Why it matters: The unprecedented contraction, expected to continue over the next decade, risks leaving gaps in communities nationwide — particularly rural ones, where churches often are crucial providers of food aid, child care and disaster relief.
Not a damned thing related to religion itself! FINALLY, people are realizing "the truth" is a fucking scam!
Alternatively, if the only thing stopping a paedophile, rapist or murderer from grooming, sexually assaulting or killing is a special book, let them keep the book
If I made the rules, I would require all churches to provide beds and food to those in need, or else start paying taxes. But converting theee unused churches into affordable housing would be good too.
Seems they'll have to make whoever buys them a good deal anyway:
Burge said that as a result, many communities are left with empty church buildings that can be difficult to sell because they often are next to historic cemeteries.
I'm in South and have never seen so many churches. Hardly met anyone who goes, let alone who is outwardly religious, so how are these places supporting themselves? Guess the answer is that they're not. Yet they're still building new churches! Just can't get my head around it. Maybe they only need a small percentage of the population coming in to stay afloat?
31 Comments
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 37 pts · 304d
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 304d
Good
CompostMaterial@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 304d
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 304d
More, close them all, and back date taxes owed
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 16 pts · 304d
I absolutely LOVE this part of the article:
Not a damned thing related to religion itself! FINALLY, people are realizing "the truth" is a fucking scam!
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 303d
There is no practical reason preventing those functions being done by secular organizations.
_core@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 303d
Or the government
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 303d
The government should be doing it.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 302d
The government should be a secular organization.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 302d
Definitely should.
I just read what you said as "NGOs" since that's the argument 99% of the time.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 303d
Agreed. I don't know why it even needs to be said that the obvious solution to this is turning the empty churches into community centers.
selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 304d
Finally some good news. Less indoctrination cults. Less child diddling.
You don't need some diety in the clouds to tell you to be a good person or you'll burn for all eternity-- just be a good person!
Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 304d
Alternatively, if the only thing stopping a paedophile, rapist or murderer from grooming, sexually assaulting or killing is a special book, let them keep the book
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 304d
The sad reality is it seems it does not
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 303d
All that book does is give them something to hide behind while they pretend to be a "good Christian"
Linktank@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 304d
Good riddance.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 11 pts · 304d
I wanna see fewer churches and more community recreation centers.
glibg@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 303d
If I made the rules, I would require all churches to provide beds and food to those in need, or else start paying taxes. But converting theee unused churches into affordable housing would be good too.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 303d
Good.
expatriado@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 304d
whoever buy does spaces will have to pay property taxes
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 5 pts · 304d
Seems they'll have to make whoever buys them a good deal anyway:
Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 304d
This fits into Killing in the Name and I don't like it
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 304d
The best possible news I've heard lately. It may even be possibly true.
Sunshine@piefed.social · 4 pts · 304d
Beebabe@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 304d
They’ll be in their stadium seated churches, those aren’t the ones closing I think.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 303d
It'll just feed their persecution complex.
IndridCold@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 303d
Oh no, Less child rapists being hidden? What are they going to do now?
shalafi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 303d
I'm in South and have never seen so many churches. Hardly met anyone who goes, let alone who is outwardly religious, so how are these places supporting themselves? Guess the answer is that they're not. Yet they're still building new churches! Just can't get my head around it. Maybe they only need a small percentage of the population coming in to stay afloat?
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 303d
Weird I'd always heard of the south as super religious. I grew up in a quite catholic area of the north and have known plenty of churchgoers there
blarghly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 304d
Paywall.
cm0002@piefed.social · 1 pts · 304d
What? Axios doesn't do a paywall
aymen@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 282d
GOOD NEWS
Agent641@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 304d
Old Christian churches can easily be converted into crossfit gyms