Baptisms started dropping in the seventies now I hear membership in some churches is falling.
2006-09-29 23:23:34 · 21 answers · asked by Weldon 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All religions have served their purposes. It is now time to unify their messages as has been done by Maitreya.
All religions are from God. Each convey a different message complementing each other. Put them together and the whole picture emerges.
2006-09-30 01:16:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is NOT being done away with!!! It's real and Spiritual meaning has NOT even begun! Don't look to what's happening with certain churches..as God's special people, those who follow Christ, are not in a physical building..They comprise the Temple of God, and are not "religious!",..They have a higher calling, and that is a Spiritual relationship with Jesus.
As far as Baptism, the truth is that anyone can go to a church and have someone pour water on their head...whether that ritual is falling or not, I don't know....but I do know that true Baptism comes when Jesus enters your heart, and you bury your old sinful self, and get baptized by complete immersion...then rising out of the water, as a new re-born person....as you've received the Holy Spirit...( which is NOT a person, but a Spirit, sent by God....) So...the answer to your question is a definite NO! Christianity is NOT being dissolved....
Hope this helps...
2006-09-30 06:44:25 · answer #2 · answered by JoJoCieCie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you a Christian? The apostacy has begun and the rapture occurs after the tribulation. you will see the church grow in the future, but this is the false church. See Rev. 11:15-19, 2 Thes.2:1-12, 1 Cor.15:51-52 for the rapture. Notice when the seventh or last trumpet sounds and also look closely at 2 Thes. 2 and compare this with what the majority of rapture believers say.
2006-09-30 06:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by epopsitsirhcitna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please
Christianity will never fade away
u shall come to know more in the second coming of Jesus Christ
belevie beleive
becuase jesus himself said to his disciples
"thta there are some who see and don't beleive, blessed are those who have not seen yet beleive""
bleeive in God
beleive in Christ
Repent for a better future
Baptisms are not everything
mind you even birth rates have dropped in the Christian world
earlier people used to have a dozena + more kids
today it's the no kids era
or a max. of jsut 1
rarely 2 or 3
Christianity isn't dying
it;s strenghting
i was surpised to check out aljazzera.net
in aninterview with a top muslin cleric who said that
in 1 HOUR 667 Muslims convert to Christianity,
which is 16000 in a DAY and 6 million in a year
take AFRICA for EXample
the church is getting strogner and strogner
faith is increasing
the time is near
Repent!!!
2006-09-30 07:10:15 · answer #4 · answered by reuben 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's being dissolved; but I do think it been dropped from mainstream belief. The traditional "go to Church on Sunday" ritual has fallen by the wayside in favour of more secular activities. For reasons known only to them, people are using Registry Offices and Marriage Celebrants to get married instead of Priests. Perhaps its cheaper and /or easier.
As for church memberships, there are many new churches springing up offering Salvation. (Pentecostal Churches) These places offer an easy open-door and friendly alternative to mainstream Christian Tradition. As a result they attract many "new" Christians thus taking them away from the "old fashion" churches.
So once again, Christianity isn't dissolving, but other faiths and beliefs are eating away at the edges and breaking pieces off it.
Its up to the faithful to keep the belief alive.
2006-09-30 06:41:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anthony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't confuse baptism numbers or church membership numbers with Christianity. And just because a congregation has high membership numbers or baptism numbers, that doesn't mean all of those people are there to follow Christ. Christianity will be around until, naturally, the Christ of the Bible, the Son of God, returns.
2006-09-30 06:29:04 · answer #6 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it is being dissolved I think it's better to dissolve it in hydrochloric acid than in water. That way there's little risk of it coming out of solution again...
Religion is dying. The overall trend worldwide is still towards a reduction in superstitious belief, even if there are loud minorities of islamic militants in the Middle East and bible-thumping rednecks in the US who give the opposite impression.
As Bertrand Russell said, "Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines." It's taking a little longer than he thought - but it IS happening.
2006-09-30 07:29:34 · answer #7 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then perhaps baptism has served its purpose and is being dissolved, but I think that Christianity is more popular than ever.
2006-09-30 06:26:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, indeed! The Piscean Age is drawing to a close, the Age of Aquarius is coming in. The Piscean religions are fading. What will the Aquarian religions be like? What wonders and horrors will they bring?
2006-09-30 06:26:59 · answer #9 · answered by Ever Learn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the parcipitate.
what was the PURPOSE of Christianity?
Great question!
Please consider these tidbits:
Jews for Jesus = Vegetarians for Hamburgers
God? He or She?
Church? Christianity? Jesus? Dying?
What is the Imacculate Conception supposed to mean?
Does Imacculate Conception have anything to do with "VIRGIN BIRTH"?
Google Imacculate Conception and learn that is NOT.
What else do you falsely believe?
Jesus, the basis of Christianity? .
If Jesus died, he could NOT have been God.
Can Gods die?
If Jesus 'died' on Friday and 'undied' on Sunday, what else besides Saturday was sacrificed?
Did Jesus give up Saturday for us?
No Eternal sacrifice, big deal for a day!
If Jesus died for our sins, there should not be any more sins, else why go through with it?.
If Jesus really DIED, he should be dead, dead, dead!
Life after death is like virginity after childbirth.
If the flesh of Jesus died, what was seen walking and talking on Sunday?
If you believe this stuff, you are not going to like the folks who don't. You want them to believe it too to validate you.
Christians want everyone to convert to their non-thinking in order to be 'saved'.
Believing and not thinking is like choosing to be lost.
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2006-09-30 07:07:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋