Liberal churches are dying, while conservative churches are growing....

[koshergrl]

The liberal churches put the world before God, and this is the result.

"Conservative Protestant theology, with its more literal view of the Bible, is a significant predictor of church growth while liberal theology leads to decline. The results were published this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Review of Religious Research.

Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving.

 

[ScienceRocks]

So churches that care about the hungry, poor and sick are dying out. Now that is sad.

 

[S.J.]

I believe liberals only reason for being involved in religion is to control people. That's what they strive to do in every other aspect of life, why would religion be any different?

 

[The Great Goose]

The liberal churches put the world before God, and this is the result.

"Conservative Protestant theology, with its more literal view of the Bible, is a significant predictor of church growth while liberal theology leads to decline. The results were published this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Review of Religious Research.

Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving.

I hope they take the gospels as literally as they take Paul.

 

[aaronleland]

The liberal churches put the world before God, and this is the result.

"Conservative Protestant theology, with its more literal view of the Bible, is a significant predictor of church growth while liberal theology leads to decline. The results were published this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Review of Religious Research.

Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving.

I hope they take the gospels as literally as they take Paul.

Paul was always my favorite character on the Tekken games. I take him very seriously.

 

[The Great Goose]

I believe liberals only reason for being involved in religion is to control people. That's what they strive to do in every other aspect of life, why would religion be any different?

I don't think it Liberal with a capital L.

 

[The Great Goose]

The liberal churches put the world before God, and this is the result.

"Conservative Protestant theology, with its more literal view of the Bible, is a significant predictor of church growth while liberal theology leads to decline. The results were published this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Review of Religious Research.

Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving.

I hope they take the gospels as literally as they take Paul.

Paul was always my favorite character on the Tekken games. I take him very seriously.

That winner like was for the Sig.

 

[waltky]

Makes sense...

... if ya think about it.

 

[OffensivelyOpenMinded]

So churches that care about the hungry, poor and sick are dying out. Now that is sad.

No. That would be the conservative church that does that. All libtard 'churches' are today are places for pedos to find new victims.

 

[tyroneweaver]

So churches that care about the hungry, poor and sick are dying out. Now that is sad.

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2016’s Most Charitable States

 

[Penelope]

Give to a charity instead of the fake TV preachers.

 

[Penelope]

The liberal churches put the world before God, and this is the result.

"Conservative Protestant theology, with its more literal view of the Bible, is a significant predictor of church growth while liberal theology leads to decline. The results were published this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Review of Religious Research.

Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving.

The more fire and brimstone the preachers are and the more they support knocking door to door of course they will do better, they put the fear of God in their parishioners and going around enc. the member to actively seek new members.

 

[guno]

So churches that care about the hungry, poor and sick are dying out. Now that is sad.

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2016’s Most Charitable States

Giving to a church that will be used by the church for their proselytizing work is not charity , its tax avoidance, the kolobian nutter outfit is the biggest one


Red states give more to churches, not charities

If you were more like the people of faith in Republican states, you wouldn’t be such tightwads. You would do more to help the needy in your communities, at least more than the socialist big government programs that you are always pushing down real Americans’ throats.

Or something like that.

Writer Philip Bump cites data from The Chronicle of Philanthropy that shows the 17 states that gave the most money to charities in 2012 all voted for Mitt Romney that year. Those also happen to be the most religious states in the country, so Bump sees a religious divide.


The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The old warning that correlation is not causation comes to mind, but Bump is right, religion almost certainly plays some role in this. It’s just not the role he thinks. People don’t give more because of religion, at least not that way.

Religious people give a lot of money to charity because churches, synagogues and mosques count as charities in the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service. When they drop $1 or $20 on the collection plate on Sunday, it is a charitable donation.

To the IRS, a dollar given to the Thomas Road Baptist Church used to build an even grander palace for the Falwell clan in Virginia is the same as a dollar given to Meals on Wheels, the Red Cross or any number of charities that actually do some good in the world.

People in red states, then, give a lot of money to “charities” that do not do a whole lot of charitable work, unless you count convincing people to believe in fairy tales and to vote against their self-interest as charity.

Sure, some churches put donations to good work, but a lot more of that money goes to proselytizing and keeping preachers in the sort of lifestyle to which they have grown accustomed in an age of prosperity gospel.

If The Fix had just looked in the Washington Post’s archives, it would have found a report from 2013 that reported about one-third of all charitable giving goes to churches, etc. That doesn’t even include religious schools that indoctrinate students and charitable organizations that happen to be aligned with a faith; it’s just the houses of worship.


Red states give more to churches, not charities

 

[Bush92]

The liberal churches put the world before God, and this is the result.

"Conservative Protestant theology, with its more literal view of the Bible, is a significant predictor of church growth while liberal theology leads to decline. The results were published this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Review of Religious Research.

Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving.

There is only one religion for liberals..." The Federal Government Saves."

 

[yiostheoy]

The liberal churches put the world before God, and this is the result.

"Conservative Protestant theology, with its more literal view of the Bible, is a significant predictor of church growth while liberal theology leads to decline. The results were published this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Review of Religious Research.

Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving.

I wonder why?

Is it because of LGBTQ issues alone?

 

[yiostheoy]

Yios' rules for church tolerance:

1 - if they want too much money from you get rid of them.

2 - if they want to brainwash your kids get rid of them.

3 - if they won't let you drink or make wine like Jesus did then get rid of them.

4 - if their priests and priestesses are LGBTQ get rid of them.

5 - if they want you to move to Guyana and drink the Koolaid get rid of them.

6 - if they talk about anyone more than Jesus get rid of them.

 

[guno]

t's typical of poorly educated communities to give their money to a speaker who can rant and wave their bible at the same time. Maybe it's the best they've got for entertainment. I've advocated taxing churches for a long time now but that's not an idea that generates much response. And I have no problem whatsoever taking the charitable-deduction option away from Churchianity. They should pay their way without special privileges.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

So churches that care about the hungry, poor and sick are dying out. Now that is sad.

John 12:6:

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.​

 

[koshergrl]

The liberal churches put the world before God, and this is the result.

"Conservative Protestant theology, with its more literal view of the Bible, is a significant predictor of church growth while liberal theology leads to decline. The results were published this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Review of Religious Research.

Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving.

I wonder why?

Is it because of LGBTQ issues alone?

Not at all.

It's because people are rejecting false doctrine and opening their eyes to the reality of ideology that embraces worldliness while rejecting or watering down the morality dictated by God.

 

[koshergrl]

So churches that care about the hungry, poor and sick are dying out. Now that is sad.

wrong
2016’s Most Charitable States

Giving to a church that will be used by the church for their proselytizing work is not charity , its tax avoidance, the kolobian nutter outfit is the biggest one


Red states give more to churches, not charities

If you were more like the people of faith in Republican states, you wouldn’t be such tightwads. You would do more to help the needy in your communities, at least more than the socialist big government programs that you are always pushing down real Americans’ throats.

Or something like that.

Writer Philip Bump cites data from The Chronicle of Philanthropy that shows the 17 states that gave the most money to charities in 2012 all voted for Mitt Romney that year. Those also happen to be the most religious states in the country, so Bump sees a religious divide.


The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The old warning that correlation is not causation comes to mind, but Bump is right, religion almost certainly plays some role in this. It’s just not the role he thinks. People don’t give more because of religion, at least not that way.

Religious people give a lot of money to charity because churches, synagogues and mosques count as charities in the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service. When they drop $1 or $20 on the collection plate on Sunday, it is a charitable donation.

To the IRS, a dollar given to the Thomas Road Baptist Church used to build an even grander palace for the Falwell clan in Virginia is the same as a dollar given to Meals on Wheels, the Red Cross or any number of charities that actually do some good in the world.

People in red states, then, give a lot of money to “charities” that do not do a whole lot of charitable work, unless you count convincing people to believe in fairy tales and to vote against their self-interest as charity.

Sure, some churches put donations to good work, but a lot more of that money goes to proselytizing and keeping preachers in the sort of lifestyle to which they have grown accustomed in an age of prosperity gospel.

If The Fix had just looked in the Washington Post’s archives, it would have found a report from 2013 that reported about one-third of all charitable giving goes to churches, etc. That doesn’t even include religious schools that indoctrinate students and charitable organizations that happen to be aligned with a faith; it’s just the houses of worship.


Red states give more to churches, not charities

And churches run organizations like Salvation Army (which is a church), hospitals, oversees missions that provide services, schools, etc to the desperately needy, homeless shelters, hospitals, prison ministries, counseling, drug and alcohol treatment....