it is surely losing it's influence.....it would be AWESOME if it would just die out entirelyOriginally Posted by Hamish&Andy
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it is surely losing it's influence.....it would be AWESOME if it would just die out entirely
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I think, but am not sure, that there is a higher percentage of non believers now than ever........but the same could probly be said for believers since the worlds population constantly increases.
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Peace be unto you.
Christianity is not dying out at all:
The growth rate of Christianity, according to the U.S. Center for World Mission, is very close to the growth rate of the world's population. The percentage of Christians in the world has remained almost constant for decades.Over thirty percent of the world is Christian, far more than atheists or non-religious people. There is no fear of Christianity going anywhere. If some leave Christianity, others will enter it to replace them.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/growth_isl_chr.htm
These things go in cycles. The counter-culture revolution of the 60s and 70s has died out; had it continued, sure Christianity would have been seriously hurt. But when one generation becomes irreligious, then the next generation or the one after them becomes more religious. It is cyclical. For example, the Muslims were becoming less religious just one or two generations ago, adopting Arab or Turk nationalism, secularism, socialism, etc over religion. Women were throwing off their hijabs (headscarves) and modest coverings. Yet today there is a resurgence, and the young generation has returned to Islam with a great force. Now the young women are putting on the hijabs against their parents' wishes, and Islam and Pan-Islamism have replaced nationalism, secularism, socialism, etc in the hearts and minds of the Muslim masses. As God says: He has no need for any one generation; if one generation abandons God, then God will replace it with a generation that is better than it.
The truth is that the younger generations generally react and go to the opposite of what their older generations did. So it becomes a cyclical pattern. Living in the sixties and seventies, one would have thought that Christianity would be gone by now, yet it is as strong as ever in America, thanks to the conservative surge that followed the liberal wave.
In the Care of the Lord,
-Saladin.
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Is that a literal quote?
How does following god make someone better than anyone else? Seems like a pretty shitty way for such a divine being to think.
"Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man"
- Thomas Jefferson
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I have to disagree with you on that.
The way I see it, God places bounties unto those who recognise Him, love Him, and abide by His laws. So therefore, it makes complete sense that if you shun God, he will direct his bounties away from you.
In the same way, if you were a boss and one of your employees constantly disagreed with what you said, refused to complete the tasks you delegate to him, I'm SURE you will either fire him or shun him.
I believe the whole collapse of the world economy, the moral bankruptcy of the peoples of this day and age, the injustices that are present every day, is all happening for a reason... We are being punished by God for straying so far away from His teachings and laws. All of the billions of dollars that are being spent by governments to bail out big companies are just band-aid solutions. The root of all the world's economic, moral, and social problems is the lack of one universal cause, one common faith.
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