Oneida, Ky. - We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. This breakdown will follow the deterioration of the mainline Protestant world and it will fundamentally alter the religious and cultural environment in the West.
Within two generations, evangelicalism will be a house deserted of half its occupants. (Between 25 and 35 percent of Americans today are Evangelicals.) In the "Protestant" 20th century, Evangelicals flourished. But they will soon be living in a very secular and religiously antagonistic 21st century.
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1. Evangelicals have identified their movement with the culture war and with political conservatism. This will prove to be a very costly mistake. Evangelicals will increasingly be seen as a threat to cultural progress. Public leaders will consider us bad for America, bad for education, bad for children, and bad for society.
The evangelical investment in moral, social, and political issues has depleted our resources and exposed our weaknesses. Being against gay marriage and being rhetorically pro-life will not make up for the fact that massive majorities of Evangelicals can't articulate the Gospel with any coherence. We fell for the trap of believing in a cause more than a faith.
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0310/p09s01-coop.html
This is a fascinating read, folks. I highly rec this.
The Coming Evangelical Collapse
by SixofNine 67 Replies latest jw friends
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SixofNine
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Will it shake lose the prosperity Gospel from its parasitical place on the evangelical body of Christ? Evidence from similar periods is not encouraging. American Christians seldom seem to be able to separate their theology from an overall idea of personal affluence and success.
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I can see them declining to a much smaller number, but not a full collapse. Once again they are making a fundamental mistake: They are looking at a specific pattern and assuming it will go on forever.
Ideas are very hard to destroy and wipe from the earth.
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drwtsn32
Too good to be true?
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> Too good to be true?
Yup.
When Mr. Bush was first elected and all of the evangelicals were going nuts and "marching through the streets" (so to speak) I kept telling my atheist friends not to worry because it would just be a matter of time before they burned out... and look where we are today.
The same thing will eventually happen to the current "change" democrats. It will take 30 - 40 years but it will happen.
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villabolo
Evangelism and fundamentalists will evolve and chage but they are here to stay so long as there is social unrest, poverty and ecological problems.
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drwtsn32
they are here to stay so long as there is social unrest, poverty and ecological problems.
In other words, until the New System.
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shamus100
They're no different than extremist Muslims, yet the U.S. wages wars against extremist religions.
But that's human nature; we see in others what we hate in ourselves.
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they are here to stay so long as there is social unrest, poverty and ecological problems.
Why do you think Jebus and every other cult leader targets the poor, sick and down-trodden?
Promise them paradise and they will do anything for you... even drink the kool-aid and strap on a suicide vest for you.
Remember, these people who claim to want to "save the little babies from abortion" are the same people who cheer at the idea of their gawd killing every Egyptian first born child. They have no real morals or principals... just a selfish desire to live forever in paradise at all costs.
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drwtsn32
Shamus, Muslim extremists are different. They don't typically fly planes into buildings, or strap bombs to themselves and kill hundreds in a crowded marketplace.
The real extreme evangelicals might kill a Dr that works at Planned Parenthood though.