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Creative Religion on the Rise<\/h4>\n

According to a recent study, more and more Americans are designing their own religions<\/a><\/strong>, after having become increasingly dissatisfied with mainstream religions<\/a><\/strong> within the past several decades. More and more, people are shaping their religious beliefs to their personal needs.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post reports:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If World War II-era warbler Kate Smith sang today, her anthem could be \u201cGods Bless America.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s one of the key findings in newly released research that reveals America\u2019s drift from clearly defined religious denominations to faiths cut to fit personal preferences.<\/p>\n

The folks who make up God as they go are side by side with self-proclaimed believers who claim the Christian label but shed their ties to traditional beliefs and practices. Religion statistics expert George Barna says, with a wry hint of exaggeration, America is headed for \u201c310 million people with 310 million religions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a designer society. We want everything customized to our personal needs \u2014 our clothing, our food, our education,\u201d he said. Now it\u2019s our religion.<\/p>\n

Barna\u2019s new book on U.S. Christians, \u201cFuturecast,\u201d tracks changes from 1991 to 2011, in annual national surveys of 1,000 to 1,600 U.S. adults. All the major trend lines of religious belief and behavior he measured ran downward \u2014 except two:<\/p>\n

\u2014 More people claim they have accepted Jesus as their savior and expect to go to heaven.<\/p>\n

\u2014 And more say they haven\u2019t been to church in the past six months except for special occasions such as weddings or funerals. In 1991, 24 percent were \u201cunchurched.\u201d Today, it\u2019s 37 percent.<\/p>\n

Barna blames pastors for those oddly contradictory findings. Everyone hears, \u201cJesus is the answer. Embrace him. Say this little Sinner\u2019s Prayer and keep coming back. It doesn\u2019t work. People end up bored, burned out and empty,\u201d he said. \u201cThey look at church and wonder, \u2018Jesus died for this?<\/a><\/strong>\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The consequence, Barna said, is that, for every subgroup of religion, race, gender, age and region of the country, the important markers of religious connection are fracturing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think\u2014what does this trend suggest for how people are shifting and changing?<\/p>\n

What’s ahead for your <\/em>spiritual path?<\/strong> Try a psychic reading. Call 1.800.573.4830<\/span> or choose your psychic now. <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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