Sentences with phrase «people stopped going to church»

Since people stopped going to church, praying, etc, violence is worse than ever.

«Like here in the 21st century, generally if somebody says some stuff you don't like, you just say you think they're wrong, and people stop going to their church and they become less popular, and then they have to go off into the sunset,» Glass says.

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Truth is many evangelical preachers are involved in priestcraft which actually turns people so off of organized religion that they stop going to church and then stop believing in a higher power.

God told me to stop going to church and hanging around judgemental Christians and be the free thinking person that it created.

The more difficult people, as we could call them, seem to have stopped going to church.

the catholic church has helped to spread the horrible disease world - wide by telling people over and over that wearing a condom is a sin, the list goes on... = The Church also says not to have promiscuous seex but that doesn't stop pchurch has helped to spread the horrible disease world - wide by telling people over and over that wearing a condom is a sin, the list goes on... = The Church also says not to have promiscuous seex but that doesn't stop pChurch also says not to have promiscuous seex but that doesn't stop people.

so we can all stop judging eachother and start encouraging others starting with our own family, the word does say that you and your household will be saved, but thats to much like work its easier to play christian around your church you belong to and play follow the leader and go around telling people that God loves them tell them all about how they are sinners you know the bit, an thats it go home and freak out on your famliy members because their not save like you maybe they are and you cant even tell because they do nt measure up to your churches standards even though God says we have all fallen short and that our rightousness is filthy rags, we need to stop useing the word of God as though we think we know what were doing, do you really think that when God said I will give you all authority He ment you?

Later I did stop going to Church but also never joined a gang — moved on from that neighborhood FYI — If this all puzles u, even as an Atheist my morals are as strong and probably stronger than those of most religious people.

People would grab me in the hallway between services and say, «You're ruining this church, and I'm going to do everything I can to stop you.»

I don't stop going to church funerals because I don't believe, I go out of respect for the deceased and the family... that all this man is doing for these innocent people.

@prayer changes nothing: i know the church is praying that people don't wake up and stop giving them money... lol prayer doesn't work; number of people going to religious service is declining, so less money for their coffers.

From personal experience i was in a church who has the whole congregation pray for 1/2 hour in tongues.The people in this church were leaders from Africa.A place who sees more supernatural then us because we feel the need to analyze the thing to death.When we did the atmosphere shifted lives were changed.When i was on a mission trip to Mexico i felt lead to go pray with the women who in that culture are outcasts one of ladies who came with me started singing in the spirit as i was we stopped each other in shock when we realized we were sing the same song the needs of the women were met with out an interrupter.

Listen I keep seeing bumper stickers like «you can't be both Catholic and pro-choice» these are not reflective of my faith, theser are slogans made for propaganda, I have 2 beautiful children and I have never been on a position where abortion could even play a part, but it is a legal option to the public at large; this being said even the bible calls for us to be good citizens, and to obey the law, I believe that this is a matter that belongs with the family and not the state; no matter how we criminalize abortion, they will not stop, but people will go under - ground and more fatalities will occur, I rather see the government placing incentives on more conseling for these expectant mothers and more outreach done at church levels, to reduce the debate to a single slogan is dangerous and will not accomplish the ultimately goal of preventing abortions my two humble cents

If we all stop believing in God, we will probably stop going to church, and then we will lose friendships we had at church, then people will be less happy, then more crime will occur, then war will occur, then we will all die.

If there is a local church where half the people want contemporary music and half want traditional hymns, both sides can stop accusing the other of cultural compromise or religious traditionalism and instead recognize that it takes all kinds of churches to reach all kinds of people, and that the two groups can either go their separate ways in peace.

That is why I stopped going to church 4 years ago, because people were poisoning my relationship with a God who I know does care.

My advice to you, is stop going to a church building, start connecting with people, seek out like minded believers, and spiritual seekers who are not believers, and do life with them.

One of the reasons I stopped going to ministerial meetings is that it sucks when people ask you the numbers question and when I talk about our church you get the impression they now want to go talk to a real pastor with a real (ie.

If people want to come to the church because they like being there how are you going to stop them coming?

I don't step foot in churches willingly, but I don't try to stop people from going in them.

After I stopped attending church, and started trying to follow Jesus into the world, the number of conversations I had with people who don't go to church became a nearly daily occurrence.

If our lives and our churches are supposed to look like the book of Acts, with people prophesying, seeing visions and hearing from God all the time — which I think they are — then what checks and balances are in place to stop it from going wrong?

She'd stopped going to the House of Prayer Full Gospel Holiness Church years ago because it started at ten in the morning and didn't end till three in the afternoon, which is enough religion to kill a full - grown person she'd said.