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This Is the "Most Subversive" Strategy the Church Must Undertake. Glen Stanton has quoted in The Federalist the Greek-Orthodox theologian David Bentley Hart who wrote that the most “subversive and …More
This Is the "Most Subversive" Strategy the Church Must Undertake.

Glen Stanton has quoted in The Federalist the Greek-Orthodox theologian David Bentley Hart who wrote that the most “subversive and effective strategy we might undertake [to counter the culture] would be one of militant fecundity: abundant, relentless, exuberant, and defiant childbearing.” Why? Because the future rests in the hands of the fertile.

In the same article Stanton also makes the observation that the young people are – quote – "leaving the Church in droves.” He points out that 90 percent of them state that they grew up in a home with very little practice of the faith. Quote Stanton, "It’s not a news flash that kids don’t tend to hang onto what they never had in the first place."

Stanton quotes the findings of Rodney Stark of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion according to which the percentage of church-attending Americans relative to overall population is more than four times greater today than it was in 1776. The number of attendees has continued to rise each and every decade over the history of the U.S. right up until the present day.

Stanton quotes another priceless insight of Eric Kaufmann – quote - “Once secularism rears its head and fundamentalism responds with a clear alternative, moderate religion strikes many as redundant. Either you believe the stuff or you don’t. If you do, it makes sense to go for the real thing which takes a firm stand against godlessness.” Stanton adds, "If your Christianity is reconstituted to the day’s fashion, don’t be surprised if people lose interest in it."
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Stanton quotes the findings of Rodney Stark
Stark's conclusions are questionable.
According to Pew, 8% of Americans in 1990 gave their religious preference as “none.” By 2007, that response had nearly doubled to 15%, and in 2012 the “no religion” response had climbed to 20%. Earlier this year, an analysis of the General Social Survey by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of …More
Stanton quotes the findings of Rodney Stark

Stark's conclusions are questionable.

According to Pew, 8% of Americans in 1990 gave their religious preference as “none.” By 2007, that response had nearly doubled to 15%, and in 2012 the “no religion” response had climbed to 20%. Earlier this year, an analysis of the General Social Survey by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago tracked a similar trend, also citing the 20% no-religion response.

Despite those stats, Rodney Stark has written the following:
But I disagree with the notion that the U.S. is heading toward becoming as unchurched as much of Europe. One reason is that saying you have “no religion” is not the same as disbelieving in God. Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong personal beliefs. The increase in the “no religion” group may also be an illusion caused by the rising nonresponse rate to survey studies.
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Therefore, according to Stark, you can be non-religious (not a member of any organized belief system – ex. Catholic) but as long as you have have “strong personal beliefs” you are in a different and more widely acceptable category (according to Stark) than if you did not have “strong personal beliefs”. Never mind that neither those with or those without “strong personal beliefs” belong to any organized belief system (denomination). Simply having “strong personal beliefs” is the important thing….to Stark.

It would seem that, again according to Stark, only atheists (literal non-believers in God with no “strong personal beliefs”) are the only group that’s in trouble.
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I question Glen Stanton and his reliance on Rodney Stark and here's why. Stark is obviously pandering to the large group of college age millennials at Baylor who have the pseudo religious confidence in the irrelevance of organized religion but who still claim to be deeply religious. In so doing, Stark proves that some people will say or do almost anything to sell their worthless books. 👌
Prayhard
Pope Bergoglio wants it that way, a death of the Faith.
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Jungerheld
Common sense - a welcomed breath of fresh air.