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By 2050 there will be just 3,600 churchgoing Methodists left in Britain, Christian Research predicts. Anglicans will be down to 87,800, Catholics to 101,700, Presbyterians to 4,400, Baptists to 123,000 and independents to 168,000.
Originally posted by racasan
but basically as the granny's are dying off there are no youngsters to replace them - The church see it as a catastrophe – I see it as evolution
Originally posted by GmoS719
If a father punishes his child for doing something wrong.
Does he hate his child?
No. It isn't hate.
but basically as the granny's are dying off there are no youngsters to replace them - The church see it as a catastrophe – I see it as evolution
Originally posted by GmoS719
reply to post by RevelationGeneration
IMO, Everyone goes through the atheist faze. Even if they still believe in God.
They tell everyone else that they don't.
Then most people mature and grow out of it.
The rest of them, go to hell.
Yes I said it, Hell is real even if you don't believe in it.
To my atheist brothers and sisters, Don't end up like the rest of the 2%.
edit on 14-9-2011 by GmoS719 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by graphuto
Originally posted by GmoS719
Originally posted by subtopia
It is not your eyes that you are using or you would see the absence of any factual knowledge of the existence of a god in the way the christian belief portrays it, except for the reactions of men who enjoy the suffering of women in childbirth. What kind of loving entity would do that to a woman.
What kind of woman would trade eternal life for a fig?
lol
Nailed it! Everyone is forgetting the free will part of it. Where EVERYTHING is pointing to "BELIEVE, BELIEVE" and people just simply CHOOSE not to. Ridiculous.
Originally posted by RevelationGeneration
reply to post by racasan
According to that:
"theists and Agnostics represent 33% of the population and are still in the minority."
As for this comment:
but basically as the granny's are dying off there are no youngsters to replace them - The church see it as a catastrophe – I see it as evolution
You raised a good point.
But I am a young adult, and from the UK, that recently became a believer in Christianity. I do agree that most of the UK's younger generation has been brainwashed by secularism, i am humbled to be in the minority that's fighting back against the materiel focused money driven life-style.edit on 14-9-2011 by RevelationGeneration because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by RevelationGeneration
reply to post by IAMIAM
But atheist's aren't made, they are conditioned (mostly with secular brainwashing). Considering everyone has the natural instincts that there is a higher power then themselves, some just fail to realize this higher power is the God of the bible.edit on 14-9-2011 by RevelationGeneration because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Partygirl
Originally posted by racasan
but basically as the granny's are dying off there are no youngsters to replace them - The church see it as a catastrophe – I see it as evolution
Churches come and go but Christ is forever.
Even so, the Church of England is right to see the de-Christianization of the UK as a tragedy. The blame can be laid squarely at the feet of the secular humanists who taught three generations of Europeans to hate their own culture and religions. Anf the COE played a role in this process too, with its wishy-washy attitudes.
Originally posted by BruceEFury
The bible said a bat was a bird...
Wrong... A bat is a mammal.
Mammal's don't lay eggs.