Do you imagine that mainline religions will lose adherents unless they become socially relevant?
I think there is a marked difference between: reaching people to inflorm them about ones beliefs and; losing your beliefs in becoming socially relevant. There is a dichotomy here. The reason I suggest this is because sometimes beliefs are modified to reach people to discribe their beliefs. An fictional example: if the Armish bogged about their beliefs it would be self-distructive as they would be refutting their own beliefs in order to inform others about them. This would surely lead to social irrelevance.
Simply put, if attempts to become socially relevant undermine beliefs, it will not increase adherents.
Just my own thoughts. I most certainly wouldn't respond to a religion if it, in it's promotion, undermines itself
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