Society does not help in separating the seasoned citizens from all others in their own 'seasoned citizen centers'
Some say the concept of a sermon-where one guy gets up in front a large group, and no one can interrupt to ask questions or add their own thoughts--is not in the New Testament. Paul spoke to groups wherever he went, but we don't have any Paul around today. Acts talks of people meeting daily and sharing wh
But I do wonder about the value of the article, after reading that it is talking of survey data from 2014! They must have been digging around for old data, anything negative to throw on the screen to see if it will stick. With computers around today, you could do a survey each month or each year, and then tell us what the tr

Of course, the source of the survey is the Pew group, a well-known liberal group that loves to show how things are going badly for any conservative causes.
They would never do a survey showing people are not interested in PBS programs, or how newspapers' circulations are going down or how PBS, CNN, or MSNBC programs are losing rating share to Fox cable shows.

Maybe another meaning of this is that the old-fashioned religion of the previous centuries does not work today. Pipe organs are not held in much high esteem, nor the music played on them, stained glass windows, pews facing the front with various symbols around it, and an 11:00am starting time for the traditional worship service, just doesn't attract the crowds that used to attend.