Christianity And Change

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anymore. Traditions
have drastically changed. It almost seems as if religion is a dying
tradition all together. “The signs of death are seen in the declining
membership of the mainline Protestant traditions and in both the declining
attendance and declining authority now seen in the Catholic and Orthodox
churches” (Rollins). People are just not going to church anymore. There
are probably various reasons for this new trend, but it is very sad and
discouraging. People naturally have a need for faith but often don't make
time for faith anymore, a necessity that would help people with many of
their problems and issues of everyday life. “Poll after poll shows that
people who experience deep spiritual hunger no longer turn to the Church to
satisfy that yearning” (Rollins). This is such a drastic change from the
way things used to be. It seems that, “...growing numbers of people are
abandoning religion in practice. Unlike former days, the denial of God or
of religion, or the ...

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