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Every religion has a cultural lifespan, how long does this faith have on the clock?

2007-07-14 11:31:20 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

Rememer that the number of pagans and free thinkers have risen dramatically in past decades.

2007-07-14 11:32:06 · update #1

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it's like the guy who went to a lecture that said the wold will be destroyed in 5 billion years
he jumped and said? whatt? how many?
5 billion.

oh whew. he said, what a relief i thought you said 5 million...

what does it matter it will be long after we're forgotten

2007-07-14 11:35:00 · answer #1 · answered by joe the man 7 · 3 2

Actually, not every religion has a cultural lifespan, they just come back with a different name or evolve as the cultures change.
Christianity is different. It has survived All cultures, or changed them. It has survived the test of time for over two thousand years.
I doubt Christianity will disappear, at least not till the end of time.

2007-07-14 21:35:55 · answer #2 · answered by Sir Narnian 3 · 1 0

SOON (not quite 'disappear')... Atheism is taking over and has gone from a trickle in 1860 to hundreds of millions now.

With the ToE, Big Bang Cosmology and much more, the upshot is that we’ve gone from relatively few to huge numbers in less than 150 years. We find (roughly) the percentages of Atheism for certain countries: Vietnam – 81%, Sweden - ~65%, Denmark – ~65%, Norway – ~64%, Japan – ~65%, the Czech Republic – ~58%, Finland – ~51%, and so on. China has ~150,000,000 atheists, while Russia has ~44,000,000, Germany has ~36,000,000, France has ~28,000,000, the U.K. has ~22,000,000 and even little Canada has ~8,000,000 atheists (lots more of course). There are up to 36,000,000 atheists in the States. Given these numbers and associated growth, it becomes apparent that atheism is just thriving. Hopefully, the current trend will even accelerate! ... ( So sorry, Xianity... )

2007-07-14 18:34:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 2

According to the Bible, the time is coming when the Lord will take the Chistians out of this earth. When that happens the Holy Spirit will go too. Right now the Holy Spirit is calling mankind to repentance. When the family of God, and the Holy Spirit go from this earth, all hell will break loose, literally. This may happen sooner than some folks think.

2007-07-14 18:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Why do you want Christianity to disapear?Do you hate hearing the truth from the bible?The bible says only a few find the truth.The false religions grow more than real biblical Christianity.The world is becoming more anti-Christ by the day,accepting more sexual sins,and ignoring Gods word.
Jesus said "heaven and earth shall pass away but My words shall not pass away". So there is NO end.

2007-07-14 18:41:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

Christianity will never die. During the tribulation, there will be a one world religion that is set up. What that will be ....I don't know, but it wont be Christianity since it is "The Truth". There will be multitudes of people who will come to know Jesus during this time (Revelation 7:1-9), and then after the tribulation is the glorious return of Jesus Christ....then His millennial reign....then eternity future.

With that said....one who believes in and studies the Bible and believes in Jesus Christ knows that Christianity will never die.

2007-07-14 19:08:57 · answer #6 · answered by brian l 3 · 1 0

THE LOFD JESUS CHIRIST prophesied saying Will I find faith when I will come again.Also John prophesied (Revelation 18:2) saying Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great (global city-Earth); she has become a home of demons and a visitation of evil spirits. Additionally, Prophet Daniel said the wicked man of intrigue (fake-Prophet/ fake-Christ) will appear at the fullness of man's transgression and said a time, and times and a half time that the saints will be given into his hands (devil). This time is segmented into 1000 years, then 2000 years and 500 years -that will be in the year 3500 the 2nd coming of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST and preceded by the wrath of GOD. Thus, the world wlll be GODless and will be home of demons starting the year 3000. But the remnants, the Prophets and Saints and their disciples (10% of the worlds population) will be outlawed so will remain underground. THANKS GOD; FEAR GOD; PRAISE GOD; GLORIFY GOD; HONOR GOD; LOVE GOD AND WORSHIP GOD.

2007-07-14 19:23:39 · answer #7 · answered by Prophet John of the Omega 5 · 1 1

Jesus gauranteed that his Church would never pass away. The Church is his Mystical Body as explained in St. Paul. Persecutions may limit the size of the Church, but even if it goes underground, it is still the Church.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but Christ will not. "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." The gates of hell cannot destroy the Church. Ever notice its the oldest structured institution in the world - Roman Catholic Church? The power of God is stronger than any other power. He will take care of his Church

2007-07-14 19:34:04 · answer #8 · answered by hossteacher 3 · 1 0

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall Not pass away. (Matthew 24:35)

Voltaire, a French author, humanist, rationalist (1694 - 1778), held up a copy of the Bible in the air and smugly proclaimed,

"In 100 years this book will be forgotten and eliminated...".

Shortly after his dead, Voltaire’s private residence became the headquarters of the Geneva Bible Society and became a major distribution hub for the very Bible he assigned to extinction.

2007-07-14 18:37:24 · answer #9 · answered by RR 4 · 3 1

I think, unfortunately, it still has 150-200 years of life left in it. I'd like to believe it's less, but I've learned not to underestimate the human capacity to wallow in ignorance and superstition, regardless of advances in science and the body of human knowledge. I hope I'm wrong and it's only another two or three generations.

2007-07-14 18:39:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Christianity will disappear right after the rapture. There probable be some that try to be a christian after they learn what has happened, but the Holy Spirit will not be here, and it will be nothing but turmoil, and the Antichrist will come and they will easily deceived.

2007-07-14 18:45:26 · answer #11 · answered by Auburn 5 · 1 1

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