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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jun 27, 2025

To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Milton” (1781)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/21120…

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Steve Dustcircle 🌹Jan 12, 2024

#Trump Is Connecting With a Different Type of #Evangelical #Voter

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/us/politics/donald-trump-evangelicals-iowa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Mk0.HzJK.TERG9hfgBVZb&smid=url-share

They are not just the #churchgoing, #conservative #activists who once dominated the #GOP.

Donald Trump Is Connecting With a Different Type of Evangelical Voter

They are not just the churchgoing, conservative activists who once dominated the G.O.P.

The New York Times

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 24, 2023

Addendum 3

America Losing Religious Faith
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/opinion/christianity-america-religion-secular.html

* until recently more Americans believed in virgin birth of Jesus (66%) than evolution (54%)
* Christians = 90% of U.S. believers
* Americans becoming sig. less religious
* U.S. remains unusually pious nation
* see Addendae 1, above

1st Time U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority
https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-below-majority-first-time.aspx

[book] Great Dechurching
https://faithgateway.com/products/the-great-dechurching-who-s-leaving-why-are-they-going-and-what-will-it-take-to-bring-them-back

#USdemographics #demographics #ChurchGoing #religion #CulturalShifts