Interpreting the report comes down to semantics, how you crunch the numbers, and seeing God's silver linings.
(Washington, DC)—While many Christians lament this week's Pew Research statistics of Church decline in the U.S., just as many atheists may be viewing the report as "bad news" for their ranks. (Photo: Lisa F.Young/Dreamstime/via Newsmax)
(Washington, DC)—While many Christians lament this week's Pew Research statistics of Church decline in the U.S., just as many atheists may be viewing the report as "bad news" for their ranks. (Photo: Lisa F.Young/Dreamstime/via Newsmax)
Why?
Because, as noted by the Daily Beast, the report also found that half of American adults who were raised with no religious affiliation "now identify with some religion."
Often, the report added, the switch from non-belief to religion is precipitated by marriage or a relationship with a person who is a Believer.
As hospital chaplain Margaret Fox said, when interviewed about her search for religion and the emptiness she felt without it: "My contracts professor tried to convince us to study hard. He told us to think of ourselves as Captain Ahab, and the law as our whale. But I didn't feel like Ahab. I felt like Jonah, that there was something else I was supposed to be doing, and I felt stuck inside."
Because, as noted by the Daily Beast, the report also found that half of American adults who were raised with no religious affiliation "now identify with some religion."
Often, the report added, the switch from non-belief to religion is precipitated by marriage or a relationship with a person who is a Believer.
As hospital chaplain Margaret Fox said, when interviewed about her search for religion and the emptiness she felt without it: "My contracts professor tried to convince us to study hard. He told us to think of ourselves as Captain Ahab, and the law as our whale. But I didn't feel like Ahab. I felt like Jonah, that there was something else I was supposed to be doing, and I felt stuck inside."
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