(August 19, 2013 at 7:46 pm)FallentoReason Wrote:(August 19, 2013 at 7:29 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: That's and interesting thought. I doubt the early Christians considered Man's sinful nature a marketing strategy. At the same time it does seem, some evangelical churches have in inordinate focus on and exaggeration of human depravity.
I don't think it was a conscious decision to "package" Christianity that way, but it certainly seems like it's almost necessary for there to be such a component; this problem in the human condition that one was previously unaware of, which is the fundamental sales pitch of the religion. Without this fatal cosmic truth about our human condition, there would be no point in signing up to the relative religion.
You'd be surprised how convincing a sales pitch can be at the point of a sword.
