And I wonder if part of the emrging athiesm is because communities are less united? My original small town noted the people who weren't going to church and the town was all Catholic but 30 years later, there are 3 different religions in town.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
I'm not entirely against it, in fact I feel strangely compelled to find out exactly what these folks put in their Sunday gravy.
Is it a faith I would join? No.
Does a "photo" of Jesus belong on a magazine cover? It's a leading question that serves an agenda, not an examination of what Christianity is about.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Believers yet not part of an organized religion? One other theory is the people who think social justice(dems) is more important than social conservatism are mvoing away from churches that move right politically.
I know one couple where both are quite religious but the husband is a true Dem and big fan of social justice, the wife is a big Republican, they are having a hard time choosing a church they both approve of.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Indeed BB - what has been stated from the beginning - salvation is an individual endeavor, not a collective one. You cannot fulfill the Word by paying your taxes and letting the government handle the details, or putting your tithe into the collection plate. The beatitudes are not about having others clothe the naked, tend the sick, visit the imprisoned, be merciful and all the rest with the money that you provide for that purpose - it is about doing these things yourself, in person, as an individual who is following the teachings of Christ - not as an absent member of a collective. We are called to be our brother's keepers, not finance others to do that work.
