tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post1238443216533450559..comments2024-03-27T11:00:44.652-05:00Comments on Michael-In-Norfolk - Coming Out in Mid-Life: The Shrinking ChurchMichael-in-Norfolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330888799107186550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post-53657554693518903142013-03-23T08:04:20.947-05:002013-03-23T08:04:20.947-05:00Fred,
I think you are quite right. For many goin...Fred,<br /><br />I think you are quite right. For many going to church is as much social as anything else and as society has changed there are far more social outlets for bonding and building friendships. Add to that the Church's increasingly untenable claims in the face of science and it all begins to fall apart.Michael-in-Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330888799107186550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post-56921059508038668212013-03-22T16:02:46.003-05:002013-03-22T16:02:46.003-05:00The reason christianity is shrinking away? Nobody...The reason christianity is shrinking away? Nobody is interested in something they don't need.<br /> If you don't go to church because you believe, and belief declines, what else is there to make you go? "Activism"? You can do politics other ways. "Meet people"? There is Meet Up and other sites.<br /> Church used to be the only game in town; now it's old hat and boring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com