Loneliness has become a “profound threat” to public health partly because many Americans have stopped attending church, according to a report on the healing effects of social connection released by the United States surgeon general.
Declining church attendance is a sign of the end of the world, not just loneliness. America, as well as the rest of the world, is in a moral decline.
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They believe the church is an important source of social connection. Many Americans and the world struggle to form meaningful bonds without them.
“Religious or faith-based groups can be a source of regular social contact, serve as a community of support, provide meaning and purpose, create a sense of belonging around shared values and beliefs, and are associated with reduced risk-taking behaviors.”
“As a consequence of this decline in participation, individuals’ health may be undermined in different ways,” the report says.
Loneliness is associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia, stroke, depression, anxiety, and premature death.
Social connections have dwindled because of Covid, the internet, church attendance, and attendance in community groups such as fitness, religious, hobby, professional, and community service organizations.
Over the past decade, Americans who attend religious services at least a few times per year have fallen by 13 percentage points. In 2022, the survey showed that 43% of U.S. adults attended religious services at least a few times each year, compared to 56% in 2013.
Romans 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth “we should not serve sin”.
Romans 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1 John 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1 John 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
1 John 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1 John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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