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Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by drumttocs8 on Monday March 29, 2021 @11:17AM (#26623013)
I grew up in a church that was very serious about "serious" preaching- Primitive Baptist, very focused on Calvinist doctrine and what could be considered scriptural literalism. It was definitely not "baby food"... but they still could not answer some questions clearly, and that is because it is an invention of man rooted in a prescientific understanding of the world. I would argue that church are losing members not because it is being watered down, but because it is losing relevance.
Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by throwawaygal7 on Monday March 29, 2021 @02:53PM (#26626542)
Original anabaptists were not calvinists... primitive baptists are inherently unserious
Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by ARandomerDude on Monday March 29, 2021 @02:59PM (#26626647)
Never thought I'd see the day when HN would turn into the Reformed Pub!
Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by selimthegrim on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:32PM (#26629123)
Don't give them any bright ideas...they'll turn into the Reform Club next
Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by worker767424 on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:06PM (#26629448)
This is what it was smart for the Catholic church to have to issues with evolution. Maintaining a strict creationist stance just gets sillier and sillier over time.