RE: Progressive Christianity
July 3, 2015 at 2:25 pm
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2015 at 2:26 pm by Lek.)
Christian was the name given to followers of Christ, and I still define it that way. Since Cercatorius is not a follower of Christ, I wouldn't define her as a christian. This is not meant meant to be an insult or anything like that. It's just my way of defining a person with her beliefs. If a person "follows" Christ, then Christ is their "leader". Those who discard christian beliefs and then continue to call themselves christians present a false concept of christianity to others. I'm sure that they may be sincere in their beliefs, but they just aren't christians.
About Cercatorius' and others comments about the necessity of christianity to become more liberal to survive, it's the mainline denominations who are dying out at the time. They are the ones who have tended to become more liberal. It's the conservative groups who are gaining followers worldwide. Christianity is losing ground in the US and Europe, but is in no way dying out. It's not only growing, but exploding in Asia and Africa. As far as the decline in the West, we've had declines and revivals over history. I wouldn't pronounce the death of christianity yet.
About Cercatorius' and others comments about the necessity of christianity to become more liberal to survive, it's the mainline denominations who are dying out at the time. They are the ones who have tended to become more liberal. It's the conservative groups who are gaining followers worldwide. Christianity is losing ground in the US and Europe, but is in no way dying out. It's not only growing, but exploding in Asia and Africa. As far as the decline in the West, we've had declines and revivals over history. I wouldn't pronounce the death of christianity yet.
