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Religion

MaryMagdaline

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10. Established religions are dying out. We are just going the way that Europe went after WWII

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2019, 10:48 AM

May 2019

Catholics left the cities, quit reproducing like bunnies (*my family is a prime example ... very few grandchildren produced from 8 children), families discovered public schools in the suburbs, and the ties with the church gradually dropped. Child sexual abuse scandal destroyed what was left.

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Painful Question: Why do so many Catholic parishes die? [View all] trotsky May 2019 OP

Living alone as a celebate priesthood in a small town crazytown May 2019 #1

What's painful about it? Cartoonist May 2019 #2

And the property returns to the real estate tax base exboyfil May 2019 #3

There are 5 churches on one main street near me. Merlot May 2019 #9

People move, neighborhoods change. Freethinker65 May 2019 #4

Irrelevancy? Scandal? Boredom? MineralMan May 2019 #5

As people deal with their Wellstone ruled May 2019 #12

It's only painful for the church coffers bitterross May 2019 #6

In Europe, disinterest in organized religion has already grown in many parts. Eyeball_Kid May 2019 #7

A friend of mine lived in an appartment in a converted old church Merlot May 2019 #11

White flight from central city and members dying off RandySF May 2019 #8

Established religions are dying out. We are just going the way that Europe went after WWII MaryMagdaline May 2019 #10