All the white people I know were baptised but choose not to follow their religion or even beleive in god. they celebrate christmas for all the wrong reasons their kids dont even know why they even celebrate it. For them its the time when they get what they want. It is so wrong. Why celebrate it if your not a christian? I work in an old peoples homes with 42 residents and about 40% beleive in God and went to church. That i think is a small number considering the fact people beleive about 2.1 billion people follow the religion.
2006-09-04 06:39:44 · 27 answers · asked by NO! 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think that Christmas really is two separate holidays rolled into one.
The first is where we use it as a day to remember the birth of Christ, which is a serious but joyful holiday, and in reality, we don't admittedly do enough to commemorate this holiday.
The second is the international gift exchange day that most of us observe. They just happen to fall on the same day. Personally I could do without the annual greed fest, but on the other hand, I love watching the excitement of my kids when they see those presents under the tree.
For most of us, they both just happen to fall on the same holiday.
2006-09-04 06:45:39 · answer #1 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is goiing strong. Of course European and American Christianity is declining, but the societies in themselves are declining. The spirit has a way of blowing ahead. So if you notice, as Christianity grows somewhere, then the socity grows, and as it leaves, the society falls. Christianity is growing largely in S. America, Africa, and Asia. American Society and Europe are falling apart. They have turned from God and now they are suffering the consequences. Another sign of this is the population. Europe has dropped below the 2 children per family line for European born families, and the US is not far behind. In contrast population is booming in India, Asia, and Africa. This is where the next great societies will probably be and Christianity is growing there as well.
As for why the people here are abandoning the church, well many are seduced by worldly pursuits and many are dissilusioned, because they went to church and did not get any value from it. This is not God's fault, but it is because they were following God out of a sense of responsibility and did not have a relationship with God. In order to grow as a Christian, it really is a 7 day relatioship, not just 90 minutes on Sunday.
Another reason is that the corruption of the society has effected the church instead of the church making society better and so the church has become innefective and in cases has harmed people severely. This has cast doubt upon the church. Again this should not be a reflection on God, and God is dealing with those responsible and with our society by moving on.
Our chance to accept the Gospel in many ways is winding down and the time is getting shorter and the spirit is moving to knew fields that need harvesting.
2006-09-04 07:13:49 · answer #2 · answered by mgreenpa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is originally a pagan holiday. A celebration of winter solstice. Then the Catholic church created the Christmas holiday so they could make money off of people who would come to their Christmas services. Take up collections.
Christmas really has nothing to do with Christ - only in recent history has the protestant church tried to make Christmas services about getting people saved. I don't know how effective that really is.
I don't believe Christianity is dying - the sheep are being separated from the goats and you are beginning to see the out cry of unbelievers is very loud and seems to drown out the believers. Jesus will come again soon and these are just signs of the times.
2006-09-04 06:57:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is only dying where it has the form and not the power. Where a church is true to the teachings of Christ and His Apostles, and where The Holy Spirit is welcomed, and where people live in submission and obedience to God Almighty there is power and life and growth. Those churches which depend on the rituals and traditions invented by man will fade, because the rule of man is treated as superior to the Authority of The Holy Spirit. Where The Holy Spirit is honoured and submitted to, those Churches can only thrive.
2006-09-04 07:03:58 · answer #4 · answered by waycyber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity makes no sense thats why it is dying. Christmas for instance has nothing to do with Christianity, it was a European holiday for the birth of Mithra, an Iranian god. When Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire, he switched Mithra's birthday into christs birthday
2006-09-04 15:43:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most interesting point about this is that the greatest "revivals" in xtianity take place oin the counties with the poorest education and the most poverty stricken people. In the more advanced countries, there's no longer any need for it. It's aimed at the backward masses to give them some hope for pie in the sky.
With luck, as education improves and poverty (VERY slowly) disappears, religion (superstition) will do the same.
2006-09-04 22:26:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Maybe what most people here see as Christianity (American fundamentalist evangelicals) is a dying not to mention ugly breed. Christianity itself is not. Just go to China and see some of the underground churches. It incredible. All over the world Christianity is definitely alive and kicking.
In America? Well maybe thats a little dead.
2006-09-04 10:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by Moi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your number is too high... perhaps only 10-15% of those the world concider "christian" truly are... maybe as many as 350,000,000 world wide are truly of The Christain Faith would be a better estimate....even in the small congrigation I attend perhaps only 25% are truly of The Faith. Many, many, more Think they are than truly are.
But as long as even a few still are here on earth, I believe God will hold his return... but when it gets down to one... no more chances folks.
2006-09-04 06:52:32 · answer #8 · answered by IdahoMike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know some smart people then if they were raised Christian and then saw through the crap. Lots of people I knew as a child who were raised Christian are still Christians. Probably 3/4 are still Christian and 1/4 are not. I think as we progress in science, religions will slowly fade away. One day, Christianity and Islam will be as the Greek gods are now. Kids at school in the 24th century will laugh saying, "People actually believed that crazy stuff? How could they be so dumb?"
2006-09-04 06:46:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
People have greater access to information now than ever before.
This will eventually cause the downfall of all religions.
According to an article I read some time ago church attendance has dropped by 50% since 1960.
2006-09-05 11:28:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋