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Some religious groups habitually use right/wrong categories to judge motives and actions of people with whom they disagree. This either/or, us/them, my way/you take a hike mentality attracts followers. Separating people into enemy camps is simple, direct and easy to understand.
It also is a major reason why American church membership is in a free-fall. In early April 2021, a Gallup Poll reported only 47% of Americans affiliate with a church, synagogue or mosque. This is the first time this number has plunged below 50% since Gallup began asking this question in 1937.
A prime reason for organized religion’s steep membership drop is because Millennials, aged 25-40-years-old, believe same-sex marriage is a civil right. These young adults born between 1981 and 1996 regard abortion as an often messy, complicated and personal decision between a pregnant woman, her doctor, family, spiritual counselor and God.