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Old 01-22-2008, 11:08 AM   #9
Claeren
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And a huge precentage of those that claim to be Christian are not truly Christian. I mean sure they want to be at a church on xmas, married in a church and have a funeral done by a priest, but beyond that they do not practice. And while i know in North America that is considered enough, by any other measure previously applied through the eons that is considered blasphemous.

If they were actually told that, that by any true measure of their 'Christiannous' they failed and by the measure of their own faith are probably in a lot of trouble with the big guy, they would probably end-up turning away from the church versus becoming truly pious.


Essentially, the only reason there are even that many Christians is because the church has never had a lower threshold for who is a Christian.


I would say it is currently no higher then 20%, and likely lower. And of those Mormons, Jews, Muslims and other traditionally minority faiths have a larger proportional membership then ever before. (Largely because non-practice is generally less accepted).


I am excited to see momentum building, but i do wish that people had a more informed and measured view on non-belief. A strong scientific and logical background leading to non-belief is a very different thing then pure laziness leading to non-belief.



Claeren.

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