......why do you think Christians live out of a fear of being judged. You reversed that, feral, non-christians who are afraid of being judged ungodly claim the religion when they are not practioners.

feralcatlady Joined Mon 10/08/07 Posts: 35491	Thu 01/10/08 07:36 PM
humble apologies Dragoness.......

ArtGurl Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 17722	Thu 01/10/08 08:48 PM
More interesting statistics from ReligiousTolerance.org The shift away from Christianity and other organized religions: Polling data from the 2001 ARIS study, described below, indicate that: 81% of American adults identify themselves with a specific religion: 76.5% (159 million) of Americans identify themselves as Christian. This is a major slide from 86.2% in 1990. Identification with Christianity has suffered a loss of 9.7 percentage points in 11 years -- about 0.9 percentage points per year. This decline is identical to that observed in Canada between 1981 and 2001. If this trend has continued, then: at the present time (2007-MAY), only 71% of American adults consider themselves Christians The percentage will dip below 70% in 2008 By about the year 2042, non-Christians will outnumber the Christians in the U.S. 52% of Americans identified themselves as Protestant. 24.5% are Roman Catholic. 1.3% are Jewish. 0.5% are Muslim, followers of Islam. The fastest growing religion (in terms of percentage) is Wicca -- Their numbers of adherents are doubling about every 30 months. ...an increase of 281% from 1990. 14.1% do not follow any organized religion. This is an unusually rapid increase -- almost a doubling -- from only 8% in 1990. There are more Americans who say they are not affiliated with any organized religion than there are Episcopalians, Methodists, and Lutherans taken together. A USA Today/Gallup Poll in 2002-JAN showed that almost half of American adults appear to be alienated from organized religion. If current trends continue, most adults will not call themselves religious within a few years. Results include: About 50% consider themselves religious (down from 54% in 1999-DEC) About 33% consider themselves "spiritual but not religious" (up from 30%) About 10% regard themselves as neither spiritual or religious.

scttrbrain Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 5769	Thu 01/10/08 09:11 PM
In all due respect; I do not call myself a Christian? But..... If someone polled me, I would say probably not. So, does that mean I do not believe in God? Or practice religious values? Not trying to argue, but; you see where I am going? Some do not want too, nor do they want to be affiliated to organized religion? Wonder where that percentage fits in? Kat

ArtGurl Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 17722	Thu 01/10/08 09:19 PM
Wonder where that percentage fits in? About 33% consider themselves "spiritual but not religious" (up from 30%) ????

scttrbrain Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 5769	Thu 01/10/08 09:33 PM Edited by scttrbrain on Thu 01/10/08 09:41 PM
But, I attend church when I can. Only it is not one of a named religion. Only has a Christian name in it. No crosses in front. No temple like things. No altar. Just church. For those that want to be around those that believe in God but, none of the crap that makes others walk away from the path of God. Kat We have had here in Ok., so many brand new larger churches pop up it is unreal. They are filling to capacity. I kid you not. My own church had to build up and out to accommodate the growth. We even took the old building ( when we had only 75 )and gave it to the youth of our church. They grew so big there was nothing else we as a church could do. We have a massive amount of teenagers that attend this church. We started out about 9 years ago with 75 people. Now it is 7,000 strong. Not all at one time, mind you. We have three services on Sunday morning and one at night to handle it. The walk is walked and life is taught. Yes, our church grew. We did not build a whole brand new building; we bought land next door and expanded our old building. Our church was an old store not unlike a damaged freight store. Kat

ArtGurl Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 17722	Thu 01/10/08 09:43 PM
Many believe in God with or without drawing a box around it. We all walk our path our way ...

scttrbrain Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 5769	Thu 01/10/08 09:46 PM
Without drawing a box around it??? I feel so stupid. Uhhhh. Hmmmm? I am not pointing or trying to say one path is better than another. Just talking. Kat

ArtGurl Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 17722	Thu 01/10/08 10:57 PM
I'm confused Kat ... I am just saying that we all walk the path that resonates with us...there is no better than another and I did not read your comments as such ... it is all good. I'm just talking too ...