All over the World, big nanny-state government and prosperity seem to be causes. But I think those are only proximate causes.
Does ‘the Church’…the body of believers, individually and collectively…bear any responsibility at all……?
Originally Posted by Calvin
This is driven largely by the younger generation leaving the church. Not surprised at all.
When they come home from college with real academic questions about the faith of Christianity (for example), and they’re given Sunday School answers, does that have a negative impact…? When they’re told they must believe in the literal 6 day creation in Genesis (for example) in order to believe The Gospel, does that have a negative impact…? When they see Christians selectively ranking sin, and focusing on the moral failures of others while ignoring their own moral failures, and pretending that someone else’s sin is worse than their own sin, does that have a negative impact…?
