Did anyone see the story on Fox News about adults going back to church because of the economy?

Not on Fox News, but I have heard the same report before. Pretty much any time there's a recession, the story pops up somewhere.

Interestingly enough, this time the reverse seems to be happenning. Or more accurately, the long-term decline in church attendance has continued unabated.

http://www.pewforum.org/Religious-Attendance/Is-a-...

On another note, the most recent Pew Report on the topic only goes to 2009. And while it does show a jump in late 2007 to early 2008 (when the bad economy really hit) it only lasted a few months. After which the downward trend resumed. More recent surveys simply confirm that is still trending downward.

http://www.familyfacts.org/charts/620/church-atten...

Faux Newz lies again.

http://www.pewforum.org/Religious-Attendance/Is-a-...

"Contrary to recent media reports suggesting that the country's economic troubles have led to higher levels of church attendance, a Pew Forum analysis of polls by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds that while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has shed over half its value since October 2007, there has been no increase in weekly worship service attendance during the same time period."

LOL, I never see any story that's reported on Fox News unless another news source reports what they reported.

I don't doubt it. People seem to want help when they are desperate so they turn to God as a last resort. This is why it's so critical to teach people coping and reality skills so they know how to deal with things that seem hopeless.

I don't know any data for it, but it is interesting, I'll have to google it.

Well a few months ago NPR was saying that their surveys show that many more people are becoming agnostic/atheistic.

And they were saying less people are believing in hell & the churches are becoming more tolerant of homosexuals & other things they once deemed 'sins'.

Churches are becoming more Universalistic in their beliefs, according to them.

Also, more people consider themselves'spiritual' as apposed to 'religious'.

So I guess it depends on who is interpreting the polls.

OK, found it:

http://www.pewforum.org/Unaffiliated/nones-on-the-...

Nothing else to do, I'd imagine, if it were true.

Good ol' fashioned getting off their asses would help.

Ah, but it's not the American people's fault there is no work. The US gov't wants people to be stupid and on welfare, because they are trying to run a police state.

However, going to church isn't going to save anyone in this case. Being entrepreneurs might.

Perhaps people are going to their churches because in these uncertain times people need something to hold onto or have hope in. If they're going *just because* of a bad economy, then I think they're doing it for the wrong reasons.

Not surprising, Rick Perry held a 7 hour prayer rally to fix the economy lol.

Fox news really is unbelievable. They are just an advertisement for the conservative religious right-wing fundie nutters.

If it's on Fox News, it's a lie.

I didn't see it. They're probably cozying up to their parents because they're going to need to move back in with them at some point.