You wrote: To me, it is not surprising that Christianity, worldwide, has lost some 80-85% of its following. Its leadership was too frightened to accept and interpret scientific discovery. It is a pity because people need a religion that they can believe in and one which does not insult their intelligence.
Au contraire YOU are the one insulting my intelligence, and I am Christian by choice.
You obviously have been vaccinated with the fundamentalist Christian religiousity needle quite young, (mennonite perhaps?) to truly still utter that bilge about Christians disdaining scientific discovery. Not the ones I hang out with.
Some of my associates work on astronomy projects, medical fertility projects, outter space exploration projects, quantum physics projects, meteorolgy projects, etc., etc., etc.
And some of them even believe in the scientific properties and necessities for gold in science projects mentioned above in such a cursory manner.
So, just because your upbringing stunted your "religious growth" do NOT paint all Christians with your warped and carefully crafted view of "bonsai christianity."
The Christ I live and serve was the Master Scientist, bending wind and wave to obey His will: (meteorology), changed H20 into wine...(a touch of alchemy there?) raised the dead, (that would astound most quantum physicists), healed the sick, blind, halt with just a spoken word or "healing touch" (that would sure save on physician billable hours.) Get the point?
The day my christianity became the most precious to me was when I discovered that I had MANY solid TRUTH TEST bases for my faith system, with inspiration, traditional and scientific truth tests just being 3 of MANY.
Care to pursue this further?
Now if I only knew if He ever took a few colors out of a pan when he goldpanned on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. His Heavenly Parent certainly did spend a share of Holy Writ discussing the "refiner's fire that all who call themselves "Believers" are put to, both individually and corporatedly.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND HER ALLIES AND THE JOB WE HAVE TO DO as God's Vengeful Hands and Feet "administrators." |
