Douglas S. Winnail #fundie #homophobia tomorrowsworld.org

FORGOTTEN LESSONS OF HISTORY
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This has led in recent decades to plummeting church attendance. Baptisms continue to decline and the number of people claiming no religious affiliation has increased across the Western world. Today, only about 24 percent of Americans regularly attend church (“How often do you attend church or synagogue – at least once a week, almost every week, about once a month, seldom, or never?,” Statista.org, January 15, 2021). In the United Kingdom, only about 2 percent of young people belong to the Church of England (“Church in crisis as only 2% of young adults identify as C of E,” TheGuardian.com, September 6, 2018), which has seen its membership steadily decline for the last 50 years. In Australia, nearly half of the population “describe themselves as having no religion” (“The shrinking proportion of religious Australians,” RoyMorgan.com, March 23, 2021). In New Zealand, only about 9 percent of people attend church regularly (“Losing faith: Why fewer New Zealanders are attending church,” NZHerald.co.nz, June 20, 2018).

In light of these trends, it is no surprise that the highest acceptance of homosexual behavior in the world is found in so-called “Christian” nations of the West, among the younger generation in First World countries who lean left politically and are religiously unaffiliated (“The Global Divide on Homosexuality Persists,” PewResearch.org, June 25, 2020).
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