The “Nones” Are Leaving Religion Because It’s Not Religion – 3

You can be a good person without going to church.

You can be spiritual but not religious.

And you know what? They’re right. You can do all that without going to church.

So the reason the “nones” are deserting religion in droves is because it isn’t religion anymore.

They’re leaving religion for the same reason you would leave a supermarket that stopped selling food.

Religion, you see, is not primarily about doing good works, handing out sandwiches and bringing about peace and justice.

It is about a transaction between this world and the next. It’s about the s soul’s salvation, the fear of hell and the hope of heaven. It’s about the supernatural commerce with angels and demons, prayers to the saints and a glimpse of glory. It’s about the spiritual warfare and the supernatural realm. It’s about the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the supernatural sacraments of salvation and the Great Paschal Mystery.

What will bring the “nones” back to religion?

Probably when the Christian religion in America starts to become a religion again.

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