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Entry: A Silence That Speaks Volumes Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/a_silence_that_speaks_volumes#8008 Post contents: @Scott I am glad that the church you go too has such enthusiastic parishioners, but I caution you against trying to draw conclusions from their enthusiasm, because your equation does not include those who left the church, that continual bleeding which started with Luther and Calvin. Seriously, if I were to make a comparison, I would compare it with opera. For its devotees it matters not that it is sung in a foreign language and they cannot make out what it is said... they just are carried out by the music. But for too many people who would enjoy it otherwise (since they enjoy musical comedies, and would like meatier fare), the fact that they cannot undestand what is being sung is a major turn-off. So when you go the opera you only see the happy opera goers. There are no unhappy or dispirted opera-goers because they do not come to a spectacle they do not enjoy. So, I caution against that type of argument. You should rather look into churches who are gaining or retaining members, and what their age is... (Look at me. I took some basic statisctics ages ago in college, and I am itching to show it off) Sent at: 2008 07 23