Dan,
You are being too flippant. Just because someone chooses to believe outside of Christianity, it doesn't mean that they are making hasty, casual choices, or even making a "trendy" choice.
Many people put immense amounts of time, effort, and thought into these choices. Some choose Christianity, some choose other organized religions, some make choices that are less mainstream. some even choose to not believe anything.
Regardless of the choice, most are hardly casual. MY guess is that there are more casual believers of organized religion than anything else. Many people are a certain religion because of nothing more than familial history or just a lack of motivation to change. to make an intentional decision to go outside of the mainstream, requires thought and intention. It requires a premeditated action with the foreknowledge that many within the mainstream will look sideways at the decision, and that some will be purely antagonistic.
The easier choice is to go with the cultural flow. Many people who make these decisions, do so with anything but a casual mindframe.
Mark |
