Have mega religons like Christianity and Islam now evolved into something more than being religions?

Question

They are so super-huge,the Christian religion is so corporate now, do they really qualify as religions or are they something else entirely with their global approach and far reaching political ambitions.

Too difficult a question huh!

Reply to Wayne: well tahat wasn't quite what i was thinking about, but if you think so!!!!

Answer 1

Yeah, they're part king, part corporation, and (as you inspired me to ask!), part weapon of mass destruction. Ultimate power over people's beliefs and lives, to death and beyond (if there is a beyond of course!)

I also wonder about the idea that perhaps gods are created and sustained by belief. Maybe the repetitive belief of human beings over enough time is able to create some sort of energy that can coalesce into a "deity" without physical form. Maybe by believing in prophecies of doom, we bring them on - did you know there's a bizarre element of quantum theory that says an electron doesn't "decide" whether to be a particle or a wave until it's observed? Freaky I know, but if observation, which is focused expectation essentially, can have a real effect on the universe, how much more of an effect can you get with an enormous religion, millions of human beings, all focussing on the rapture and armageddon...

Answer 2

The book of Revelation identifies what organized religion is in the last days as described by Jesus.

Chapter 17to19 speaks of Babylon the Great and the Whore of Babylon. When investigating these references we find that indeed modern day Christindom and Islam and all the other major religions that have internal ties to todays governments are being spoken of as "being over the great beast". This great beast is the United Nations to which all the nations of the world are placeing their power.

Soon the beast will turn on Babylon the Great and devour her and strip the flesh from her bones. In other words outlaw religion and take over the properties and wealth of those religions.

It will be interesting to watch as the prophesies of the Bible play out.

Answer 3

No.

The aim of Christianity from the beginning has not changed when Jesus said, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you."

Christianity has always had a global approach and has always been involved in politics to create a world more closely attuned to Kingdom of God as preached by Jesus Christ.

With love in Christ.