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2019-07-21 Europe

German churches lose 430,000 Catholic and Protestant members in 2018

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-07-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Liberalism in the church not based on fundamental interpretation of scripture, aka "inclusion" which ironically leads to fewer members. If your theology is secular, why even bother going.

Posted by Phaick Uneretle6310 2019-07-21 01:05|| 2019-07-21 01:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are the modern church that they worship at...

Posted by magpie 2019-07-21 09:37|| 2019-07-21 09:37|| Front Page Top

#3 When there's more mention of Marx than Jesus that happens.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-07-21 11:23|| 2019-07-21 11:23|| Front Page Top

#4 They have managed to appeal to everyone except people who want an actual church.

Posted by SteveS 2019-07-21 13:25|| 2019-07-21 13:25|| Front Page Top

#5 @SteveS,

They tried and failed to appeal to them.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-07-21 15:08|| 2019-07-21 15:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Religion is best when carried in the heart rather than worn on the sleeve. Being that you can lose your job over public displays of ~~religion~~ Christianity these days internalizing it is now a survival tactic too.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-07-21 15:27|| 2019-07-21 15:27|| Front Page Top

#7 They'll all bow down to Mecca soon enough.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-07-21 16:27|| 2019-07-21 16:27|| Front Page Top

#8 "as members of both churches pay up to 9% of their taxable income as church taxes."

Go figure

Posted by European Conservative 2019-07-21 21:17|| 2019-07-21 21:17|| Front Page Top

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