The ironic end of chrisitianity

[FatAndFaithless]

I don't know for sure if it is the cause or one of the causes, but I see the western world in decline and it coincides with the move away from christianity.

Western world is in decline?

I view the US's heyday as being in the 1950s when we had the highest percentage of christians in our history.

You mean a time of period of cold-war, communist witch-hunts, McCarthyism, racial segregation and conservative social values?

Asia is moving upward these days, where christianity is growing at a remarkable pace. China is moving away from communism, growing economically, and has the fastest growing christian population in the world. Personally, I see a connection there.

There is a connection. The Chinese economic reforms of late 1970 also eased the restrictions on religious activity. Those reforms are responsible for both China's economic growth and for growth of religious population.

Of course, you're right about the Scandinavian countries. I guess time will tell.

Its telling right now.

Not to mention that the 50s was a period in which America was pretty much the only developed industrial nation that hadn't been bombed to shit in the war. Basically the entire world (including the Soviet Union for a while) was paying us out the ass to rebuil everything. No wonder our economy experienced such a swell.