Politics has become the new religion. The way people worship politicans is strange. They put their hope, faith, trust and money into these rich politcians that promise Peace and Security all while its filled with corruption. Modern Religion is the Democrat and Republican Party.
True the supposed Christians not helping the poor not feeding the poor and not loving thy neighbor Im Catholic and i go to church everyday Why cant people just go to church if they claim they are Christians
People see Christians behaving not the least bit like Christ and they want nothing to do with it. Maybe start feeding the hungry, housing the homeless and loving thy neighbor rather than railing against all of those things.
There have always been Christians of various churches who do these things, and they still exist. If a perceived absence of such activity exists in some places, I don't think that's what really drives people away n general
We are not losing religion, we are losing faith. The problem is that religious or not, there are a bunch of hypocrites in all religions from Mormans, Catholics, & Baptists to Atheists, Agnostics, to Secular Humanists and any religion in between.
Roman's 10: 17 anyone reading Word and going to church has faith. It is hearing and or reading. That simple. New scripture by one faith you mentioned means faith is expanding. New scripture, better than true Holy Bible, makes it fun and interesting.
Atheism, agnosticism, and secular humanism are not religions. Can anyone be hypocritical? Yes, including atheists, agnostics, and secular humanists. But it’s important that we don’t lump ideologies based on logic and reason as if they are just other religions. They’re not.
The Gospel is merely a hodgepodge of anonymous attributions to the names Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John. The Five Gospels reveal how much of Jesus is authentic; there is only 18% of Jesus' words in over 30,000 Bible verses (depending on Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Ethiopia Tewahedo sources). Paul, who only carried the name of Jesus, but all his teachings deviated, who is he? Was he one of the twelve apostles? Did he learn and meet Jesus directly? Yet, he was the founder of Christianity, where throughout the Gospels, Jesus never discussed Christianity itself but modifying Paganism and packaging it into Christianity. In the Acts of the Apostles 14:12, "Barnabas was called Zeus, and Paul was called Hermes." Even the two most crucial verses in Christian faith turned out to be false. 1 John 5:6-8 after examination, is a "Spurious insertion Johanneum." As noted by Noble Critics like Sir Isaac Newton; Manuscripts Corruption; 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 John 5:7. Furthermore, professor Bart Ehrman statement The Mark 16:9-20 is NOT the Original Text, thus erasing the evidence of the Trinity in the ENTIRE BIBLE⁉️ So, where are all the fundamental teachings of Jesus that have been lost? Jesus was circumcised (Luke 2:21), forbidden to eat pork (Leviticus 11:7-8), buried with a linen shroud without a coffin (John 19:38-42), and fasted for 40 days (Matthew 4:1-2). Please ask with your rationality, Who are the true followers of JESUS, the doctrine you believe in, or the Muslim worship ritual that continues the teachings as true lovers of Jesus?"
@@christopherjones2669 Moreover, there is evidence of all prophets prostrating. Jesus advanced a little, then bowed down and prayed... (Matthew 26:39). David (1 Chronicles 29:20), Abraham (Genesis 17:3), Moses and Aaron facedown for worship (Numbers 16:22), the prophet Joshua (Joshua 7:6), the prophet John the Baptist (Revelation 22:8-9). Ezra prayed with his congregation saying... "God is great, and the people raised their hands and said, 'Amen, Amen!'" (Nehemiah 8:6). To whom did they all prostrate to worship the One true God??? ... “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” (Exodus 3:6). Do you dare to pray to the God of all the prophets to show the TRUE GOD, not made by man, and continue the prostration of the PROPHETS as the only people on earth whose worship ritual includes prostration??? "Make patience and prayer your helper, and surely such a duty is hard except for the khusyuk (QS 2:45).
I think people are tired of seeing millionaire pastors flaunt their wealth while the congregation/members are still poor yet faithfully put their money in the collection plate. Ministry is a business now churches have money in stocks, own businesses, and give to the community for a tax write off. The pastor back then were not like this and didn’t leach off the people. Sad place to be for some churches.
Sad but true. Especially black churches. I always have a standard, if the pastor got a better car and house than everyone else, I'm not going near that church.
No, be honest the decline of people identifying as Christians correlates with the school system indoctrinating kids into the false theory of Evolution/Darwinism & LGBT/Mohammedan acceptance among other nonsense. If the government didn’t endorse any religion was they aren’t supposed & was truly neutral then Christianity would likely be increasing. And spare me the nonsense of Evolution/Darwinism not being a religion because it definitely is so is LGBTism. If buddhism which doesn’t have a god qualifies as a religion then so do those.
ClownTube keeps censoring my comments. No, be honest the decline of people identifying as Christians correlates with the school system indoctrinating people into the false theory of Evolution/Darwinism & LGBT/Mohammadism acceptance among other nonsense. If the government didn’t endorse any religion was they aren’t supposed & was truly neutral then Christianity would likely be increasing. And spare me the nonsense of Evolution/Darwinism not being a religion because it definitely.
No, be honest the decline of people identifying as Christians correlates with the school system indoctrinating people into the false theory of Evolution/Darwinism & LGBT/Mohammad Follower acceptance among other nonsense. If the government didn’t endorse any religion as they aren’t supposed & was truly neutral then Christianity would likely be increasing.
That’s an excuse. They have church on other days than Sunday. American culture has made believers to make any excuse for not going or involving the family in faith. Hence the closing. Most have just stopped believing altogether. They think it’s stupid to have faith. Especially the youth.
We were much more capitalist in decades ago however we were much more religious. Government has exploded in size, sucking all the freedom and money with it. We therefore become dependent on it and worship it
I’m not interested in any church that tells the congregation who to vote for or against and then some of the congregation will hate on other people who do not look like them.
@knowthywalk8908 I completely agree with the person's comment about avoiding churches that get politically involved. I attend a church where the pastors do not tell you how to vote, but how to follow Jesus. That is how it should be.
@@knowthywalk8908Your post encapsulates why church attendance is falling. Most people don't want to work 40-60 hours a week just to go to go early Sunday morning to a church filled with grandstanding hypocrites who only care less about the message and more about virtue singling to appear more virtuous than they actually are. It's the disconnect between a pastor preaching about how you should hate trans people for an hour, before he goes down to the local bar to get hammered. It's the disconnect between pastors preaching "feed the poor" while they fly around in a private jet. It's the disconnect between people preaching about how Christianity being the moral fabric of society, as they loyal followers of the religion Stan for a man with three divorces.
It's more like God abandoned the people, if such a being exists at all. People can find an answer on the internet to almost any question. Meanwhile, God can't be bothered to even give the time of day. And worse than divine hiddenness is the problem of evil, two major questions which no church can answer.
@@dereksilva7876 yeah institutions cherry pick their history and favorite gentile church father gets exhausting. Instead of being filled with grace, mercy, and thankfulness it’s just about how their doctrines are the only ones that get you to Christ. I’m actually happy for faith revival without institutions that focus on education and empathy to see other doctrines as not competition but another road to Christ.
@@AliciatheCho No one is chasing 'purity', lol. They're simply asking the church hierarchies to not be ped*philes & to report disclosed ped*philes within their ranks. Moral obligations churches seem incapable/unwilling to live up to.
It’s a combination of things, the scandals, the prosperity gospel, the availability of alternative religions, and the fact people have literally died and relocated. The church buildings were built because there was a worshipping community who needed it. If the worshippers are not there, what’s the point of keeping an empty building?
American Christians have been radicalized to the point that they no longer follow the teaching of Christ. Many of us are Spiritual not Christian because we want to actually do good deeds but not rub elbows with hypocrites at church.
@@OrangeAutumn13 Jesus said “The FATHER is Greater than I.” Jesus said “All power in heaven and Earth has been given to me (by The Father).” ( Matthew chapter 28). We must worship The Father and we must call God “our Father.” We must submit to the power and authority of Jesus (The Son) because The Father gave it to Him. 🕊️👑 Do you agree?
America isn't supposed to have a religion. An American citizen can, the country does not and should not. That's supposed to be one of the foundations of America.
Exactly 💯 This is something I was thinking during the election and all the talk about Christian values and blah blah blah. When in all honesty, Jesus himself would not be ok with what we got going on, on top of the "founding" principles you mentioned.
You have no idea about the foundations of America because you would know that Christianity WAS the foundation if you did. Many American laws were based on Christian morals and values. The founders themselves were Christians, with few exceptions, and talked about it openly. The American dollar literally says "in God we trust." To think that a country doesn't or shouldn't have a primary religion is just naive and very unrealistic. It isn't written in law, but the United States of America was founded as a Christian nation.
@@danyelleorr-mcneil4711 of course Jesus is not going to be okay with the sins of the USA. But Jesus and Religion go hand in hand. He followed the Jewish customs and he started his Church which is Catholic
America was founded on the principals of freedom of... your choice of... religion or faith or not. Our forefathers did however adopt our constitution of laws and principals pertaining to a moral and or religious standard.
Look into Islam. We believe in Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) is an exemplary prophet of God who was only human and he is not God. His mother Mary (peace and blessings be upon her) is the best woman who ever lived and has a whole chapter named after her in the Quran.
If you accept Islam you will never lose Jesus Christ and prophet Muhammad peace be upon them according to Islam Jesus PBUH is one of the mightiest messenger. His name is mentioned in the Quran for 25 times. There is separate chapter called surah mariyam that means mother Mary. There is no any separate chapter in the Bible on mother Mary.
The Lord Jesus Christ is definitely the Mightiest 💪 His Name is Greater than All Names 👑. You know that He died to pay your penalty for your sin. And then He rose up from the dead. 🙌🙌🙌 He is the only one who can give you Eternal Life in heaven 🕊️
@@wakman2785 Stop saying these things!!! The Lord Jesus Christ causes us to SEE CLEARLY. The Lord Jesus Christ makes men ROYAL SONS OF GOD. 👑 He does not make them Kafirs! 😮
Well, it can be viewed as a god to those that worship it. Didn't god say that he was jealous and put no other god before him? However, a sane person knows money is yet another tool that can give me options. It has no power sitting on a table nor going down a storm drain.
Yes, there certainly is a lot of hypocrisy among them just as there was in Jesus” day. (Matthew 15:7-9) Sadly, many people have been turned away from God and the Bible because of the hypocrisy of those who claim to believe in God and the Bible. The teachings of the churches aren’t based at all on the truth of the Bible or on the teachings of Jesus. It’s a sad fact that many people are unaware of what the Bible really says and therefore don’t know that very shortly God is going to make drastic changes on the earth for the benefit of everyone who wants to live in peace and harmony with everybody else. By means of his heavenly Kingdom government he is going to remove all human governments and everyone causing harm to others. (Matthew 6:10; Daniel 2:44; Proverbs 2:21, 22) As King of the Kingdom, Jesus will bring true peace and security to the entire earth and lovingly care for every individual’s needs. (Micah 4:4; Isaiah 65:21, 22) These wonderful changes are imminent!
@@sandradixon6205 Well, Ms. Dixon, NOT EVERYONE would agree with your sentiment at all because ALL religions have been utter failures completely and that we live only in a very complicated world where all social ills remain as prevalent as ever!
I speak the truth with what I tell you. Oct 9, I was healed at “Our Lady of Champion,” Shrine the only approved Apparition site of our Blessed Virgin Mary in USA. I speak not just from our Lady but from God the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit. Catholics must see the truth about Nationalism. The prophesies of Marie Julie Jahenny stating: the “horrible religion,” that “many many Bishops embrace,” is not the Novus Ordo Missae aka The New Mass from Vatican 2 that many accepted as such. This false acceptance had a ripple effect through our Church and caused much division and damage to Catholicism throughout the world! The true “horrible religion that “many many Bishops embraced,” is the communist backed Nationalism Movement! In USA it is known as Christian Nationalism and they play a huge role politically with this new party that took over our Republican party in real-time. MAGA’s goal is to dismantle the Constitutional Federal Republic Government of America! Christian Nationalists hijacked the Christian name-they are a guise for white supremacy! In America the Nationalist Movement aka “Christian Nationalism,” has one goal-Dismantle Christianity & replace it with Nationalism, (aka Hate). The billionaire backed MAGA along with Nationalism work hand in hand, why Republicans and Democrats must work hand in hand to dismantle them-or America is no longer and religion will no longer exist, exactly what this communist, billionaire, private sector, “rogue”government wants, because they strive to dismantle the global system to bring in the NEW WORLD ORDER & lawlessness, so that they can use their reverse engineered “alien technology,” against the people of the world, to have TOTAL CONTROL. This is the work of the EVIL ONE and the LEFT & the RIGHT AND ALL PEOPLE AGAINST this NEW WORLD ORDER MUST WORK TOGETHER! Nationalists teach hate, racism, and they fear diversity-everything that is the integral measures of the Catholic Church! The diverse congregation of all creeds, race, colors, converts of all religions from all nations is the congregation-the body of Jesus Christ. These Nationalists will gather Christians of the 7 main denominations & Catholics up along with Gays, Jews, Blacks-all marginalized groups and persecute us! Please know I speak the truth! T
Because the church didn't agree with going against the Bible to support your obsession with skin tone or anti biblical lifestyles? You were never a believer.
I am no longer calling myself a “Christian”…I call myself a follower of Christ. The man who truly loved everyone, judges no one, offers peace, surrounds himself with social outcasts and sees them as people. THAT’S who I follow.
Hard part about even that description is you'll still lumped in with the people who now worship the MAGA religion. It's the inherent bias that has been established through the connection between religion and politics in America. I say this as someone who shares this bias but recognizes it, so I do my best to give people who may initially claim to be Christian the benefit of the doubt. I still come across a few Christians who are what I grew up knowing as Christian and when I encounter them I am grateful. I'm an atheist but still appreciate when I come across a real Christian who can be such a positive example through their own life without trying to legislate their beliefs on everyone else.
Yes but that doesn’t mean to be naive, docile, and downright powerless. Idk why so many alleged “Christians” love to use this made up excuse to simply compromise with the world and be weak.
That's me in the corner That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it Oh no, I've said too much...
This video is more about losing churches than losing religion. As smaller churches close, larger megachurches are opening. As so many "Christians" drive our politics, I doubt religion is lacking participants.
It's Christian belief in general. There's a steady decline in the US of people who say they are Christian. This matches other western countries, although the US is a generation or two behind. And mega churches tend to have a short(ish) lifecycle... they don't tend to last because they depend on a high turnover rate that fails quicker.
As a devout Catholic born and raised in Chicago This has been happening to Catholic Churches in every diocese across the United States since the late 1970s this is nothing new especially in Chicago
It's because Catholics, by and large, support a certain politician whose behaviors and actions aren't loving or Christian. If being Catholic leads so many to support someone who promotes racism, s*xual ab*se, and sexual violence towards women, I want nothing to do with it. Being religious does not automatically make you a good person, and I think Catholics often forget that...
In all love and respect I have a question, why are you labeling yourself as a "devout Catholic" and not a Christian?? Do you put Catholicism before God's Word? Do you believe in transubstantiation? Do you believe there to be more mediators in heaven other than Jesus Christ?? Do you believe the (RCIA) program is Biblical? Brother get out of that false church and come stand in the correct Gospel don't let yourself be condemned with those who support false teachings and boast in works. "I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel not that there is another one but there are some who trouble you & want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received let him be accursed." "For it is by grace you have been saved through Faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not of works so that no one can boast." "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord." "And to the one who does not work but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteous." "And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall shall never die? Do you believe?" "The work of God is this, to believe in the one He sent." "There is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus." This is the same message and program Jesus taught and this is the same message and program the Apostles taught. We shall stand on this Rock of Truth or else we stand condemned. "Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken into pieces, anyone on whom it falls will be crushed."
Religion started dying as early as the 1920's, with the start of materialistic pursuits, greed, and idolization of money. Now, money supersedes many people's vision of God's gift of well-being and security...
Yeah, and incidentally the 1920's were also the era when electrified light started to be the norm for urban streets so people wouldn't fear to go away in the night. A mix that basically is slowly finishing religion at least in the west. Now, at least here in Europe, Religion is mostly such an ageing people sort of thing especially in the rural areas. The US will slowly but consistently to reach Europe's secularization levels as times go.
No, it started dying in the 1700 with the Enlightenment. Newton, Galileo, then Darwin was the final nail in the coffin. Nobody who understands Darwin’s theory of evolution can have rational basis for ‘faith’. Religion doesn’t just become ‘different’ from science and rationality, but antithetical to it.
No it's just that the religious are the most hateful people in the country. The trump voters full of hate for ethnic minorities, gays, taking away women's rights. People are onto you.
Any pastor that focuses on money is no pastor I want to hear. The early church had all things common so that no body in their congregation would have need. If your church is not helping you, you need a new church.
When I saw how many Christian’s voted for trump I was very frustrated I guess a person‘s character doesn’t matter to them. I thought character was important to Christians.
Not just individual Christians voting for Trump, but an entire vast segment of American Christianity essentially made Trump their true messiah and God's representative on Earth. That convinced me ten thousand times over that I was right to leave Christianity decades ago. It is a religious movement of nihilism with no moral compass or bottom line at all.
@@kenofken9458 Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
@@patrickchilds5486 Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
You might be prideful. But without the Lord Jesus Christ for your salvation, if your sins must be forgiven, animals Cannot cover your sins, only the blood of Jesus Christ can do that. By telling Jesus you want to believe in Him.. it's the truth. The Bible is true.
@PamelaChristian-d3i show me original scripture of bible in Aramaic language. The Bible is full of contradictions even you don't know who Luke, Matthew and Paul were. These are the culprits that changed the real bible which was revealed on Prophet Essah (Jesus) into a fully contradiction book.
@@PamelaChristian-d3i They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allah at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?" And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allah is over all things competent. Quran 5:7
It's crazy how that one lady said the members of her church are her family and she doesn't want the church to close because she doesn't want to lose her family. You see that in many religions. Your local congregation are your "friends", but if you leave the church or move away, your new congregation are your "friends". In this case, if the other members were truly her "family", she wouldn't lose them just because a building closed. They would still get together to do things they love and she wouldn't worry about losing them. That tells me their only joint activities are church related and outside of church they have no real friendship.
It's not that people are busy. They make time for things they consider important. The hypocrisy is chasing people away. The clergy preaches goodness but often acts evilly. And, of course, just logically, people reject the idea that an invisible man lives in the sky and judges us.
The last one is fallacy. God is not invisible, He is quite visible in all creation. He is not a man, God is God. And God most definitely does not "live in the sky", God is everywhere. That definition of God is a five year old's.
@@XX-sp3ttthe last one is in fact not a fallacy. God is not observable and is not even a clearly defined concept. Science is the only path we have to understand the natural world.
I have recently accepted Islam and never looked back. It truly is the religion everyone is looking for and should learn more about. True Islam as described in the Quran is so beautiful and life changing without any of stereotypes you heard in American media. Muslim take their religion seriously and truly life the deen of Islam. If your disillusioned with Christianity please look into Islam and learn about the tennats and pillars of its teachings. I am a ex Catholic and will say that most Catholics are so in name only and don't really practice what they preach. I plan to raise my children as Muslims and trust the teachings of Islam will make them strong prosperous yet modest adults ready to live the deen and help spread the word about the beauty of Islam. Praise be to Allah, the most merciful.
@chemoboy-dannypheleps9234 follow the Quran, don't follow the brand Islam. It is just you and God! Go to a quiet place and read the Quran for yourself.
@@matildamaher111 You can still love Jesus after becoming Muslim. But you just cannot worship him. Muslim worship one true God, have no son. The creator of the universe
The biggest problem for churches started with the "prosperity theology", which has turned many heads and appealed to greed in the human heart. People think that's okay because "Preachers" like Kenneth Copeland tells them that God wants them to be rich - and he even has 2 private jets. Once greed entered the churches, I knew that the end would be coming for them. Then, the age of Trump came in which too many people preferred political rallies instead of hearing the Word and learning how Christ wants us to live. False "profits" of the "religious industry" opened tent meetings and spouted every form of blasphemy they could think of. Too many people now confuse church with state, and they prefer being entertained at political rally-style meetings than being serious about Scripture. I hate seeing these beautiful churches being sold and even being transformed into condos, but money-making and politics have strangled our sense of propriety and our feelings of reverence. I suppose it is fitting after all that these churches be taken over by money-making ventures, despite Jesus' anger at the moneychangers in the temple. Our society has gone VERY FAR from where its spiritual and religious roots once lay. A great deal of damage will be done to our society - and to the human conscience - because of this, much more than we have yet witnessed. It is tragedy, to be sure.
The holy spirt gives us joy. Joy which comes from things other than the simple pleasure of consumerism which so many Americans have been taught is the only real source of joy in the world. God made king Solomon rich, yes, but his disciples were also persecuted and suffered because they followed Gods word and the bugle says they were joyous because they were worthy enough to suffer in the lords name. Gods gift to us is perfect peace, freedom from the slavery of sin, freedom from the fear of death and the opportunity to stand before his glorious perfection without any shame or guilt of our sins because God sent his son to die so that we wouldn’t have to.
The trend of traditional church is closing and feel good, watered -down churches that feel more like motivational speakers with smoke machines, coffee bars has been on the rise.
Because its easier to attend the "watered-down" church with 1500+ members, slip in, drink some coffee, worship, go home. I hope for a resurgence of the small, community based traditional church in America
@@Cardinal03I’ve got one of those smaller churches in a relatively urban area. I tried just one of those non-denominational churches with several hundred people in the congregation… the pastor was boring and it was clear there was hardly any sense of community, I read from the book of proverbs and Ecclesiastes the entire time. I much preferred the Lutheran Church which I had tried before earlier, and it’s what I have today. God sent me to the right place!
This is not true. These churches were probably those watered down ones that closed, even though they might be part of a larger traditional Church. Traditional churches like sspx are on the rise.
You can rest assured that Jesus is God in the flesh. Many many people all over the world are still turning to Him today. It will be the same in the future. Jesus is The Way, The Truth and The Life. 🕊️👑
@@NicolasSchaII Nicholas, In the middle of the first century AD (between 50 and 70 AD), Apostle Paul wrote: “JESUS is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by JESUS all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.” It’s been at least 1,970 years that people have declared Jesus to be God in the flesh.
@@TheRealReasonNASB Liar. Paine’s actual last words: “'I have no wish to believe on that subject.'” The source for your quotation was an 1841 book from an author that wasn’t present and never met him. Isn’t lying a sin?
@@Swagtastic225 its not. its all right there in the book of mythology called Genesis, and in many other mythological works as well. I wouldn't attend a church that told me "you have to believe Genesis happened literally." that would be like joining a club that demands you accept Tolkien's works as actual history.
I left my church (roman catholic) that I went to every Sunday and Wednesday of my life because, when my wife got pregnant, we stopped going for 6 months to take care of our newborn son. We planned to have him baptized and when I went to talk to the priest, he told my wife and I that we would have to attend the church for a full year because of the time missed to baptize our son. That was the last straw. I told them I will never return to that church ever again. A few years later I was liking to a friend who attended a Christian church, and I inquired about a baptism, and they said they would do it any time, no problem at all. That shocked me. To me, the Catholic Church will destroy itself if it keeps these kind of rules around. Last year I actually showed up to my old church and vented my frustration with the new priest. He asked me to give them another chance. I denied his request because I was so hurt that a place of God would deny my son his baptismal rights.
Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
So many people want the Sacraments but aren't practising the faith. In baptism you make promises to raise your child in the faith. It is an important Sacrament, so many don't fufill the promises made. The six month course is to give the Parents, more knowledge so they can grow in Faith and hopeful share this love and knowledge with your children. Sunday Mass attendance is a basic requirement of the Catholic faith, as it is the source and summit of our Faith. It's better not to baptise your baby in the Catholic faith, if you aren't taking the promises you make seriously. We have allowed so many to use the Church for what they want hence why the Priests are changing that. Our schools are full of children and their Families who are following a cultural practise and it's has proved to be incredible detrimental. The Sacraments aren't a right but a gift and an honour ❤️
We have been watering down our teachings to suit for decades, most that remain seriously practising want a return to strong teachings, reverence, traditional devotions and pure catechise. Jesus promised the gates of Hell will never prevail so His Church will never be destroyed.
Really hope and pray you will return to the Faith, find a Cathechism of the Catholic Church, the beauty of our faith, it's endless Saints of all cultures, who showed how to truly love God and the Gospels, Eucharist miracles, the incorrupitubles are unreal and beyond beautiful. It's a true gift to be a Catholic. Prayers for your Family at the crib this Christmas, from New Zealand
@maryfrancesbillington2863 to be fair, 90% of the people I went to church with were always looking down upon my family as if we weren't good enough to be there. These same people would praise God for an hour, then the rest of the week, they were complete opposites. Getting drunk doing drugs, using the lords name in vein, extremely toxic families. I remember as a kid my dad writing checks to our Catholic church plus putting money in the plate every week. I learned absolutely nothing from the Catholic church. Every week, it was sing, kneel, hold hands, pray, stand up, and leave. I visited a Christian church and learned more in 1 hour than all of my time going to the Catholic church. I have the lords prayer and hail Mary's prayer burned into my mind. I never understood why I had to tell our priest my confessions and how uncomfortable that was. I realized I didn't need a Catholic priest to confess to, I only needed god. I'm sorry if i come off strong about all of this, but jesus nor God said any of these things the catholics do was mandatory. I got my sacraments, went to confession, prayed my rosary, and never felt a connection with God until I went to a Christian church where I felt welcomed and he pastor explained everything in a way I could understand. The pope is the biggest disappointment in Catholic history with the past few years. He has abandoned God by letting sin be ok. He's a heretic.
Yeah I agree, the scandals sure hurt the church. It’s when we focus on the church and its leaders that we fall into trouble. We need to focus on Jesus and the word of God not its wolves in sheep’s clothing.
It’s not that America is losing its religion. It is that America is becoming woke. How many churches out there that are not biblical brings a strong point of consideration.
"We've beccome a culture that doesn't need God as much as we *think* we do." Is that a slip? I have the feeling that he said the opposite of what he intended to say, namely, something like: "we have become a culture that *thinks* God is not needed, when actually we *do* need God."
That’s a good way to describe it. The definition of faith is belief without evidence. Religion is also like selling an invisible product - you can describe it any way you want to and just plain make things up. That’s not something I want to rely on for guidance in my life.
@@bdflatlander " _The definition of faith is belief without evidence_ " Not a accurate definition. Faith is actually associated with the concept of trust and trust worthiness not 'belief without evidence.' For example, trusting a doctor’s diagnosis or a loved one’s promises is not "belief without evidence," but rather confidence in their reliability. I predict that you narrow down 'evidence' as merely as empirical or scientific which does not encompass all forms of what evidence qualifies as. faith may rely on personal experiences, historical documentation, philosophical arguments, or internal coherence, which are forms of evidence in their own right. Here's a example of a philosophical argument of 'other minds.' Premise: I experience thoughts, emotions, and consciousness. Premise: Other humans display behavior similar to mine (e.g., communicating, reacting emotionally). Conclusion: It is reasonable to infer that other humans also have thoughts, emotions, and consciousness. You see that this argument is logical and sound without needing empirical or scientific evidence to justify it.
@@boazreid6158 . Not to believe in talking snakes or donkeys. Or 600 year old ship builders. Or man who lost all their strength by getting a haircut. Or man who survived 3 days inside a fish. Or thousands of people getting lost for 40 years, traveling a distance that can be covered in two weeks. Or Jewish zombies capable of walking on water… I believe in things that can be confirmed by the scientific method. That thing that you trust when going to a hospital for an emergency, instead of praying for an invisible old man in the sky. That’s what I call reality.
It’s not scary, it is awesome! Churches are abusive and church people, evangelicals, Mormons, conservative Catholics worship money, and celebrities more than the rest of the country!
Religion is losing its popularity everywhere in the world. I’m from South Korea and old people here are 53% christians and 22% Buddhists while young people are 20% christians and 8% Buddhists.
@christianastorga4555 Islam is dominant religion in Middle-East & of course it's gaining popularity among youth. Christians are also seeing increase in Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Iran.
I was raised southern Baptist and became an atheist because of the hatred in my church. I started reading Bart Ehrman and learning where the scriptures come from and since then I just can’t bring myself to believe any of the Bible, although it is a really cool piece of cultural and historical literature, it’ll never be more than that to me. But I miss the community of a church though. I’ve been wanting to go back but just can’t bring myself to do it. The theology is just not real and so many people who go to church are just too hateful
I speak the truth with what I tell you. Oct 9, I was healed at “Our Lady of Champion,” Shrine the only approved Apparition site of our Blessed Virgin Mary in USA. I speak not just from our Lady but from God the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit. Catholics must see the truth about Nationalism. The prophesies of Marie Julie Jahenny stating: the “horrible religion,” that “many many Bishops embrace,” is not the Novus Ordo Missae aka The New Mass from Vatican 2 that many accepted as such. This false acceptance had a ripple effect through our Church and caused much division and damage to Catholicism throughout the world! The true “horrible religion that “many many Bishops embraced,” is the communist backed Nationalism Movement! In USA it is known as Christian Nationalism and they play a huge role politically with this new party that took over our Republican party in real-time. MAGA’s goal is to dismantle the Constitutional Federal Republic Government of America! Christian Nationalists hijacked the Christian name-they are a guise for white supremacy! In America the Nationalist Movement aka “Christian Nationalism,” has one goal-Dismantle Christianity & replace it with Nationalism, (aka Hate). The billionaire backed MAGA along with Nationalism work hand in hand, why Republicans and Democrats must work hand in hand to dismantle them-or America is no longer and religion will no longer exist, exactly what this communist, billionaire, private sector, “rogue”government wants, because they strive to dismantle the global system to bring in the NEW WORLD ORDER & lawlessness, so that they can use their reverse engineered “alien technology,” against the people of the world, to have TOTAL CONTROL. This is the work of the EVIL ONE and the LEFT & the RIGHT AND ALL PEOPLE AGAINST this NEW WORLD ORDER MUST WORK TOGETHER! Nationalists teach hate, racism, and they fear diversity-everything that is the integral measures of the Catholic Church! The diverse congregation of all creeds, race, colors, converts of all religions from all nations is the congregation-the body of Jesus Christ. These Nationalists will gather Christians of the 7 main denominations & Catholics up along with Gays, Jews, Blacks-all marginalized groups and persecute us! Please know I speak the truth! T
Here’s the problem with your judgement. You are basing your image of Christ on Christians, not on Christ’s Word itself. Apply the teachings of Christ to yourself and see your life turn around.
@ It started out that way, but then I really looked at the Bible from a historical perspective rather than blindly believing it and I cant bring myself to believe any of it. Jesus was a real person but the gospels are just legends about him. I try to apply his teachings to my life everyday, and I like seeing correlations between his teachings and others like Patanjali’s. Of course his teachings of kindness and etc are good, but that doesn’t convince me he still rose from the dead and I have to give my soul to him, that’s where the line is between applicable moral teachings and fictional legends
@ I guess I’m saying I can apply his teachings and see an improvement in my life but that doesn’t make the magical, son of god, miraculous part of him real. He was just a guy who lived, had religious beliefs, and then died normally. Well he was crucified which sucks and is awful but the part where he came back from the dead is just a legend there’s no evidence of it outside the Bible
Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
Yall are the ones spreading hatred and division in this country. You’d refuse to be friends or connect with family solely because of their political beliefs. The majority of this country still believes in Donnie T, and the country will get back to where it once was pre-pandemic
America's problem is that it has too much religion. The founding fathers allowed for freedom of conscience. Now we have no freedom of conscience, instead we must live our lives according to the dictates of those zealots who want to force us to live our lives according to their bigoted, racist, homophobic and misogynist rules.
true faith will never be lost, the coming times will weed out all the fake Christians who only believe to push their agendas with those of true faith and purity. For us devoted religion will never disappear until we are all dead
@@RonaldAlexander-61 kinda does brother. This new age Christianity didn’t exist still 1800s. You need church. You need sacraments. Jesus didn’t hand out bibles and say you don’t need sacraments or the Holy Spirit will tell you whatever you need to hear. Just you and your Bible. 🤣 Early church fathers would laugh at you and call you a heretic.
Unfortunately yes, I understand some of the reasons why, what I don’t agree with is what’s replacing it, hedonism, individualism, division across generations and horizontally, substance drugs, behavioral drugs (video games, digital devices, social media), greed. We need community oriented centers to come together again. We’re paying this with our mental and social health.
I don't think that religion is something that specifically needs replacing, many go their whole lives without it. For some born into it, I could see viewing it as a void, but for others, it's not so. To me, so long as we love one another, do what's right, and be supportive where possible, we can all get along.
Sorry but some of those things aren't as bad as you think they are and not replacing religion....matter of fact nothing is really replacing religion at all.
Yeap,The USSR,CUBA,CHINA,had that and SEE what their education did to those countries ,comunism is or was their religión If God is not the center of a persons life something else is going to take His place and let me tell you is really ugly !!@@MintyHobb
The Bible warns us of a he last day in which many deceivers would come. It also teaches about a great falling away. It doesn’t matter how hard we try to keep the church together, it will eventually begin to fall away before the second coming.
@Bobthebuilder71160 🤡🤡🤡 create a scam you know you will be caught one day, make sure you address suspicions before they arrive. warn them that some people might call you out for being a scammer, you know how pyramid scheme cults operate......
Sort of a Make Catholicism Great Again movement. I think you're right. It seems the people who are staying faithful, are those who are most conservative in their religious (and political) views. And are working hard to rein back most of the changes that have occured since the 60s. Doesn't change the fact, though, that overall, attendence in churchs across the board continues to be steadily declining.
When I travel I refer to the website called Reverent Catholic Mass so I know where to try to attend. Those are the parishes that are thriving, and yes most offer at least one Traditional Latin Mass per week.
Be of good courage, Mohamed. There are thousands and thousands of churches that are filled with the Holy Spirit. Also, there are thousands of thousands of people who preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and worship The Lord at home, in their neighborhoods, in the streets and all over the internet. The Kingdom of The Lord Jesus Christ is here to stay. It lasts forever. It is Eternal and Invincible. 🕊️👑 🔥
When they started repeating fox news talking points at every single family gathering around the mid 2000s which lead to maga I eventually started sleeping in on Sunday.
@@AliciatheCho because people stopped going to church and this was a big reason for me. Try to find a non Maga person at church. I don't want to hear birtherism crap at every single church event. This was years ago.
Hard working sure, work your ass off to whatever goal you think is meaningfull, but good, no. Isn't most evil done in the name of Good? You definitly need something higher and greater than yourself in order to come close to becoming good. If you think you can be a good person by your own will and judgement you are living in a fantasy world.
No but it can help. A lot of people need the support in stressful times. Jesus is a role model of a good hardworking loving person. A carpenter who also taught and healed.
Thank you for this. I abandoned my faith about 10 years ago and haven't been a church goer since. However, I've had my faith renewed and looking to go back to a church. People love to use all types of excuses to justify their abandonment of the faith and regular church attendance; I am guilty of doing so too. But the reality is that if we believe in the gospel and believe in the salvation that Christ brings to us, then it's our duty to attend the church. Not because the Bible compels us to do so. But because the church is the closest we can get to a heaven on earth experience. After all, the kingdom of heaven will be full of His creations singing and praising the King of Kings. We may as well prepare ourselves for what is waiting for us in heaven.
@@Romulus1001 You know what, we do not live in a country where religion-worship is mandatory or required these days. After all, other countries have theocratic laws like in Iran or Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, DON'T go around lecturing people on your demand for others to "worship" your imaginary friend called "god." Grow up, will ya?
@robertpolanco1973 you have trouble with reading comprehension for someone who is too smart for religion. I actually don't care what you choose to believe. My comment was addressed to the Christians. As far as my comments for atheists like you, why are you even wasting your time on a video about churches? You are living proof of the void that a lack of religion leaves in your hearts. You want others to join in your misery and it's funny to see losers like you make unimpressive arguments against the religion 😂
One of the biggest problems is that sermons are now 1 minute of reading scripture, and 59 minutes of the pastor rambling about theology. It should be the other way around.
The large, architectural lovely, Catholic churches that have closed in Buffalo have fallen victim to, among other things, the deindustrialization of the local economy. For example, the large Polish and Italian communities that housed steel workers largely evaporated when the mills closed. Not just churches, but entire neighborhoods, have emptied in large areas of the city.
The Catholic Church lost credibility in this pandemic. I don't care who you are, even if you are not consciously aware of this, I think if you go to mass and realize the immunocompromised and vulnerable are not able to go to communion because the Church refuses to help them, you at some level of your being recognize they violated everything they claimed to stand for. These are the least of these and communion according to the Church is the thing you need for salvation and is supposed to provided to all confirmed Catholics. All they wanted was the $$$.
If you want to see how much religion is losing it's influence in America is visit your local Goodwill Store. I collect CD's and visit the many stores in the Dallas Ft Worth area. Each store has an average of 150 - 200 cd's and well over half of them are Christian gospel CD's. Next in volume are Christmas ones and only a handful are secular music.
Rural areas, especially down south has more consistent and devoted members in Christianity than major cities and suburbs. Yet those area are at the bottom of the socioeconomic status of people and finances but they show up to church.
Karl Marx said that religion is the opiate of the masses. Just keep telling the poor that they will get their reward in their next life so that they don't complain about the injustice and disparity between rich and poor in this life.
2 Thessalonians 2:2, which states, "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition".
@FUtube-p1k For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 1 Corinthians 1:18 It's very coherent and from God. Jesus is the only way
@FUtube-p1k it's incoherent to the lost. The cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. Jesus is the truth and the only way. He is the creator of our world and came to us as a man to sacrifice for our sins. The world hates the concept that they are depraved and sinful
It's such a narrow and close-minded perspective to assume the idea of Americans losing their religion when in reality we're tired of the hypocrisy, greed, and cold judgment that Christianity has been known for... Instead we choose to either worship the ancient gods who cares more about their devotees well-being and the environment as well as the planet we live on rather than here nothing but hellfire in brimstone for those who do not conform. And to prove my point the literal title of this video is "Is America loosing it's religion?" It should instead be asking "Why is Christianity declining in modern America"
Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
Look into Islam. We believe in Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) is an exemplary prophet of God who was only human and he is not God. His mother Mary (peace and blessings be upon her) is the best woman who ever lived and has a whole chapter named after her in the Quran.
I am very Christian, and I acknowledge that there is a long history in which the churches have failed to assist people’s needs. What I believe the issue is, is slander. There will always be followers who falsely represent Christianity, and then make it look bad for the ones who are true and sincere about it.
In my opinion, a false Christian is someone who see themself as self-righteous, and calls out the sins of others. But a true Christian sees themself as an honest sinner, and looks past the sins f others, but rather tries to understand people.
Bible Belt going strong haha. I swear there is a church on every corner here and none of them have shut down or sold. In fact, there is always a new church being built somewhere
@ idk what area you might be thinking of. My area looks pretty nice and well taken care of. Everyone I know who goes to church takes pride in their homes, yard, etc, and they are always bringing food over and chatting 🤩
Yes that's true, here in Quezon City Philippines I have 3 churches that I can choose to go to just a walking distance from home and there are another 4 just a few minutes ride away not including an indoor chapel at one of our grocery shopping mini mall. But still all of them are full every Sunday.
Ah, nothing like colonized people still unable to figure out that they only reason they're religious is because of their colonizers..in this case the spaniards. People of faith are so incredibly gullible, it sickens me
*While this is sad, Christianity is thriving in the East. Syria, one of the oldest ancient Christian communities, has finally started their mass after the fall of Assad :)*
When I was a young boy, our families went to church every weekend, it not only was the thing to do but everyone who did go did it for God and to maintain a healthy ballance in life between work and priorities in their lives. Today's harsh economy has forced people to focus more on surviving the rising costs of living, being forced to work multiple jobs to take in the income that is needed to stay alive and keep from becoming homeless, and many have become just that after have given up on trying. The only people who maintain constant efforts in preserving religious faith are the wholesome priest's and brothers, preachers, and people deeply rooted in service to God. Time's are changing in such a way that reduced donations shrinking availability of funds to keep church's financially fruitful. I to have fallen away from church but still am and always will be close to God no matter how bad things may turn to in the changes of this life. A church is a structure, a building of worship, but our true love to God is and remains in our hearts.
“Many are called, few are chosen” for me, it’s actually beautiful to see whats happening today, it affirms scripture. The day is coming, blessed are the preachers who stand firm and continue to deliver the message to the two or three who come to listen.
As a Roman Catholic, this is very sad to see. I think the church leaders must find ways to reach out to the Catholics to renew their faith. Projects to people especially the young ones to be closer to their faith like ministry and liturgical services to suburbs.
Roman catholic church has modernized and no longer follow tradition. There is a growing conversion to orthodoxy. Heyz it's better than going protestsnt or some.other religion.
@@Haruzak1 The traditional parishes are actually the ones that are thriving. When I travel I refer to the website called Traditional Latin Mass so I know where to try to attend. My home parish is on it. They are full of young families with many children. The tide is turning. They weren't finding anything transcendental in hippy-dippy clown Masses.
Catholics by and large support a certain politician whose behaviors, policies, and actions are not at all loving or what Jesus teaches, which is why I left.
If Catholicism leads you to support someone who promotes r*cism and s*xual violence and ab*se towards women, I want nothing to do with it. I think others feel the same. Just because you're religious doesn't automatically mean you're a good person, and I think a lot of Catholics forget that...
This is not entirely the fact that people are distracted with wealth and money but also as a Church we have failed to uphold the required Christlike standards. What happened to help the needy? To pray for the leaders? To live righteously? Why would then the world around us feel the need for Christ if us christians are failing to replicate that?
Because you don't follow Christ because His followers are "nice people." You follow Christ because He died for your sins and you can't get into heaven without Him.
Look into Islam. We believe in Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) is an exemplary prophet of God who was only human and he is not God. His mother Mary (peace and blessings be upon her) is the best woman who ever lived and has a whole chapter named after her in the Quran.
As an elder millennial, I've counted it out for 20 years, because of the so called Christians, and only recently deciding i want to return in some way, but im just not sure where. Orthodox, Catholic, protestant. 🤷♀️ Returning to Christ, not just the people. But people, thats a bonus. Social animals need others need christ or something greater than yourself, for a deep connection like this for your own personal growth. ❤
No we are not losing our religion, we are losing our faith in those who profess it. Look at this video. The Bible clearly states that you will not make any graven images of anything in Heaven above or on earth below . The first thing you see is a statue of a Christ no one has ever seen. Religious leaders have decided to join forces with the wealthy and the corrupt. So no, we are not losing our religion, we just choose not to be a part of the political game being played by those who crave money and power.
Politics has become the new religion. The way people worship politicans is strange. They put their hope, faith, trust and money into these rich politcians that promise Peace and Security all while its filled with corruption. Modern Religion is the Democrat and Republican Party.
Yes, unfortunately political figures are the new golden calf’s for many.
Repentance is key to that
Remember the golden Trump statue that some people knelt in front of?
@@WC-gt6ud people still Neil for the flag
@@WC-gt6ud Remember The Golden George Floyd Statue people knelt in front of ?
People worship billionaires now and money is the only thing that brings them comfort.
True the supposed Christians not helping the poor not feeding the poor and not loving thy neighbor
Im Catholic and i go to church everyday
Why cant people just go to church if they claim they are Christians
Pastors too... so many of them endorsed a billionaire and sexual abuser. That's why you can't take them seriously.
Idolatry at it’s finest
Habakkuk 2:3 GOD DAY IS COMING FASTER THAN MOST REALIZE!
Money brings comfort. So does Trump bibles!! Remember those??
People see Christians behaving not the least bit like Christ and they want nothing to do with it. Maybe start feeding the hungry, housing the homeless and loving thy neighbor rather than railing against all of those things.
NO -- we follow Traditionalist Catholic doctrine and dogma, not your insufferable social justice warrior CRAP
Well said
Amen to that... 🙏🙏🙏
Islam will rule America
There have always been Christians of various churches who do these things, and they still exist. If a perceived absence of such activity exists in some places, I don't think that's what really drives people away n general
We are not losing religion, we are losing faith.
The problem is that religious or not, there are a bunch of hypocrites in all religions from Mormans, Catholics, & Baptists to Atheists, Agnostics, to Secular Humanists and any religion in between.
Roman's 10: 17 anyone reading Word and going to church has faith. It is hearing and or reading. That simple. New scripture by one faith you mentioned means faith is expanding. New scripture, better than true Holy Bible, makes it fun and interesting.
Atheism, agnosticism, and secular humanism are not religions. Can anyone be hypocritical? Yes, including atheists, agnostics, and secular humanists. But it’s important that we don’t lump ideologies based on logic and reason as if they are just other religions. They’re not.
The Gospel is merely a hodgepodge of anonymous attributions to the names Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John. The Five Gospels reveal how much of Jesus is authentic; there is only 18% of Jesus' words in over 30,000 Bible verses (depending on Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Ethiopia Tewahedo sources).
Paul, who only carried the name of Jesus, but all his teachings deviated, who is he? Was he one of the twelve apostles? Did he learn and meet Jesus directly? Yet, he was the founder of Christianity, where throughout the Gospels, Jesus never discussed Christianity itself but modifying Paganism and packaging it into Christianity. In the Acts of the Apostles 14:12, "Barnabas was called Zeus, and Paul was called Hermes."
Even the two most crucial verses in Christian faith turned out to be false. 1 John 5:6-8 after examination, is a "Spurious insertion Johanneum." As noted by Noble Critics like Sir Isaac Newton; Manuscripts Corruption; 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 John 5:7. Furthermore, professor Bart Ehrman statement The Mark 16:9-20 is NOT the Original Text, thus erasing the evidence of the Trinity in the ENTIRE BIBLE⁉️
So, where are all the fundamental teachings of Jesus that have been lost? Jesus was circumcised (Luke 2:21), forbidden to eat pork (Leviticus 11:7-8), buried with a linen shroud without a coffin (John 19:38-42), and fasted for 40 days (Matthew 4:1-2).
Please ask with your rationality, Who are the true followers of JESUS, the doctrine you believe in, or the Muslim worship ritual that continues the teachings as true lovers of Jesus?"
@@christopherjones2669 Moreover, there is evidence of all prophets prostrating. Jesus advanced a little, then bowed down and prayed... (Matthew 26:39). David (1 Chronicles 29:20), Abraham (Genesis 17:3), Moses and Aaron facedown for worship (Numbers 16:22), the prophet Joshua (Joshua 7:6), the prophet John the Baptist (Revelation 22:8-9). Ezra prayed with his congregation saying... "God is great, and the people raised their hands and said, 'Amen, Amen!'" (Nehemiah 8:6).
To whom did they all prostrate to worship the One true God??? ... “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” (Exodus 3:6). Do you dare to pray to the God of all the prophets to show the TRUE GOD, not made by man, and continue the prostration of the PROPHETS as the only people on earth whose worship ritual includes prostration??? "Make patience and prayer your helper, and surely such a duty is hard except for the khusyuk (QS 2:45).
If we watch closely enough, everyone will do something hypocritical at some point. But we only seem to notice this when they are religious people.
I think people are tired of seeing millionaire pastors flaunt their wealth while the congregation/members are still poor yet faithfully put their money in the collection plate. Ministry is a business now churches have money in stocks, own businesses, and give to the community for a tax write off. The pastor back then were not like this and didn’t leach off the people. Sad place to be for some churches.
Sad but true. Especially black churches. I always have a standard, if the pastor got a better car and house than everyone else, I'm not going near that church.
Also alot people have turned to “spirituality” belliefs. Which have taken over many areas in the past 15 years.
They're tired, but they voted for the oligarchy.
Those pastors will be the ones told by Jesus shew away I do not know u they are the false prophets
True Christians don't care about money
When the evangelicals got into US politics , they abandoned Jesus.
This is the result.
@@Dangic23 same with Catholics!
The churches mentioned are not evangelical though.
No, be honest the decline of people identifying as Christians correlates with the school system indoctrinating kids into the false theory of Evolution/Darwinism & LGBT/Mohammedan acceptance among other nonsense. If the government didn’t endorse any religion was they aren’t supposed & was truly neutral then Christianity would likely be increasing. And spare me the nonsense of Evolution/Darwinism not being a religion because it definitely is so is LGBTism. If buddhism which doesn’t have a god qualifies as a religion then so do those.
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No, be honest the decline of people identifying as Christians correlates with the school system indoctrinating people into the false theory of Evolution/Darwinism & LGBT/Mohammadism acceptance among other nonsense. If the government didn’t endorse any religion was they aren’t supposed & was truly neutral then Christianity would likely be increasing. And spare me the nonsense of Evolution/Darwinism not being a religion because it definitely.
No, be honest the decline of people identifying as Christians correlates with the school system indoctrinating people into the false theory of Evolution/Darwinism & LGBT/Mohammad Follower acceptance among other nonsense. If the government didn’t endorse any religion as they aren’t supposed & was truly neutral then Christianity would likely be increasing.
Corporate America has us working on Sundays. If you do not have open availability, you do not get hours.
*American culture
That is why I refuse to shop on Sundays, either in a store or online. If I shopped on Sundays, I would be keeping someone else from going to church.
Corporate America has us working on Saturdays. Remember Millions and Millions of Americans are not Christian. Saturday is the day of rest.
Every religion has their own day that’s the problem
That’s an excuse. They have church on other days than Sunday. American culture has made believers to make any excuse for not going or involving the family in faith. Hence the closing. Most have just stopped believing altogether. They think it’s stupid to have faith. Especially the youth.
When religion jumped into bed with politics, they signed their own demise. 🤨
The religion of the USA is capitalism. So, no.
Ah so your saying zionism
100%, its all about worshiping money
And your religion is the state so...
I live in California. The religion here is statism, aka the government.
We were much more capitalist in decades ago however we were much more religious. Government has exploded in size, sucking all the freedom and money with it. We therefore become dependent on it and worship it
People worship politicians, entertainers, and athletes.
And #1 money.
Psalm 146:3. THAT’S A MASK THAT WILL BE REMOVED!
@@ge26232Timothy 6:9
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Sad but true.
I’m not interested in any church that tells the congregation who to vote for or against and then some of the congregation will hate on other people who do not look like them.
Be honest. You hate the church for not abandoning biblical views to support you anti God Democrat party views.
@knowthywalk8908 I completely agree with the person's comment about avoiding churches that get politically involved. I attend a church where the pastors do not tell you how to vote, but how to follow Jesus. That is how it should be.
@@knowthywalk8908Your post encapsulates why church attendance is falling. Most people don't want to work 40-60 hours a week just to go to go early Sunday morning to a church filled with grandstanding hypocrites who only care less about the message and more about virtue singling to appear more virtuous than they actually are.
It's the disconnect between a pastor preaching about how you should hate trans people for an hour, before he goes down to the local bar to get hammered.
It's the disconnect between pastors preaching "feed the poor" while they fly around in a private jet.
It's the disconnect between people preaching about how Christianity being the moral fabric of society, as they loyal followers of the religion Stan for a man with three divorces.
Religion divides👌
May it all be outlawed!
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I would argue people didn’t abandon the church, but rather the church abandoned the people.
They say everyone is welcome but we all know that’s not true.
It's more like God abandoned the people, if such a being exists at all. People can find an answer on the internet to almost any question. Meanwhile, God can't be bothered to even give the time of day. And worse than divine hiddenness is the problem of evil, two major questions which no church can answer.
I would say that everything is out of balance. There is more chaos than there is peace. The world needs to be at an equilibrium to sustain itself.
I haven’t lost faith in God, but I have lost faith in institutions
That’s why you follow Jesus, not people
No go back to the institutions don't give into enlightenment presuppositions
@ And don’t chase purity and neglect one’s spiritual community
@@dereksilva7876 yeah institutions cherry pick their history and favorite gentile church father gets exhausting. Instead of being filled with grace, mercy, and thankfulness it’s just about how their doctrines are the only ones that get you to Christ. I’m actually happy for faith revival without institutions that focus on education and empathy to see other doctrines as not competition but another road to Christ.
@@AliciatheCho No one is chasing 'purity', lol. They're simply asking the church hierarchies to not be ped*philes & to report disclosed ped*philes within their ranks. Moral obligations churches seem incapable/unwilling to live up to.
Religion in AMERICA IS A CORPORATION.
I somewhat agree to this, but not all churches are money and number driven. I’m a firm believer in the small church.
Mega churches are. Small town churches are still very much reliant on the donations of its community
This is true, many "churches" are now located in mini-malls, and next to Arby's. Complete with PowerPoint presentations and a rock band
A tax free scam.
Not really
It’s a combination of things, the scandals, the prosperity gospel, the availability of alternative religions, and the fact people have literally died and relocated. The church buildings were built because there was a worshipping community who needed it. If the worshippers are not there, what’s the point of keeping an empty building?
"Alternative religions" there have been a recorded 80,000 religions in human history. Yours isn't special. ;)
American Christians have been radicalized to the point that they no longer follow the teaching of Christ.
Many of us are Spiritual not Christian because we want to actually do good deeds but not rub elbows with hypocrites at church.
@@evad520Neither is yours, moshe.
@@evad5202.4 billion followers across the world. Pretty sure Christianity is the real religion. Cope harder
As if there weren't scandals in the celebrity world? Seek Jesus
As a Muslim I am proud to be Muslim
We are proud of our Lord Jesus Christ. 🕊️👑
@@K_d_-dz6pslol🤣
@@MUHAMMEDHAQINSAN
Why are you laughing Muhammed?
Do you not trust the Lord Jesus Christ?
@@K_d_-dz6pslord doesnt have a lord. father is greater than jesus. dont risk your afterlife.
@@OrangeAutumn13
Jesus said “The FATHER is Greater than I.”
Jesus said “All power in heaven and Earth has been given to me (by The Father).” ( Matthew chapter 28).
We must worship The Father and we must call God “our Father.”
We must submit to the power and authority of Jesus (The Son) because The Father gave it to Him. 🕊️👑
Do you agree?
Why not leave the doors open for the homeless. Give them a safe and warm place.
I'm homeless in London & right now sleeping every night at churches ⛪ I'm grateful for this.
I know two homeless people. Will you be able to house them? You’ll need to make them take a shower as well
London is able to do it yet American churches don't care about the poor, sick and homeless
Because land in cities is valuable, and if a church is forced to sell, it will be bought by someone else.
When my church did that they vandalized the church.
America isn't supposed to have a religion. An American citizen can, the country does not and should not. That's supposed to be one of the foundations of America.
Exactly 💯 This is something I was thinking during the election and all the talk about Christian values and blah blah blah. When in all honesty, Jesus himself would not be ok with what we got going on, on top of the "founding" principles you mentioned.
Semantics
You have no idea about the foundations of America because you would know that Christianity WAS the foundation if you did. Many American laws were based on Christian morals and values. The founders themselves were Christians, with few exceptions, and talked about it openly. The American dollar literally says "in God we trust." To think that a country doesn't or shouldn't have a primary religion is just naive and very unrealistic. It isn't written in law, but the United States of America was founded as a Christian nation.
@@danyelleorr-mcneil4711 of course Jesus is not going to be okay with the sins of the USA. But Jesus and Religion go hand in hand. He followed the Jewish customs and he started his Church which is Catholic
America was founded on the principals of freedom of... your choice of...
religion or faith or not.
Our forefathers did however adopt our constitution of laws and principals pertaining to a moral and or religious standard.
What good is a religion if you cannot call out a genocide?
Look into Islam. We believe in Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) is an exemplary prophet of God who was only human and he is not God. His mother Mary (peace and blessings be upon her) is the best woman who ever lived and has a whole chapter named after her in the Quran.
Don’t bring that topic it to this😢😢😢
@@ShlittytittyM which one? There multiple genocide committed in the name of god.
Define genocide?
@ Do we have a legal definition of genocide that was used to convict some world leaders?
If you accept Islam you will never lose Jesus Christ and prophet Muhammad peace be upon them according to Islam Jesus PBUH is one of the mightiest messenger. His name is mentioned in the Quran for 25 times. There is separate chapter called surah mariyam that means mother Mary. There is no any separate chapter in the Bible on mother Mary.
The Lord Jesus Christ is definitely the Mightiest 💪
His Name is Greater than All Names 👑. You know that He died to pay your penalty for your sin. And then He rose up from the dead. 🙌🙌🙌
He is the only one who can give you Eternal Life in heaven 🕊️
Kafir masih buta..tapi bukan buta mata..tapi buta hati..
@@wakman2785
Stop saying these things!!!
The Lord Jesus Christ causes us to SEE CLEARLY.
The Lord Jesus Christ makes men ROYAL SONS OF GOD. 👑 He does not make them Kafirs! 😮
Money is God in this country.
@FUtube-p1ksame coin…. What side are you looking at it from?
100%
In the world, so God warns is what good is to gain the world, if you lose your soul
@@Logan8x Yes, they lack what is GOOD!
Well, it can be viewed as a god to those that worship it. Didn't god say that he was jealous and put no other god before him? However, a sane person knows money is yet another tool that can give me options. It has no power sitting on a table nor going down a storm drain.
Hypocrisy is the Gospel of today's religious adherents. I want no part of it.
Yes, there certainly is a lot of hypocrisy among them just as there was in Jesus” day. (Matthew 15:7-9) Sadly, many people have been turned away from God and the Bible because of the hypocrisy of those who claim to believe in God and the Bible. The teachings of the churches aren’t based at all on the truth of the Bible or on the teachings of Jesus. It’s a sad fact that many people are unaware of what the Bible really says and therefore don’t know that very shortly God is going to make drastic changes on the earth for the benefit of everyone who wants to live in peace and harmony with everybody else. By means of his heavenly Kingdom government he is going to remove all human governments and everyone causing harm to others. (Matthew 6:10; Daniel 2:44; Proverbs 2:21, 22) As King of the Kingdom, Jesus will bring true peace and security to the entire earth and lovingly care for every individual’s needs. (Micah 4:4; Isaiah 65:21, 22) These wonderful changes are imminent!
@@sandradixon6205🙄
@@sandradixon6205 Well, Ms. Dixon, NOT EVERYONE would agree with your sentiment at all because ALL religions have been utter failures completely and that we live only in a very complicated world where all social ills remain as prevalent as ever!
Hypocrisy has always been synonymous with Christianity. Remember The Crusades? Murder in the name of Jesus.
I speak the truth with what I tell you. Oct 9, I was healed at “Our Lady of Champion,” Shrine the only approved Apparition site of our Blessed Virgin Mary in USA.
I speak not just from our Lady but from God the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit. Catholics must see the truth about Nationalism. The prophesies of Marie Julie Jahenny stating: the “horrible religion,” that “many many Bishops embrace,” is not the Novus Ordo Missae aka The New Mass from Vatican 2 that many accepted as such. This false acceptance had a ripple effect through our Church and caused much division and damage to Catholicism throughout the world! The true “horrible religion that “many many Bishops embraced,” is the communist backed Nationalism Movement! In USA it is known as Christian Nationalism and they play a huge role politically with this new party that took over our Republican party in real-time.
MAGA’s goal is to dismantle the Constitutional Federal Republic Government of America!
Christian Nationalists hijacked the Christian name-they are a guise for white supremacy! In America the Nationalist Movement aka “Christian Nationalism,” has one goal-Dismantle Christianity & replace it with Nationalism, (aka Hate). The billionaire backed MAGA along with Nationalism work hand in hand, why Republicans and Democrats must work hand in hand to dismantle them-or America is no longer and religion will no longer exist, exactly what this communist, billionaire, private sector, “rogue”government wants, because they strive to dismantle the global system to bring in the NEW WORLD ORDER & lawlessness, so that they can use their reverse engineered “alien technology,” against the people of the world, to have TOTAL CONTROL. This is the work of the EVIL ONE and the LEFT & the RIGHT AND ALL PEOPLE AGAINST this NEW WORLD ORDER MUST WORK TOGETHER!
Nationalists teach hate, racism, and they fear diversity-everything that is the integral measures of the Catholic Church! The diverse congregation of all creeds, race, colors, converts of all religions from all nations is the congregation-the body of Jesus Christ.
These Nationalists will gather Christians of the 7 main denominations & Catholics up along with Gays, Jews, Blacks-all marginalized groups and persecute us! Please know I speak the truth! T
Politics drove me out of the church, I admit. Just like some people don’t like when celebrities get into politics same applies to religious leaders.
Because the church didn't agree with going against the Bible to support your obsession with skin tone or anti biblical lifestyles? You were never a believer.
This is true in my case...
Also the priest is very clueless of why people dont want religious garbage anymore!
U need real Christianity not relegion
And that's why you should keep religion and politcs separate
I believe in the Great Pumpkin 🎃. 😳
@@alphaomega1351
There is only one GOD and his name is Allah. Islam will rule the world
Separation of church and state needs to be re established
@@kingbullyrock8739Allah likes kids
Not really possible. Artificially negotiated boundaries but I understand the attempt/aim.
I am no longer calling myself a “Christian”…I call myself a follower of Christ. The man who truly loved everyone, judges no one, offers peace, surrounds himself with social outcasts and sees them as people. THAT’S who I follow.
Same for me.
Hard part about even that description is you'll still lumped in with the people who now worship the MAGA religion. It's the inherent bias that has been established through the connection between religion and politics in America. I say this as someone who shares this bias but recognizes it, so I do my best to give people who may initially claim to be Christian the benefit of the doubt. I still come across a few Christians who are what I grew up knowing as Christian and when I encounter them I am grateful. I'm an atheist but still appreciate when I come across a real Christian who can be such a positive example through their own life without trying to legislate their beliefs on everyone else.
Yes but that doesn’t mean to be naive, docile, and downright powerless. Idk why so many alleged “Christians” love to use this made up excuse to simply compromise with the world and be weak.
THIS!
@@thursday315 A real christian must share the gospel as he obey it. Christian faith is international and doesn't stop in America.
In America, you have both freedom of religion and freedom FROM religion!
dpends which parents you have. some mandate their kids to follow religion or they get beaten.
AMEN! WAKE IT UP. I like my sundays cozy at home
Sadly, you don’t. Christians claim a right to force their beliefs onto everyone else every step of the way
The thing is that radical ones of former are producing a culture that promotes the later one
Without God, there is no hope for that Nation. It is doomed in this world as well as in eternal one
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much...
This video is more about losing churches than losing religion. As smaller churches close, larger megachurches are opening. As so many "Christians" drive our politics, I doubt religion is lacking participants.
It's Christian belief in general. There's a steady decline in the US of people who say they are Christian. This matches other western countries, although the US is a generation or two behind.
And mega churches tend to have a short(ish) lifecycle... they don't tend to last because they depend on a high turnover rate that fails quicker.
@@wolfblaide
Allah is truth, the future of America is Islam.
It has been on the decline for over 20 years now. People have educated themselves and moved on. 60 more years and it will be gone completely.
@@mtgamateurnightpeople are wilfully choosing to be dumb so I guess in your logic you can see the new era of Chrisian supremacy t in 60 years time.
@@mtgamateurnightpeople are wilfully choosing to be dumb so I guess in your logic you can see the new era of Chrisian supremacy t in 60 years time.
As a Christian it's also our job to make disciples. Most Christian don't. The church isn't the building, it's God's people spreading the good news
Completely Agree!
Amen
God is Almighty Lord of the Universe compassionate and merciful and Master of the Day of Judgement.
People are begining to see that God is simply an imaginary concept and that's what it really is..
@@zebakhawajathe imaginary father..
As a devout Catholic born and raised in Chicago This has been happening to Catholic Churches in every diocese across the United States since the late 1970s this is nothing new especially in Chicago
Catholicism is on the rise
It's because Catholics, by and large, support a certain politician whose behaviors and actions aren't loving or Christian. If being Catholic leads so many to support someone who promotes racism, s*xual ab*se, and sexual violence towards women, I want nothing to do with it. Being religious does not automatically make you a good person, and I think Catholics often forget that...
To be Christian and American is an oxymoron
The "spirit of vatican ii" did lots of damage. Tradition, even in the new Mass, makes a HUGE difference
In all love and respect I have a question, why are you labeling yourself as a "devout Catholic" and not a Christian?? Do you put Catholicism before God's Word? Do you believe in transubstantiation? Do you believe there to be more mediators in heaven other than Jesus Christ?? Do you believe the (RCIA) program is Biblical?
Brother get out of that false church and come stand in the correct Gospel don't let yourself be condemned with those who support false teachings and boast in works.
"I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel not that there is another one but there are some who trouble you & want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received let him be accursed."
"For it is by grace you have been saved through Faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not of works so that no one can boast."
"Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
"And to the one who does not work but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteous."
"And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall shall never die? Do you believe?"
"The work of God is this, to believe in the one He sent."
"There is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus."
This is the same message and program Jesus taught and this is the same message and program the Apostles taught. We shall stand on this Rock of Truth or else we stand condemned.
"Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken into pieces, anyone on whom it falls will be crushed."
America will never lose its No. 1 religion - Greed.
Religion started dying as early as the 1920's, with the start of materialistic pursuits, greed, and idolization of money. Now, money supersedes many people's vision of God's gift of well-being and security...
Yeah, and incidentally the 1920's were also the era when electrified light started to be the norm for urban streets so people wouldn't fear to go away in the night. A mix that basically is slowly finishing religion at least in the west. Now, at least here in Europe, Religion is mostly such an ageing people sort of thing especially in the rural areas. The US will slowly but consistently to reach Europe's secularization levels as times go.
No, it started dying in the 1700 with the Enlightenment. Newton, Galileo, then Darwin was the final nail in the coffin. Nobody who understands Darwin’s theory of evolution can have rational basis for ‘faith’. Religion doesn’t just become ‘different’ from science and rationality, but antithetical to it.
No it's just that the religious are the most hateful people in the country. The trump voters full of hate for ethnic minorities, gays, taking away women's rights. People are onto you.
People cant.go to church. They worried more about being able to pay the rent.
so sad😢
They can still worship at home
I see the problem right there!
Get a better job. Oy
Any pastor that focuses on money is no pastor I want to hear. The early church had all things common so that no body in their congregation would have need. If your church is not helping you, you need a new church.
When I saw how many Christian’s voted for trump I was very frustrated I guess a person‘s character doesn’t matter to them. I thought character was important to Christians.
Not just individual Christians voting for Trump, but an entire vast segment of American Christianity essentially made Trump their true messiah and God's representative on Earth.
That convinced me ten thousand times over that I was right to leave Christianity decades ago. It is a religious movement of nihilism with no moral compass or bottom line at all.
That's the point of christianity, it makes people into complete idiots
Oh BS.
@@kenofken9458 Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
@@patrickchilds5486 Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
Proud to be a Muslim Alhamdulillah
You might be prideful. But without the Lord Jesus Christ for your salvation, if your sins must be forgiven, animals Cannot cover your sins, only the blood of Jesus Christ can do that. By telling Jesus you want to believe in Him.. it's the truth. The Bible is true.
@PamelaChristian-d3i Jesus was nothing just a Prophet and servant of ALLAH Almighty.
@PamelaChristian-d3i show me original scripture of bible in Aramaic language. The Bible is full of contradictions even you don't know who Luke, Matthew and Paul were.
These are the culprits that changed the real bible which was revealed on Prophet Essah (Jesus) into a fully contradiction book.
@@PamelaChristian-d3i They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allah at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?" And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.
Quran 5:7
@@PamelaChristian-d3i have you read your bible today?
It's crazy how that one lady said the members of her church are her family and she doesn't want the church to close because she doesn't want to lose her family. You see that in many religions. Your local congregation are your "friends", but if you leave the church or move away, your new congregation are your "friends". In this case, if the other members were truly her "family", she wouldn't lose them just because a building closed. They would still get together to do things they love and she wouldn't worry about losing them. That tells me their only joint activities are church related and outside of church they have no real friendship.
That part 💯
It's not that people are busy. They make time for things they consider important. The hypocrisy is chasing people away. The clergy preaches goodness but often acts evilly. And, of course, just logically, people reject the idea that an invisible man lives in the sky and judges us.
The last one is fallacy. God is not invisible, He is quite visible in all creation. He is not a man, God is God. And God most definitely does not "live in the sky", God is everywhere. That definition of God is a five year old's.
Your god is imaginary therefore "invisible" applies.
Because you want to be your own god. Good luck when you have to face Him.
@@knowthywalk8908
Nonsense.
Where did they say that they created and control the universe?
@@XX-sp3ttthe last one is in fact not a fallacy. God is not observable and is not even a clearly defined concept. Science is the only path we have to understand the natural world.
Europe: Churches are preserved and transformed.
America: Demolish to build a big building.
That's surprising for europe given the western side is majority irreligious while America A Christian country is losing churches
UK is now a CHRISTIAN MINORITY COUNTRY....same goes to BELGIUM.....you will be nowhere in the future because of your fraud pastors
Jesus Encounter Ministries UA-cam channel++
I have recently accepted Islam and never looked back. It truly is the religion everyone is looking for and should learn more about. True Islam as described in the Quran is so beautiful and life changing without any of stereotypes you heard in American media. Muslim take their religion seriously and truly life the deen of Islam. If your disillusioned with Christianity please look into Islam and learn about the tennats and pillars of its teachings. I am a ex Catholic and will say that most Catholics are so in name only and don't really practice what they preach. I plan to raise my children as Muslims and trust the teachings of Islam will make them strong prosperous yet modest adults ready to live the deen and help spread the word about the beauty of Islam.
Praise be to Allah, the most merciful.
Same crap, different pile.
I WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW MY JESUS
@chemoboy-dannypheleps9234 follow the Quran, don't follow the brand Islam. It is just you and God! Go to a quiet place and read the Quran for yourself.
☪️💣🖕🏻❌😆🤮🤦🏻you and your fascistic ideology called a religion of peace
@@matildamaher111
You can still love Jesus after becoming Muslim.
But you just cannot worship him.
Muslim worship one true God, have no son.
The creator of the universe
All of them are finding something else to believe in...and that's MAGA...and that's not a great thing
MAGA was great in the sense that it made us see Christians for who they really are, hypocrites!!!
Both are terrible.
@@juancarlosalonso5664I can tell that you're an Atheist.
Not quite.
@@gabrielhatter4795 Idiot.
The biggest problem for churches started with the "prosperity theology", which has turned many heads and appealed to greed in the human heart. People think that's okay because "Preachers" like Kenneth Copeland tells them that God wants them to be rich - and he even has 2 private jets. Once greed entered the churches, I knew that the end would be coming for them. Then, the age of Trump came in which too many people preferred political rallies instead of hearing the Word and learning how Christ wants us to live. False "profits" of the "religious industry" opened tent meetings and spouted every form of blasphemy they could think of. Too many people now confuse church with state, and they prefer being entertained at political rally-style meetings than being serious about Scripture.
I hate seeing these beautiful churches being sold and even being transformed into condos, but money-making and politics have strangled our sense of propriety and our feelings of reverence. I suppose it is fitting after all that these churches be taken over by money-making ventures, despite Jesus' anger at the moneychangers in the temple. Our society has gone VERY FAR from where its spiritual and religious roots once lay. A great deal of damage will be done to our society - and to the human conscience - because of this, much more than we have yet witnessed. It is tragedy, to be sure.
The holy spirt gives us joy. Joy which comes from things other than the simple pleasure of consumerism which so many Americans have been taught is the only real source of joy in the world. God made king Solomon rich, yes, but his disciples were also persecuted and suffered because they followed Gods word and the bugle says they were joyous because they were worthy enough to suffer in the lords name. Gods gift to us is perfect peace, freedom from the slavery of sin, freedom from the fear of death and the opportunity to stand before his glorious perfection without any shame or guilt of our sins because God sent his son to die so that we wouldn’t have to.
I know God wants me to be rich because every time I throw all my money up towards heaven he never keeps any!
“Greed” entered the churches about 2000 years ago.
The trend of traditional church is closing and feel good, watered -down churches that feel more like motivational speakers with smoke machines, coffee bars has been on the rise.
Because its easier to attend the "watered-down" church with 1500+ members, slip in, drink some coffee, worship, go home. I hope for a resurgence of the small, community based traditional church in America
@@Cardinal03I’ve got one of those smaller churches in a relatively urban area. I tried just one of those non-denominational churches with several hundred people in the congregation… the pastor was boring and it was clear there was hardly any sense of community, I read from the book of proverbs and Ecclesiastes the entire time. I much preferred the Lutheran Church which I had tried before earlier, and it’s what I have today. God sent me to the right place!
This is not true. These churches were probably those watered down ones that closed, even though they might be part of a larger traditional Church. Traditional churches like sspx are on the rise.
That's because people don't believe in becoming Christian anymore. Jesus is human, he is not God. It's all made up
You can rest assured that Jesus is God in the flesh. Many many people all over the world are still turning to Him today. It will be the same in the future.
Jesus is The Way, The Truth and The Life. 🕊️👑
@@K_d_-dz6psthis jesus is god nonsense came up in the early 1800s btw. Before that time, people would come after you if you claimed jesus is god.
@@NicolasSchaII
Nicholas,
In the middle of the first century AD (between 50 and 70 AD), Apostle Paul wrote:
“JESUS is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by JESUS all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.”
It’s been at least 1,970 years that people have declared Jesus to be God in the flesh.
"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion"
-Thomas Paine
@@TheRealReasonNASB Liar. Paine’s actual last words: “'I have no wish to believe on that subject.'” The source for your quotation was an 1841 book from an author that wasn’t present and never met him. Isn’t lying a sin?
@TheRealReasonNASB I just looked it up and you lied, but that’s not surprising considering religions are nothing but lies.
Well, I guess he said it himself. Ted Bundy was his brother. 🤷♂️
@@TheRealReasonNASB Paine never said this, look it up
Perfectly said!!!! 🎉
I left the evangelical church because my reality did not give me the confirmation bias I needed to continue believing what the church would tell me.
The heart is deceitful wicked.. Get back into God's Word!
The universe didn't make itself
@@Swagtastic225 it wasn't brewed in a bearded sky man's garage either.
@michaelfisher7170 no every said the creator was a sky anything. That's a strawman
@@Swagtastic225 its not. its all right there in the book of mythology called Genesis, and in many other mythological works as well. I wouldn't attend a church that told me "you have to believe Genesis happened literally." that would be like joining a club that demands you accept Tolkien's works as actual history.
I left my church (roman catholic) that I went to every Sunday and Wednesday of my life because, when my wife got pregnant, we stopped going for 6 months to take care of our newborn son. We planned to have him baptized and when I went to talk to the priest, he told my wife and I that we would have to attend the church for a full year because of the time missed to baptize our son. That was the last straw. I told them I will never return to that church ever again. A few years later I was liking to a friend who attended a Christian church, and I inquired about a baptism, and they said they would do it any time, no problem at all. That shocked me. To me, the Catholic Church will destroy itself if it keeps these kind of rules around. Last year I actually showed up to my old church and vented my frustration with the new priest. He asked me to give them another chance. I denied his request because I was so hurt that a place of God would deny my son his baptismal rights.
Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
So many people want the Sacraments but aren't practising the faith. In baptism you make promises to raise your child in the faith. It is an important Sacrament, so many don't fufill the promises made. The six month course is to give the Parents, more knowledge so they can grow in Faith and hopeful share this love and knowledge with your children. Sunday Mass attendance is a basic requirement of the Catholic faith, as it is the source and summit of our Faith. It's better not to baptise your baby in the Catholic faith, if you aren't taking the promises you make seriously. We have allowed so many to use the Church for what they want hence why the Priests are changing that. Our schools are full of children and their Families who are following a cultural practise and it's has proved to be incredible detrimental. The Sacraments aren't a right but a gift and an honour ❤️
We have been watering down our teachings to suit for decades, most that remain seriously practising want a return to strong teachings, reverence, traditional devotions and pure catechise. Jesus promised the gates of Hell will never prevail so His Church will never be destroyed.
Really hope and pray you will return to the Faith, find a Cathechism of the Catholic Church, the beauty of our faith, it's endless Saints of all cultures, who showed how to truly love God and the Gospels, Eucharist miracles, the incorrupitubles are unreal and beyond beautiful. It's a true gift to be a Catholic. Prayers for your Family at the crib this Christmas, from New Zealand
@maryfrancesbillington2863 to be fair, 90% of the people I went to church with were always looking down upon my family as if we weren't good enough to be there. These same people would praise God for an hour, then the rest of the week, they were complete opposites. Getting drunk doing drugs, using the lords name in vein, extremely toxic families. I remember as a kid my dad writing checks to our Catholic church plus putting money in the plate every week. I learned absolutely nothing from the Catholic church. Every week, it was sing, kneel, hold hands, pray, stand up, and leave. I visited a Christian church and learned more in 1 hour than all of my time going to the Catholic church. I have the lords prayer and hail Mary's prayer burned into my mind. I never understood why I had to tell our priest my confessions and how uncomfortable that was. I realized I didn't need a Catholic priest to confess to, I only needed god. I'm sorry if i come off strong about all of this, but jesus nor God said any of these things the catholics do was mandatory. I got my sacraments, went to confession, prayed my rosary, and never felt a connection with God until I went to a Christian church where I felt welcomed and he pastor explained everything in a way I could understand. The pope is the biggest disappointment in Catholic history with the past few years. He has abandoned God by letting sin be ok. He's a heretic.
Instead of turning them into luxury condos for the rich, turn them into book stores or museums so we can fix the education level of this country
Yes because I’m sure your intelligence far surpasses most of us.
Jesus is the only education.
@@William_Snowfox.01nope. He’s not real hun
@@lis4846 I'm confused by your hostility. I made a suggestion that would help people and you chose to be offended by it. You have issues.
@@William_Snowfox.01 that kind of thinking has done nothing for this country
I lost my religion then I realized I was wasting my time on social media
now you wasting your time on religion?
@@deepfish337 *Now you’re wasting your time on religion?
Waste your time on education.
Wow bravo
@@deepfish337 Waste your time on education.
Guess what? 😂😂😂😂
All the scandals don't help either.
I think we're all better off seeking god on our own than putting trust in our mortal peers.
@@thenameless3271 yep, 100%
Yeah I agree, the scandals sure hurt the church. It’s when we focus on the church and its leaders that we fall into trouble. We need to focus on Jesus and the word of God not its wolves in sheep’s clothing.
@@thenameless3271
I agree we need to seek the Lord on our own but when we find Him we are told to not forsake the assembling of ourselves.
Way more scandals in public schools
It’s not that America is losing its religion. It is that America is becoming woke. How many churches out there that are not biblical brings a strong point of consideration.
"We've beccome a culture that doesn't need God as much as we *think* we do." Is that a slip? I have the feeling that he said the opposite of what he intended to say, namely, something like: "we have become a culture that *thinks* God is not needed, when actually we *do* need God."
I felt the same, hope it IS a slip. 😮
We don't need god, just be a decent human being for the sake of being a decent human being.
No one NEEDS god.
TIME WILL TELL IF WE DO! Deuteronomy 32:4. Isaiah 42.8
@@syebethelIsaiah 48:11. KEEP LIVING AND FIND OUT!
It’s not “because our busy lives…” It’s because we have some free time to look for the truth. Some of us prefer to live in reality.
Say that when you face God and are thrown in hell.
What is the 'truth' and what does it mean 'to live in reality'?
That’s a good way to describe it.
The definition of faith is belief without evidence. Religion is also like selling an invisible product - you can describe it any way you want to and just plain make things up. That’s not something I want to rely on for guidance in my life.
@@bdflatlander
" _The definition of faith is belief without evidence_ "
Not a accurate definition. Faith is actually associated with the concept of trust and trust worthiness not 'belief without evidence.' For example, trusting a doctor’s diagnosis or a loved one’s promises is not "belief without evidence," but rather confidence in their reliability.
I predict that you narrow down 'evidence' as merely as empirical or scientific which does not encompass all forms of what evidence qualifies as. faith may rely on personal experiences, historical documentation, philosophical arguments, or internal coherence, which are forms of evidence in their own right.
Here's a example of a philosophical argument of 'other minds.'
Premise: I experience thoughts, emotions, and consciousness.
Premise: Other humans display behavior similar to mine (e.g., communicating, reacting emotionally).
Conclusion: It is reasonable to infer that other humans also have thoughts, emotions, and consciousness.
You see that this argument is logical and sound without needing empirical or scientific evidence to justify it.
@@boazreid6158 . Not to believe in talking snakes or donkeys. Or 600 year old ship builders. Or man who lost all their strength by getting a haircut. Or man who survived 3 days inside a fish. Or thousands of people getting lost for 40 years, traveling a distance that can be covered in two weeks. Or Jewish zombies capable of walking on water…
I believe in things that can be confirmed by the scientific method. That thing that you trust when going to a hospital for an emergency, instead of praying for an invisible old man in the sky. That’s what I call reality.
People are losing their faith in failures and lies.
Yes lies told by the religious,
But tiktok is more popular than ever so that can't be accurate
So scary that no youngsters are there attending the service.
America has already gone out of hand.
Now people worship money and celebrities.
It’s not scary, it is awesome! Churches are abusive and church people, evangelicals, Mormons, conservative Catholics worship money, and celebrities more than the rest of the country!
Separation of church and state
Islam will rule America
That phrase isn’t even in the constitution.
@@RonaldAlexander-61 Keep pushing the Christian Taliban agenda.
It will cure the people of religion that much faster.
@@Foolofatook889 "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..."
@@Foolofatook889 Neither is "innocent until proven guilty" and many other things, doesn't mean it isn't a constitutional precept.
Religion is losing its popularity everywhere in the world. I’m from South Korea and old people here are 53% christians and 22% Buddhists while young people are 20% christians and 8% Buddhists.
In Middle-East youngsters are becoming more religious.
@@thatman4924I mean they are practicing Islam right or are they turning to other Religions?
@christianastorga4555 Islam is dominant religion in Middle-East & of course it's gaining popularity among youth.
Christians are also seeing increase in Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Iran.
No… it growing outside of the West
@@thatman4924only because they are forced to in those countries
I was raised southern Baptist and became an atheist because of the hatred in my church. I started reading Bart Ehrman and learning where the scriptures come from and since then I just can’t bring myself to believe any of the Bible, although it is a really cool piece of cultural and historical literature, it’ll never be more than that to me. But I miss the community of a church though. I’ve been wanting to go back but just can’t bring myself to do it. The theology is just not real and so many people who go to church are just too hateful
I speak the truth with what I tell you. Oct 9, I was healed at “Our Lady of Champion,” Shrine the only approved Apparition site of our Blessed Virgin Mary in USA.
I speak not just from our Lady but from God the Father, the Son, & the Holy Spirit. Catholics must see the truth about Nationalism. The prophesies of Marie Julie Jahenny stating: the “horrible religion,” that “many many Bishops embrace,” is not the Novus Ordo Missae aka The New Mass from Vatican 2 that many accepted as such. This false acceptance had a ripple effect through our Church and caused much division and damage to Catholicism throughout the world! The true “horrible religion that “many many Bishops embraced,” is the communist backed Nationalism Movement! In USA it is known as Christian Nationalism and they play a huge role politically with this new party that took over our Republican party in real-time.
MAGA’s goal is to dismantle the Constitutional Federal Republic Government of America!
Christian Nationalists hijacked the Christian name-they are a guise for white supremacy! In America the Nationalist Movement aka “Christian Nationalism,” has one goal-Dismantle Christianity & replace it with Nationalism, (aka Hate). The billionaire backed MAGA along with Nationalism work hand in hand, why Republicans and Democrats must work hand in hand to dismantle them-or America is no longer and religion will no longer exist, exactly what this communist, billionaire, private sector, “rogue”government wants, because they strive to dismantle the global system to bring in the NEW WORLD ORDER & lawlessness, so that they can use their reverse engineered “alien technology,” against the people of the world, to have TOTAL CONTROL. This is the work of the EVIL ONE and the LEFT & the RIGHT AND ALL PEOPLE AGAINST this NEW WORLD ORDER MUST WORK TOGETHER!
Nationalists teach hate, racism, and they fear diversity-everything that is the integral measures of the Catholic Church! The diverse congregation of all creeds, race, colors, converts of all religions from all nations is the congregation-the body of Jesus Christ.
These Nationalists will gather Christians of the 7 main denominations & Catholics up along with Gays, Jews, Blacks-all marginalized groups and persecute us! Please know I speak the truth! T
Here’s the problem with your judgement. You are basing your image of Christ on Christians, not on Christ’s Word itself. Apply the teachings of Christ to yourself and see your life turn around.
@ It started out that way, but then I really looked at the Bible from a historical perspective rather than blindly believing it and I cant bring myself to believe any of it. Jesus was a real person but the gospels are just legends about him. I try to apply his teachings to my life everyday, and I like seeing correlations between his teachings and others like Patanjali’s. Of course his teachings of kindness and etc are good, but that doesn’t convince me he still rose from the dead and I have to give my soul to him, that’s where the line is between applicable moral teachings and fictional legends
@ I guess I’m saying I can apply his teachings and see an improvement in my life but that doesn’t make the magical, son of god, miraculous part of him real. He was just a guy who lived, had religious beliefs, and then died normally. Well he was crucified which sucks and is awful but the part where he came back from the dead is just a legend there’s no evidence of it outside the Bible
Return to your Lord and saviour Jesus christ, he's still your first love.
Didn't the Vatican just settle a lawsuit over its handling of abuse amongst the priest of the covenant
I think they have an entire business division dedicated to that.
Considering that Donvict was not only "elected" once but twice, I'd definitely say the U.S. lost its religion _a long time ago._ 😒
you must be a convert to the woke religion
Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
Yall are the ones spreading hatred and division in this country. You’d refuse to be friends or connect with family solely because of their political beliefs. The majority of this country still believes in Donnie T, and the country will get back to where it once was pre-pandemic
Church every Sunday is my place of peace. I have a busy life, but church at my Episcopal parish is a must. It starts my week off the right way.
Let me guess... St. Paul's in Columbus?
@@drc3po no, but St. Paul's is lovely.
Because it’s a therapeutic environment designed to make you feel good through music and intimate prayer and worship. Doesn’t make god real
@@muwgrad1987 I am Hindu 🚩 I love Jesus ❤️
I'm also Episcopalian
Did you check to see if that was it in the corner?
America would be only too lucky to lose what it calls "religion"
Because God doesn't agree with your abominable lifestyle?
America's problem is that it has too much religion. The founding fathers allowed for freedom of conscience. Now we have no freedom of conscience, instead we must live our lives according to the dictates of those zealots who want to force us to live our lives according to their bigoted, racist, homophobic and misogynist rules.
true faith will never be lost, the coming times will weed out all the fake Christians who only believe to push their agendas with those of true faith and purity. For us devoted religion will never disappear until we are all dead
So your daughter can be 🍇 by an israeli immigrant and invaded by ✡️ as their servants and slaves to Venezuelan criminal imports and iraqi 🍇ists?
I think its more that people dont feel the necessity to go to church, not that they dont believe.
Where does it say that in the Bible?
@@RonaldAlexander-61 kinda does brother. This new age Christianity didn’t exist still 1800s. You need church. You need sacraments.
Jesus didn’t hand out bibles and say you don’t need sacraments or the Holy Spirit will tell you whatever you need to hear. Just you and your Bible. 🤣
Early church fathers would laugh at you and call you a heretic.
@@d3adp94 Maybe some people don't believe that bullshit, and that's okay. Freedom of religion.
@@RonaldAlexander-61I was going to say that. 😂😂😂
@@RonaldAlexander-61amen to that!
I dream of a secular nation , in which spiritually is actually revered not perverted by the radical right.
I dream of a seculat nation where spirituality is met with eye rolls and disdain.
I bet you pray to Trump
@RandyMartin-gn9ic lmao 🤣🤣
@RandyMartin-gn9ic look up secular bruh.
@@TacocatPatriot you dont even know if the bible put together by religious zealots is true i refer you to Ethiopian bible or go back to Sumerian
religion is becoming obsolete as science works
Unfortunately yes, I understand some of the reasons why, what I don’t agree with is what’s replacing it, hedonism, individualism, division across generations and horizontally, substance drugs, behavioral drugs (video games, digital devices, social media), greed. We need community oriented centers to come together again. We’re paying this with our mental and social health.
Imagine how people could be if they had less religion and more education.
I don't think that religion is something that specifically needs replacing, many go their whole lives without it. For some born into it, I could see viewing it as a void, but for others, it's not so. To me, so long as we love one another, do what's right, and be supportive where possible, we can all get along.
Sorry but some of those things aren't as bad as you think they are and not replacing religion....matter of fact nothing is really replacing religion at all.
@@MintyHobb More education does not mean people will do what is right or best for humanity or themselves.
Yeap,The USSR,CUBA,CHINA,had that and SEE what their education did to those countries ,comunism is or was their religión If God is not the center of a persons life something else is going to take His place and let me tell you is really ugly !!@@MintyHobb
I hope it does. Look at how easily they get swayed by narcissists and terrible yet charismatic leaders.
The Bible warns us of a he last day in which many deceivers would come. It also teaches about a great falling away. It doesn’t matter how hard we try to keep the church together, it will eventually begin to fall away before the second coming.
@Bobthebuilder71160 🤡🤡🤡
create a scam you know you will be caught one day, make sure you address suspicions before they arrive.
warn them that some people might call you out for being a scammer, you know how pyramid scheme cults operate......
That happens regardless if religion is involved or not
@@Bobthebuilder71160 It is falling away because we have replaced religion with science, which is a good thing😂😂😂
@isaacromero3475 and yet religion does not help prevent that nearly as much as it aids
There is an exception to this rule actually. Traditional Latin Parishes are thriving.
Eastern Orthodox ones as well.
Not to mention the Catholic Church.
Sort of a Make Catholicism Great Again movement. I think you're right. It seems the people who are staying faithful, are those who are most conservative in their religious (and political) views. And are working hard to rein back most of the changes that have occured since the 60s. Doesn't change the fact, though, that overall, attendence in churchs across the board continues to be steadily declining.
When I travel I refer to the website called Reverent Catholic Mass so I know where to try to attend. Those are the parishes that are thriving, and yes most offer at least one Traditional Latin Mass per week.
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Eastern Orthodoxy is also growing.
A place of worship should never ever be allowed to be converted into a night club. It pains me.
Be of good courage, Mohamed. There are thousands and thousands of churches that are filled with the Holy Spirit.
Also, there are thousands of thousands of people who preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and worship The Lord at home, in their neighborhoods, in the streets and all over the internet.
The Kingdom of The Lord Jesus Christ is here to stay. It lasts forever. It is Eternal and Invincible. 🕊️👑 🔥
When they started repeating fox news talking points at every single family gathering around the mid 2000s which lead to maga I eventually started sleeping in on Sunday.
😂 Sure. You've never regularly worshipped in your life. No reason to lie. That's a sin, Christian one. 😂
What does your specific family’s choice of discussion topics have to with churches closing?
You were fairly easy for the devil to sift. If you ran from God with this little persecution what if you faced the devil face on.
@@AliciatheCho because people stopped going to church and this was a big reason for me. Try to find a non Maga person at church. I don't want to hear birtherism crap at every single church event. This was years ago.
@ That’s fair. For one, those were churches that made politics an idol
Reminder: you don’t need gods, saints, spirits, cosmic energies, priests, spirituality, churches or religions to BE A GOOD,HARDWORKING, LOVING PERSON
100%
Hard working sure, work your ass off to whatever goal you think is meaningfull, but good, no. Isn't most evil done in the name of Good? You definitly need something higher and greater than yourself in order to come close to becoming good. If you think you can be a good person by your own will and judgement you are living in a fantasy world.
Being a hard working and good is not the ticket to heaven. You can still go to hell if your faith is not enough for God.
@@danields3531You also need to think
No but it can help. A lot of people need the support in stressful times. Jesus is a role model of a good hardworking loving person. A carpenter who also taught and healed.
Thank you for this. I abandoned my faith about 10 years ago and haven't been a church goer since. However, I've had my faith renewed and looking to go back to a church. People love to use all types of excuses to justify their abandonment of the faith and regular church attendance; I am guilty of doing so too. But the reality is that if we believe in the gospel and believe in the salvation that Christ brings to us, then it's our duty to attend the church. Not because the Bible compels us to do so. But because the church is the closest we can get to a heaven on earth experience. After all, the kingdom of heaven will be full of His creations singing and praising the King of Kings. We may as well prepare ourselves for what is waiting for us in heaven.
A being worthy of worship wouldn't require it
- Matt Dillahunty
@dannielz6 never heard of that bald guy. But even you and Matt Dillahunty will bow before the Lord and confess to Him 👍
@@Romulus1001 You know what, we do not live in a country where religion-worship is mandatory or required these days. After all, other countries have theocratic laws like in Iran or Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, DON'T go around lecturing people on your demand for others to "worship" your imaginary friend called "god." Grow up, will ya?
@robertpolanco1973 you have trouble with reading comprehension for someone who is too smart for religion. I actually don't care what you choose to believe. My comment was addressed to the Christians. As far as my comments for atheists like you, why are you even wasting your time on a video about churches? You are living proof of the void that a lack of religion leaves in your hearts. You want others to join in your misery and it's funny to see losers like you make unimpressive arguments against the religion 😂
@@Romulus1001 Your filth empty threats are boring. Typical Christian..nothing spells hate more than "Christian love"
May the growth be kept by people in their soul, not in a building.
One of the biggest problems is that sermons are now 1 minute of reading scripture, and 59 minutes of the pastor rambling about theology. It should be the other way around.
People abandon religion when they discover reason.
Religious people live longer, science knows this. One can use reason 6 days a week and keep 7th day holy. People who rest 1 day live longer too.
Those that do tend to reason religion on their death bed.
Dan akan menemukan Islam ketika mereka belajar Alquran dan Sunnah dan berfikir
The large, architectural lovely, Catholic churches that have closed in Buffalo have fallen victim to, among other things, the deindustrialization of the local economy. For example, the large Polish and Italian communities that housed steel workers largely evaporated when the mills closed. Not just churches, but entire neighborhoods, have emptied in large areas of the city.
The Catholic Church lost credibility in this pandemic. I don't care who you are, even if you are not consciously aware of this, I think if you go to mass and realize the immunocompromised and vulnerable are not able to go to communion because the Church refuses to help them, you at some level of your being recognize they violated everything they claimed to stand for. These are the least of these and communion according to the Church is the thing you need for salvation and is supposed to provided to all confirmed Catholics. All they wanted was the $$$.
If you want to see how much religion is losing it's influence in America is visit your local Goodwill Store. I collect CD's and visit the many stores in the Dallas Ft Worth area. Each store has an average of 150 - 200 cd's and well over half of them are Christian gospel CD's. Next in volume are Christmas ones and only a handful are secular music.
Rural areas, especially down south has more consistent and devoted members in Christianity than major cities and suburbs. Yet those area are at the bottom of the socioeconomic status of people and finances but they show up to church.
Yeah. It's called "The Dumb Belt".
They were extremely right wing…….now they’re communists? Explain that one.
Looking at the IQ data those highly religious states tend to score the lowest on average too.
@@roblovestar9159 You are exactly right, I live right in the middle of these fools and it sucks.
Karl Marx said that religion is the opiate of the masses.
Just keep telling the poor that they will get their reward in their next life
so that they don't complain about the injustice and disparity between
rich and poor in this life.
2 Thessalonians 2:2, which states, "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition".
That's really what this story is about, I think. They know.
@FUtube-p1k For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 1 Corinthians 1:18
It's very coherent and from God. Jesus is the only way
@FUtube-p1k it's incoherent to the lost. The cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. Jesus is the truth and the only way. He is the creator of our world and came to us as a man to sacrifice for our sins. The world hates the concept that they are depraved and sinful
@FUtube-p1k it's very coherent. Have you ever read the Bible? Have you ever sought God?
@FUtube-p1k you tube keeps deleting my replies to you. What is incoherent about that sentence? Seems pretty clear
It's such a narrow and close-minded perspective to assume the idea of Americans losing their religion when in reality we're tired of the hypocrisy, greed, and cold judgment that Christianity has been known for... Instead we choose to either worship the ancient gods who cares more about their devotees well-being and the environment as well as the planet we live on rather than here nothing but hellfire in brimstone for those who do not conform. And to prove my point the literal title of this video is "Is America loosing it's religion?" It should instead be asking "Why is Christianity declining in modern America"
Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
So you hate God for not agreeing with your lifestyle.
@@knowthywalk8908the non believer thinks confession is him getting scott free and not the responsibility of consequences and facing them
In the ancient times Christians gathered in one anothers homes to praise and honor Jesus and worship God, we should begin doing this again ❤️🙏
If the Bible is abandoned in the Churches, this is no surprise.
Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise].
Look into Islam. We believe in Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) is an exemplary prophet of God who was only human and he is not God. His mother Mary (peace and blessings be upon her) is the best woman who ever lived and has a whole chapter named after her in the Quran.
I am very Christian, and I acknowledge that there is a long history in which the churches have failed to assist people’s needs. What I believe the issue is, is slander. There will always be followers who falsely represent Christianity, and then make it look bad for the ones who are true and sincere about it.
Oh, there are "true" Christians, you say? Are you familiar with the "No True Scotsman" logical fallacy?
You are brainwashed
Then don’t be Christian
You mean like Joel Osteen ,Jimmy Swaggart , Joyce Myers , etc , etc .
In my opinion, a false Christian is someone who see themself as self-righteous, and calls out the sins of others. But a true Christian sees themself as an honest sinner, and looks past the sins f others, but rather tries to understand people.
Bible Belt going strong haha. I swear there is a church on every corner here and none of them have shut down or sold. In fact, there is always a new church being built somewhere
That helps explain why those areas of the us look like third world countries.
@ idk what area you might be thinking of. My area looks pretty nice and well taken care of. Everyone I know who goes to church takes pride in their homes, yard, etc, and they are always bringing food over and chatting 🤩
@@juancarlosalonso5664you can’t just blame religion for alot of these challenges
I believe in God but not in the religion cult they have today
This while Catholic Churches in the Philippines are ALWAYS Crowded. Many are already standing during service. This has already been the case in years.
Yes that's true, here in Quezon City Philippines I have 3 churches that I can choose to go to just a walking distance from home and there are another 4 just a few minutes ride away not including an indoor chapel at one of our grocery shopping mini mall. But still all of them are full every Sunday.
That Church is not in the bible it's a false one
Ah, nothing like colonized people still unable to figure out that they only reason they're religious is because of their colonizers..in this case the spaniards. People of faith are so incredibly gullible, it sickens me
That's because in the Philippines the Catholic church and the priests have rejected the modernism that has done so much damage in other countries.
*While this is sad, Christianity is thriving in the East. Syria, one of the oldest ancient Christian communities, has finally started their mass after the fall of Assad :)*
May Christ protect them from the forces plotting against them.
It's not sad. It's joyous. Christianity is an outdated fairy tale that we no longer need.
America has no religion....how can it loose a religion😂
When I was a young boy, our families went to church every weekend, it not only was the thing to do but everyone who did go did it for God and to maintain a healthy ballance in life between work and priorities in their lives. Today's harsh economy has forced people to focus more on surviving the rising costs of living, being forced to work multiple jobs to take in the income that is needed to stay alive and keep from becoming homeless, and many have become just that after have given up on trying. The only people who maintain constant efforts in preserving religious faith are the wholesome priest's and brothers, preachers, and people deeply rooted in service to God. Time's are changing in such a way that reduced donations shrinking availability of funds to keep church's financially fruitful. I to have fallen away from church but still am and always will be close to God no matter how bad things may turn to in the changes of this life. A church is a structure, a building of worship, but our true love to God is and remains in our hearts.
That priest needs to go to confession, the problem is politics.
The US never had an official religion because, after all, we are supposed to be a melting pot of different cultures
It was never supposed to because that was a key reason the United States was even formed.
It is designed that way.. Christianity was the dominont,. Wokism was dominant from 2020 to 2024
The end times are here.
The great falling away is happening right now
Y'all been saying that before the United States even existed.
@ we have been the last days since Jesus died
“Many are called, few are chosen” for me, it’s actually beautiful to see whats happening today, it affirms scripture. The day is coming, blessed are the preachers who stand firm and continue to deliver the message to the two or three who come to listen.
As a Roman Catholic, this is very sad to see. I think the church leaders must find ways to reach out to the Catholics to renew their faith. Projects to people especially the young ones to be closer to their faith like ministry and liturgical services to suburbs.
Roman catholic church has modernized and no longer follow tradition. There is a growing conversion to orthodoxy. Heyz it's better than going protestsnt or some.other religion.
As a Roman Catholic myself I find our religion system is too outdated for young generations nowadays.
We need a good approach for them.
@@Haruzak1 The traditional parishes are actually the ones that are thriving. When I travel I refer to the website called Traditional Latin Mass so I know where to try to attend. My home parish is on it. They are full of young families with many children. The tide is turning. They weren't finding anything transcendental in hippy-dippy clown Masses.
Catholics by and large support a certain politician whose behaviors, policies, and actions are not at all loving or what Jesus teaches, which is why I left.
If Catholicism leads you to support someone who promotes r*cism and s*xual violence and ab*se towards women, I want nothing to do with it. I think others feel the same. Just because you're religious doesn't automatically mean you're a good person, and I think a lot of Catholics forget that...
This is not entirely the fact that people are distracted with wealth and money but also as a Church we have failed to uphold the required Christlike standards. What happened to help the needy? To pray for the leaders? To live righteously?
Why would then the world around us feel the need for Christ if us christians are failing to replicate that?
Because you don't follow Christ because His followers are "nice people." You follow Christ because He died for your sins and you can't get into heaven without Him.
Look into Islam. We believe in Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) is an exemplary prophet of God who was only human and he is not God. His mother Mary (peace and blessings be upon her) is the best woman who ever lived and has a whole chapter named after her in the Quran.
Without religion without God faith and guidance people never can get true contentment 💙💙💙
Such arrogance.
Lmao that's beyond untrue
That’s not true. Many people have true contentment and guidance without religion and God. God isn’t real anyway. ❤
Church needs to be community base instead of a corporate entity....The purpose of a church is to guide its pple..
Absolutely
As an elder millennial, I've counted it out for 20 years, because of the so called Christians, and only recently deciding i want to return in some way, but im just not sure where. Orthodox, Catholic, protestant. 🤷♀️ Returning to Christ, not just the people. But people, thats a bonus. Social animals need others need christ or something greater than yourself, for a deep connection like this for your own personal growth. ❤
Start in the Bible and pray for direction for a church home that teaches from the Bible.
Me and my Family became Orthodox Christians recently. We regret not joining sooner!
Come to Orthodoxy. Read the Bible and the early church fathers and you will see that the earliest Christians had the same faith.
Hey my friend, I’d love to help brother. Message me if you wish…God bless!!!
No we are not losing our religion, we are losing our faith in those who profess it. Look at this video. The Bible clearly states that you will not make any graven images of anything in Heaven above or on earth below . The first thing you see is a statue of a Christ no one has ever seen. Religious leaders have decided to join forces with the wealthy and the corrupt. So no, we are not losing our religion, we just choose not to be a part of the political game being played by those who crave money and power.