This Easter Morning's Mass in My City Proved People are Rejecting Atheism. The Catholic Church is Alive and BOOMING!

[Canon Shooter]

Again, you ask an idiotic question that has already been answered, indicating you do not read past posts. I explained it in post #101. Both are correct; the number of US Catholics is declining as a percent, but rising in raw numbers. The percentage figure, however is meaningless. Only the raw numbers matter, and they are going up.

You made an idiotic point (anything else would be beyond you).

You said the "Atheist left" made the claim that the Catholic church was dying. Well, that's just not true. That hasn't happened. You're a liar.

Then you trot out some PEW poll as some sort of evidence of what you believe the Atheist left claimed, and you call that poll a lie. Now you come out using a PEW poll to support some point you think you're making. So, now, you're not only a liar, you're a hypocrite, too. A lying hypocrite...

 

[Canon Shooter]

Good for you. Many leftwingers are atheist, and most atheists are leftwingers.

Bullshit.

That's like saying many Catholics are drug users, so most drug users are Catholics...

 

[Mashmont]

You made an idiotic point (anything else would be beyond you).

You said the "Atheist left" made the claim that the Catholic church was dying. Well, that's just not true. That hasn't happened. You're a liar.

Then you trot out some PEW poll as some sort of evidence of what you believe the Atheist left claimed, and you call that poll a lie. Now you come out using a PEW poll to support some point you think you're making. So, now, you're not only a liar, you're a hypocrite, too. A lying hypocrite...

You demanded I show proof that the left is reporting the decline of Christianity in America, and I did it. Now you're bitching about it, for some reason. I don't think you are an intelligent person.

Just for fun, here are more sources:
The weird spiral of declining Christianity in America

American Christianity Is Dying and the Republican Presidential Candidates Are Showing Us Why

Loving God and our neighbor is lived from the center, beckoning all on both sides to come together. Our country needs more prophets, not polemics. Resist the urge to fight the inevitable and let's look for new life, together.

www.huffpost.com

Now why do I know, even though these links answer exactly what you asked for, you'll still bitch and whine some more?

 

[Mashmont]

Bullshit.

That's like saying many Catholics are drug users, so most drug users are Catholics...

Except I linked proof, moron.

 

[Vegasgiants]

Decline of Christianity in the Western world - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Mashmont]

Decline of Christianity in the Western world - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Thanks for upping my thread's post count. Appreciate your support.

 

[Blues Man]

Percentages don't matter. Raw numbers do.
And atheism as the 'fastest growing' is a laugh. That only means they didn't have many to begin with.

Percentages are what matters

You don't understand that you can see a rise in the raw numbers but a decline in the percent of a population that participates in religion.

The RATE matters far more than the raw number

 

[Vegasgiants]

Thanks for upping my thread's post count. Appreciate your support.

You're super welcome


I love any chance to bash Catholics

 

[Canon Shooter]

You demanded I show proof that the left is reporting the decline of Christianity in America, and I did it. Now you're bitching about it, for some reason. I don't think you are an intelligent person.

Just for fun, here are more sources:
The weird spiral of declining Christianity in America

American Christianity Is Dying and the Republican Presidential Candidates Are Showing Us Why

Loving God and our neighbor is lived from the center, beckoning all on both sides to come together. Our country needs more prophets, not polemics. Resist the urge to fight the inevitable and let's look for new life, together.

www.huffpost.com

Now why do I know, even though these links answer exactly what you asked for, you'll still bitch and whine some more?

It's funny, you know? The whole idea of you saying you think someone's not intelligent. I've got toe jam that's more intelligent that you.

You said the "Atheist left" had claimed that the Catholic church was "dying". Well, no one made that claim. No one made it, and you've proven that your nothing but a complete failure at showing that they did. Saying there's a "decline" is quite different that saying it's "dying". You've made it clear that you're nothing but a drama queen, and that you're someone not to take seriously...

 

[Mashmont]

Percentages are what matters

You don't understand that you can see a rise in the raw numbers but a decline in the percent of a population that participates in religion.

The RATE matters far more than the raw number

Percentage doesn't matter at all. Let's say I have a business, and the population in my area explodes, such that I get more customers even though it's a smaller percentage than the area grew. Would I care? No. Because I got more customers.

 

[Mashmont]

You're super welcome


I love any chance to bash Catholics

No, actually you showed that our number increased. Double thanks!! And thanks in advance for your next comment which will up my thread's post count even more!

 

[koshergrl]

Do you know what 'worldwide' means?

Worldwide,Christianity is spreading.

 

[Mashmont]

It's funny, you know? The whole idea of you saying you think someone's not intelligent. I've got toe jam that's more intelligent that you.

You said the "Atheist left" had claimed that the Catholic church was "dying". Well, no one made that claim. No one made it, and you've proven that your nothing but a complete failure at showing that they did. Saying there's a "decline" is quite different that saying it's "dying". You've made it clear that you're nothing but a drama queen, and that you're someone not to take seriously...

Did you read the Huffpo link, moron? It says DYING.

American Christianity Is Dying and the Republican Presidential Candidates Are Showing Us Why

Loving God and our neighbor is lived from the center, beckoning all on both sides to come together. Our country needs more prophets, not polemics. Resist the urge to fight the inevitable and let's look for new life, together.

www.huffpost.com

 

[Mashmont]

Worldwide,Christianity is spreading.

Yes it is!

 

[koshergrl]

It was fantastic to see 600 people cramming the pews this morning. All of Holy Week services were packed. Palm Sunday Masses last week were also packed. I love what is happening!

I’m Baptist and there were more in my church than I have seen in years. It was amazing. Christ is risen and every day we are closer to his return!

 

[Blues Man]

Percentage doesn't matter at all. Let's say I have a business, and the population in my area explodes, such that I get more customers even though it's a smaller percentage than the area grew. Would I care? No. Because I got more customers.

Wrong.


If you had 20% of the market and the population grows you might have more customers but you could also have less market share so you actually lost ground in the market place and that will eventually be what matters the most because once you start losing ground in market share your business will inevitably be less profitable that it could have been

The fact is that religious affiliation is declining in the US and will continue to do so.

The Real Reason Churches Are in Decline | Church & Culture

A survey of more than 15,000 religious congregations across the United States by Faith Communities Today (FACT), fielded just before the pandemic lockdown, was recently released. It found a median decline in attendance of 7% between 2015 and 2020. It gets worse. It also found that half of the coun

www.churchandculture.org

The Real Reason Religion Is Declining In America

Why Millennials are the least religious generation in American history

www.psychologytoday.com

 

[Mashmont]

Wrong.


If you had 20% of the market and the population grows you might have more customers but you could also have less market share so you actually lost ground in the market place and that will eventually be what matters the most because once you start losing ground in market share your business will inevitably be less profitable that it could have been

The fact is that religious affiliation is declining in the US and will continue to do so.

The Real Reason Churches Are in Decline | Church & Culture

A survey of more than 15,000 religious congregations across the United States by Faith Communities Today (FACT), fielded just before the pandemic lockdown, was recently released. It found a median decline in attendance of 7% between 2015 and 2020. It gets worse. It also found that half of the coun

www.churchandculture.org

The Real Reason Religion Is Declining In America

Why Millennials are the least religious generation in American history

www.psychologytoday.com

If I gained customers, it doesn't matter to me if the population grew a little or a lot.
If you've ever been in business, which I doubt you have, "coulda woulda shouldas" happen every day and are meaningless.

 

[Blues Man]

If I gained customers, it doesn't matter to me if the population grew a little or a lot.
If you've ever been in business, which I doubt you have, "coulda woulda shouldas" happen every day and are meaningless.

It should.

It's not just the number of customers that matters. Market share matters.

If you had 1000 customers which was 20% of the local market share and the population grew to the point where you needed 2000 customers to maintain the same marker share but you only have 10 new customers and another business got the rest your position in the market did not improve. You lost ground.

 

[Vegasgiants]

No, actually you showed that our number increased. Double thanks!! And thanks in advance for your next comment which will up my thread's post count even more!

Its wonderful to have popular threads on how bad Catholics are

 

[Canon Shooter]

Did you read the Huffpo link, moron? It says DYING.

American Christianity Is Dying and the Republican Presidential Candidates Are Showing Us Why

Loving God and our neighbor is lived from the center, beckoning all on both sides to come together. Our country needs more prophets, not polemics. Resist the urge to fight the inevitable and let's look for new life, together.

www.huffpost.com

One Op/Ed piece represents "the Atheist left"?

How fucking ignorant are you?

People like you are one of the reasons I left the church years ago. Stupid, self-righteous chuckleheads who've successfully fooled themselves into believing they're even mildly intelligent...