Is America losing its religion?
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- Опубліковано 18 гру 2024
- ABC News’ Steve Osunsami reports on how churches faced with empty pews are fighting to keep their doors open, while former houses of worship are being converted into bars, clubs and luxury condos.
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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 ?
Correction: Is religion losing its money from Americans?
Right. No big loss
Yep. Churches aren't supposed to be big mega-corporations. They're supposed to be small organizations serving the local community and run by them and any money raised recycled within the community..
Not really, but ABC News sure is losing its credibility.
Sorry but religion has been dying for a long time and couldn't happen soon enough.
@@BrunetteVignetteyou sure because the alphabet weirdos sure are pretty religious about their beliefs. You should understand what religion means before you pretend to care
@Lp78Ch the stats aren't hard to find, are those lies? Are the entire denominations reporting the number of closures lying? Are the clergy interviewed here lying? Or do you just like to deny whatever you don't like to hear and claim whatever reality you'd prefer? You're losing your credibility.
@BrunetteVignette too bad, it is not dying. You just salty you don't believe in anything other than yourself
Nah they right. Usa worships politicians, capitalism, dogs, guns etc
America doesn't have a religion to lose that's what's great about this country you're free to practice whatever religion you want and you're also free to practice no religion so this title is dumb
You don’t have to be religious, you just need Jesus who died for you so I can have everlasting life with him.
You can worship the beast
Yes God gave us choices. When we learn the truth the truth will set you free. Also people are busy with the technology and no time for God
@@barbaramundo6978actually no our founding fathers gave us choice since the county they fled from didn’t.
You are free to practice your religion, as long as that religion is Christianity...
Sad. Please pray to keep churches open. God Bless.
I lost my religion then I realized I was wasting my time on social media
You neglected to guide your children as they grew, and now look at the result. Had you taught them to walk the right path, the churches would be full today. Instead, you left their upbringing to the world, and now clubs and bars are overflowing.
Religions are the source of most strife
You don’t need religion to be a good parent
Humanity finally becoming conscious.
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.
Religion is a waste of time. You shouldn’t live your life based on a book written hundreds of years ago, it’s all mythology, but it’s also a business. You don’t need religion to be a good person. As long as you treat people with respect, empathy and kindness you’ll live a happy life.
You need to study the Bible. It’s not mythology.
Jesus loves you dude I hope you’ll realize that and that Jesus Christ is the truth
Yeahh that hasn't been working out for most people out there who don't believe in anything
@Fishing4life2213Why 1 Samuel 15.3 then?
@@GitkiTaan wdym we’re supposed to bring others to Christ
I was raised with religion but walked away in my teens and twenties but now I'm in my thirties and I find myself reading scriptures again.
Sometimes God allows us to walk away from the flock so we can find ourselves because he wants us to learn that even though we leave him behind he will never leave our side. He won't walk you to what he can't walk you through.
It's up to you.. You are the one in charge of your life and future...
Buffalo NY. They pack the football stadiums but not the churches. Please go to church and worship God and pray. God Bless.
The football stadium is the church lol
People cant.go to church. They worried more about being able to pay the rent.
so sad😢
No, not in my hometown! Here they took a perfectly good bowling alley and converted it into a church. For some, it was certainly like losing religion.
No man has walked the earth who does not worship something. The natural order is for man to worship his God. But when men grow too powerful, they use that power to influnence other men to worship them or something that benifits them instead. We're in late stage capitalism, of course, we're seeing people worship God less.
So sad, and such a beautiful Church.
good report.
9:38 guy really said “God thing” man you can’t be more disrespectful than this. I’m gonna pray you ya.
*“We have genuflected before the god of science only to find that it has given us the atomic bomb, producing fears and anxieties that science can never mitigate”*
-Christian Minister Dr Martin Luther King
*“We have no sovereign but God, and no king but Jesus!”* -John Adams
We need to seek a personal relationship with Jesus Christ not religion!
Yes actually, people who follow religion are now apparently more crazy talking to “a guy who is not real” just to help them get through this struggle that we call life when you have no one else to talk to. But apparently a man who thinks he’s a woman just by putting on a dress that’s completely fine now. How did we get here how did the tables turn
I do wish that the religious folks were right about the world; it would mean that something was coming to save us from ourselves. Unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case at all.
People are finally starting to wake up and realize that god is not real.
Say that to Jesus on judgement day see what happens
Yes he is real how do you think the universe got created?
Nothing cannot create nothing there’s always a creator to something
Jesus created the universe, also Jesus, I can by myself do nothing 🙄
@Fishing4life2213 Silence, indoctrinated scum. New gen doesn't care about outdated practices. Go read your bible and waste your life praying to your sky daddy
@@GitkiTaan Jesus has never been BY HIMSELF
@Fishing4life2213 May God have mercy on your lost soul🙏🏻
Same in jamaica many churches are closing here
Trust the great God have mercy on us .
We all need to become Amish...hard work, no taxes, no going to war to protect corporate interests!! Modest women as a bonus!!! 🕯 🤣
Look at America's most Violent History. 😢Clearly God was not truly being Whorshiped.No matter what faith we have claimed. In God we Trust printed on Money. For that is the God that is Whorshiped Mostly.
Religion is a lie and a con and everything good about it existed before religion so bye bye religion we don't need any more of your b*******.
I think its more that people dont feel the necessity to go to church, not that they dont believe.
Organized religion is facing challenges worldwide, but faith in the Lamb of God surpasses all understanding and barriers. The Bible says, 'Where two or three are gathered in my name, I’ll be there!' Church is not a building; it is the individuals who believe in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross to redeem us from sin.
While organized religion may be affected by lower numbers in their congregations, the relationship between Christ and His church is much more profound. The church is victorious because Christ has overcome sin, the devil, and death. Everyone who believes in Him has a new life with a great and eternal destiny
But the true, historical, original church founded by Christ exists. It is the Orthodox Church. ☦️
Ya unfortunately most Americans mock religion… hopefully as a whole this country can take their heart’s from worldly “treasure” and find their souls once more 🙏🏽
I am sorry, but every high level bad event I have witnessed had religion behind it, from the church to Washington DC. But if people like it, I love it. It may keep you from breaking into my house... Some people need something to believe in.
Religion or relationship with God? Church attendance or gathering to study and worship with others?
Performing rituals or ministering to others? Once again legacy media is out of touch
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. 😂
Control is the religion
Repent of your sins and put your trust and faith in Jesus Christ alone!
That's great news. I've never seen much good come from religion. Often, quite the opposite.
Separation of church and state
Every dedicated church goer in my family is broke and barely making ends meet. Its pretty clear to me, they've wasted much of their lives. I believe there is a universal being that brings us all that we ask for and deserve yet doesn't judge us nor require us to show up someplace to donate.
Perhaps they are rich in a way that you cannot see.
The church is alive!!🔥🔥🔥 I’m in my 20s- look up the national Eucharistic revival. Young people are waking up, the Eucharist is truly Jesus
It's because God said he loves all his children and all are welcome to worship but his so called "children of God" have hate in their hearts. They like to pick and choose what fits their agenda. Thus not going to church regularly to listen to the word of God to do good in the world.
Yes!
What else did the Pilgrims do, thats not good.
Hella Yea!!
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
Lex orandi, Lex credendi.
The Church has to go back to tradition and orthodox teachings. The downfall started back in the 60’s when innovations were introduced. The way we pray is the way we believe.
Moms allotment given to the European recanized tribes instead of the 100 ne-gro Indian people who lost their sacred southern family farms vanished. We see no hope 2024 I'm in no tribe.
No, Trump is our religion now
I really hope so.
Why not feature also the growing churches in America…the get the whole reality…
Well, um, it’s not real. So…..just, be kind. To everyone.
Jesus love all neighbor❤
it is okay, we have a President elected who fear God and work for the Lord Jesus; in the society we also meet lots of brothers and sisters. Go worship in the Church than working for God in the USA, God's land
Speak for yourselves
Artificial Intelligence is the new religion......
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Same thing happening in Western Europe, since before the pandemic. . Must be a slow news day.
I do not believe in religion because of Trump
You are not the only one. When you have Trump that people are praising as a False God…then what church can you trust as you don’t know if they are MAGA who worship Him.
That's when I stopped believing too.
@@meansnowflakeI think a lot of people have. We question Christian’s if they are truly Christian’s when they judge on others and spew hatred as well as elect a President that clearly doesn’t care for all in need. I think after the election , I have discovered that I am more agnostic than Christian. While I don’t know if God exists, I truly believe Jesus would not have someone like our elected President. Jesus would surely love all regardless of Sex, Gender, Racial, Religion, and poverty. So, it makes me question the validity of the Bible. It’s been translated from the Hebrew Bible so many times that the stories could be lost in truth.
😂😂😂 That means you never truly believed. No need to blame your failures on a man that's had zero impact on your life. 😂 Ridiculously emotional. God can help you. Ask for Him. He will show up.
Trump did not create the heaven, and the Earth Jesus died for you, not religion not Trump but Jesus, believe in him, accept him as your severe.
The spiritual realm is real. And Jesus Christ is the way the truth and the life. 🙏
Any religion is fine. as long as it is ethical and complies with the law. Religion is just human faith
Religion is not fine and neither is a lie or a con.
@@BrunetteVignette😂😂😂 The bitterness is strong in you. Try smiling tomorrow.
What's happening to us😢😢😢
Getting smarter
Nothing. God isn't struggling for support at all. The lost are corrupted by the Godless culture media pushes.
You overdosed on the blue pills
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I just meditate everyday and enjoy life to the fullest.
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Hopefully America becomes an Atheist country.
😂 That still wouldn't make you happy, bitter one. You're a lost soul, and that's why you're unhappy most days.
Why?? Jesus Christ is the only way, not religion.
I will always keep Christ close to my heart
@@tigibiz9774Jesus could not save himself how can he save others😂
@@tigibiz9774Jesus is the only way? Try telling that to Muslims and Sikhs or Buddhists or Hindus.
Religion is a manmade shackle to keep us imprisoned mentally.
Religion is for weak people
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Jesus could not save himself how can he save others😂
By dying on the cross for our sins You need to wake up You🫵 need Jesus
God self deleted for me. Ok 🙄
seek help
Jesus died FOR YOU. He had the power to lay His life down, and He proved that He had the power to take His life right back up again
@@avaneesh-h1i Jesus self deleted for me
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Not I, God has my 6 who should I fear then?
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Yup, people are getting smarter religion teaches you nothing