Experts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade.

Many churches will be unable to escape this “tsunami” of closings — a grim trajectory one pastor described as, “Every year the pews are getting emptier and the collection plates getting lighter.”

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[–] 61 points 3 days ago* (7 children)

Some churches teach positive things and perform useful services for the community. Most don’t, and many are actively harmful. Really they’re all harmful as they teach people to believe in absurd things with no evidence and that the harder you believe in their inane supernatural views, the better of a person you are. Also, to blindly trust authority, the pastor. If we could get rid of the churches that teach people about “demons” and indoctrinate them into conservative politics, that would be great.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    The churches that do the most good are the ones that primarily serve and strengthen their surrounding community.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    I’ve known a church that does this and people love it, although they still protected the rapist pastor’s son from consequences.

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