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A New York Times Story, “Christianity’s Decline in the US Appears to Have Halted, Major Study Shows” – Terry Mattingly, 3/26/25 (0851)

Issues, Etc.

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Terry Mattingly of Rational Sheep Rational Sheep Pop Goes Religion: Faith in Popular Culture GetReligion.org

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We cannot raise niceness higher than truth.

0:45.5

It is never compassionate to speak untruths to people.

0:51.6

I think that we've seen Christless conservatism actually fail on a variety of different fronts.

0:55.4

And that's because Christless conservatism is going to be very, very subjected and susceptible to populism and popularity.

1:01.0

We get to the edge of our reason, and that's when we have to stop. If we keep walking,

1:06.5

we would tumble over the cliff. But we don't just stop there in frustration. We stop there in awe

1:13.3

and wonder. It's when we get to the edge of our reason that we kneel down and worship God. The church

1:20.2

militant in some sense looks like maybe it's smaller on earth than it was a few years ago,

1:26.9

but the church itself is only growing, right?

1:29.2

We only add to the church.

1:30.9

Because when we bury people, we're not losing them.

1:33.3

They're transferring the church triumphant.

1:34.9

Every time we baptize someone, we're just getting bigger.

1:37.2

You see Berkeley alumni who still support the freedom of speech, love, issues, etc.

1:46.7

Fiat Lux and Go Bears.

1:54.7

We have been talking about the numerical decline of Christianity in the United States for decades now. It seemed one of those things that was, well, now just a feature of the religious landscape.

2:01.5

But is it?

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