Are all religions facing a retention problem?

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And I wish you well on your journey.

The west now requires people to be apologetic for their religion. Apologetic in the sense that they have to say “sorry” for who they are. It is not just christianity that has become subject to that, and there are unfortunately many who cannot endure that incessant requirement. Immigrants seem to be particularly vulnerable in an effort to fit in.

Parents are sending their children to my country to further their education and opportunities in this world, and we send them back home completely devoid of their parents religion.

To me that is bullying.
 
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Is this some kind of a joke? The freedom of religion (which also includes the freedom FROM religion) is a fundamental part of the “western” societies.
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Claiming that you are “persecuted” because you are not allowed to persecute LGBT people is the height of hypocrisy. And it is a brutal slap in the face to all those Catholics who are actually being persecuted around the world. There has never been a better or easier time or place to be a Catholic than now in Western countries.
 
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Claiming that you are “persecuted” because you are not allowed to persecute LGBT people is the height of hypocrisy. And it a brutal slap in the face to all those Catholics who are actually being persecuted around the world. There has never been a better or easier time or place to be a Catholic than now in Western countries.
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Very well said.
 
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and we send them back home completely devoid of their parents religion.

To me that is bullying.
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I’d differ in what’s happening. When a young adult goes out into the world they suddenly lack the pressure from parents, family, and community to follow the rules and traditions they were raised with.
 
That would be agreeable if it were not for the fact that people have been transitioning from adolesence to adult-hood since year dot, long before your generation.
 
Seriously Gordon

When does a topic always have to be about lgbt.

I know I were not talking about “persecution complexes”.
 
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Though it isn’t comprehensive it seems to suggest that the Muslim world is potentially facing similar defection issues as Christianity recent has.*

Does this imply that the “nones” issue is bigger than any one faith, denomination, or region? If religious freedom becomes more realistic do you think they will convert to other faiths?
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Especially in America, our Church (Orthodoxy) has been experiencing a boom. 1/2 of our priests are converts. Everyone in my 40+ member parish is a convert from another denomination, except for 2 or 3 people. This is common.
 
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Does this imply that the “nones” issue is bigger than any one faith, denomination, or region? If religious freedom becomes more realistic do you think they will convert to other faiths?
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They will not be converted to Catholicism in North Africa or Middle East as religious freedom don’t exist. If they will convert to any Christianity branch, it would be far more likely to evangelical one, as for now.
 
The evangelical Churches not only try hard to gain congregations but they have a simple strong Biblical message. A message which people and especially women want to hear.

The Catholic Church needs to forget the modernist, feminist inspired dilution of traditionall teaching.
 
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Why defend the conversion made by an evangelical Church? That is a complete non sense.

And it is not only conversions of muslins, many catholic countries (such as Latin America, Brazil in particular) are touched.

I don’t think that this faithfull will be stable (and for generations to come).

Many evangelical Churches are by far, much more simple on life principles, and much more modern, with divorce possible etc.
 
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I think many religion, Christianity and Islam in particular are in crisis because of the gap with modern world and thinking. The evangelical one resist far more better and gain many conversions from the traditional Churches (Catholic), but it because Catholicism is in decline. They are less about Church and more compatible with individualism.
The next step is the loss of the faith.
 
Then point out to me who was complaing about not being able to persecute homosexuals and transgenders.
 
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