Skwim
Veteran Member
I came across the following stats and found some of them kind of interesting.
Could this be why church attendance is plummeting, people are finding the religion irrelevant?
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1) 3% of atheists believe in Hell and 5% believe in Heaven. WHAT THE HELL'S WITH THAT???
2) More agnostics (9%) believe in Hell than do JWs (7%).
3) Fewer JWs (50%) believe in Heaven than any other Christian denomination believes in Heaven or Hell.
4) Only 40% of Jews believe in Heaven,
6) But most surprising of all, to me anyway, was that 15% of Christians don't believe in Heaven. And 30% don't believe in Hell.
The JWs aside because they only make up a small fraction of Christians, what's going on with the other denominations in that they can't do any better than convincing 85% of their congregants to believe in Heaven? And even Hell isn't scaring them that much; only 70% are buying it. Could it be, as has been sometimes asserted, that for many people church is more for socializing than getting right with god? Fifteen percent go to church not to hear about Jesus and such, but to hear about their neighbors.2) More agnostics (9%) believe in Hell than do JWs (7%).
3) Fewer JWs (50%) believe in Heaven than any other Christian denomination believes in Heaven or Hell.
4) Only 40% of Jews believe in Heaven,
6) But most surprising of all, to me anyway, was that 15% of Christians don't believe in Heaven. And 30% don't believe in Hell.
Could this be why church attendance is plummeting, people are finding the religion irrelevant?
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