Not On Sunday....

A former church in Dayton, Ohio. This facility is now left to the taggers from the suburbs. 

"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands; one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." 

The original Pledge of Allegiance never had "Under God."

It was incorporated in 1954 and it launched the religious right and their push to culture wars. Of course, the push against desegregation was a key factor to its rise.

The religious institutions are seeing a rapid decline in parishioners. From your church, parish, mosque and your synagogue, the American public is not going to the religions establishment.

Why are we paying for your reverend's new car with your donations?

Why are we sitting in a church listening to your pastor dehumanize others under guise of Christianity?

Why are we being told by your rabbi that you're life is always in danger because of his support of a foreign country?

Why is your preacher always accused of sexually abusing children and we look the other way?

Why are the megachurch pastors so devoted to be around federal and state officials?

The Bible Belt is about to unravel.

An unprecedented 15,000 churches are expected to shut their doors this year, far more than the few thousand expected to open, according to denominational reports and church consultants.

People are not seeing a sky deity as the hope in a man-made world of crisis. Trust me, GOD isn't fixing a decline in the United States. The country is trying to incorporate Christianity and Judaism as the primary religions of the government.

Still trying to define the U.S. Constitution without realizing the separation of church and state.

I guess I am going to hell if I don't go to church.

Religious extremism is a primary factor to why people are not going to church. Also the work schedules. More Americans are working more hours and it drains them. The National Football League is the biggest driver to why people are not going to church.

Pushing for abortion bans, anti-LGBTQ policies or sermons, punching down on the vulnerable, dehumanizing others, politics, association with controversial figures, adultery by church leaders, sexually abusing children and cash grabs have turned people away from the church.

About 40% of Americans are unaffiliated. 

The Christian right has advanced socially conservative positions on issues such as creationism in public education, school prayer, temperance, Christian nationalism, and Sunday Sabbatarianism, as well as opposition to the teaching of biological evolution, secularism, LGBTQ rights, abortion, euthanasia, pornography, embryonic stem cell research, and the use of drugs. Although the term Christian right is most commonly associated with U.S. politics, similar Christian conservative groups can be found in the political cultures of other Christian-majority countries.

America, we have a problem. The problem is the status quo and Americans are getting tired of it.