- Why are older people more likely to feel God at church?
The hosts finish the article's list: finding sermons valuable (59 percent), being part of a faith community (57 percent), continuing family religious traditions (37 percent), feeling obligated (31 percent), meeting new people or socializing (19 percent), and pleasing a spouse or partner (16 percent), with an aside doubting how much prep goes into Catholic homilies. They discuss the article's demographic notes: African Americans more likely to cite closeness to God and spiritual solace, Catholics less drawn by the sermon, women citing more varied reasons while men say they attend to please their spouse, and adults under 30 coming to socialize while feeling God's presence less.
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