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Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by arbitrage on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:17AM (#26621061)
> They are choosing religions that reject elite priesthoods

Do you have an example of such in the modern age? I don't really see many people I know "choosing religions that reject elite priesthoods"

Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by flyingfences on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:22AM (#26621112)
Quakerism would fit the bill, though I don't know how many people are choosing it these days.
Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by xattt on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:24AM (#26621153)
This is hard to define as there is ambiguity between religion and spirituality.

Even a subscription to pure scientific worldview is a religion in itself.

Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by bryanlarsen on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:25AM (#26621156)
QAnon?
Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by PeterisP on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:33AM (#26621274)
QAnon seems to have many parallels with "prophetic" religions where you don't have a priesthood class organizing specific groups of followers e.g. parishes, but you have a priesthood class interpreting the words of a prophet and popularizing these interpretations; in this case "priesthood" isn't a formal distinction, but de facto you tend to have specific minority of people fulfilling this role.