(January 14, 2015 at 12:34 pm)Davka Wrote: Bottom line: The Bible does not deliver on its promise to make people new, more loving, more considerate, or less judgmental. The only difference between a Christian and a non-Christian is that little label they give themselves when asked (and often tell you even when not asked).
Christians bear no fruit. Unless you count Westboro Baptist.
As far as teen pregnancy goes, I think that christian girls would be less likely to use birth control or get an abortion. Also, your statistics on divorce are debatable. as you can see at the website below. Non-religious couples might also be more inclined to live together outside of marriage. If they split, it wouldn't be counted as divorce.
http://divorce.lovetoknow.com/Divorce_St...y_Religion
I will stand by the assertion that if a person is truly a christian it will show in their life. In that case, there are probably many fewer christians in the world than there are people who claim to be. Our church has maybe 500 members, but I've never met 350 of them because they're not there on Sundays and they're never helping with the numerous community outreach things we have going on or attending bible study or whatever. I think now that it's becoming okay to be a non-christian, we're losing a lot of dead weight. When the going gets tough is when it's always easier to recognize the true christians.
