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!
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!
There is no practical reason preventing those functions being done by secular organizations.
The government should be doing it.
The government should be a secular organization.
Definitely should.
I just read what you said as “NGOs” since that’s the argument 99% of the time.
Or the government
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.