RE: What's the future of Catholic Church and Satan?
August 16, 2015 at 7:08 pm
(This post was last modified: August 16, 2015 at 8:10 pm by ronedee.)
(August 15, 2015 at 4:48 pm)satan_buttercup Wrote: Hey Guys,
I'm a Christian myself, although not a Catholic anymore. I'm also a big SF fan. One of my main interests is what will happen with Catholic Church in the future, and I mean like 200 years from now or something like that. Its been around for 2000 years, so we can safely assume, that it'll be around for at least couple hundred more. Will it expand to other planets? Will it change into corporation? Will they use biomechanoids for Popes? Or maybe it will fall? What's your take on this?
And the second question - it feels to me that Satan doesn't really work anymore as a method of fear. The vision of Satan changed couple times during the centuries and I think that Satan needs a new version, quickly, as modern people simply do not believe in a guy with horns. It might be that Vatican's PR division is thinking about his new image the very moment. Let's give them some ideas, will Satan be replaced, and how?
Thank you for all the answers.
Dominik
Hi Dom, The Catholic church has never been so popular! One, because of Pope Francis. Secondly, its the only Christian religion that actually celebrates the Eucharist.
20 years ago, things were looking pretty bad. The churches were empty! I remember them saying it wasn't worth keeping the lights on. There were literally, 5 people at the evening masses. Today? You can't find a seat in church! And lots of young families, and college students. Very, very surprising. i believe the RCC has been constantly cleaning up its past messes. And actually reaching out to the community. In my diocese, they are pulling all races together for functions and scripture. Its been a real benefit for the community.
For all of its man-made faults, the RCC is still the closest to tradition, and teachings of the Holy Bible. Its here to stay!
And as far as the "old man"? What's that Spacey quote: "The smartest thing Satan ever did was to convince people he doesn't exist." Funny that people have no problem believing in the devil. But, God? Nope!
Quis ut Deus?