The coming evangelical collapse

[linwood]

Oneida, Ky. - We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. This breakdown will follow the deterioration of the mainline Protestant world and it will fundamentally alter the religious and cultural environment in the West.
Within two generations, evangelicalism will be a house deserted of half its occupants. (Between 25 and 35 percent of Americans today are Evangelicals.) In the "Protestant" 20th century, Evangelicals flourished. But they will soon be living in a very secular and religiously antagonistic 21st century.



The coming evangelical collapse | csmonitor.com

I`ve held the belief that the last ten years or so have represented a final thrust for western Christian ideology.
A strong final yet ultimately futile push of extremist agenda on to the American public.

Reading an evangelical columnist agree with my opinion is very satisfying to me but what do you think?

Any truth in the mans writing?

 

[Troublemane]

I think it may not go away so easily. IMO it may just go "underground", as the internet is a way for people to communicate without the "mainstream" media really paying attention. Just because the liberal media doesnt really like evangelicals, they will miss them as a foil. I mean, without the extremism of the right to counter, how will the left justify its own extremist views?

 

[Lindsey-Loo]

Eh, it wouldn't surprise me one bit. I've been predicting a major collapse of Christianity in general for a while now. It will be interesting to see the kind of effects it has on society.

 

[Smoke]

I certainly hope he's right, but I noted that the "collapse" he predicts would still between 1/8 and 3/16 of Americans in the Evangelical camp. That's hardly insignificant.

 

[stacey bo bacey]

Sweet!!!!!

 

[Reverend Rick]

HE HE HE, You all have very high hopes indeed. :yes:

 

[stacey bo bacey]

HE HE HE, You all have very high hopes indeed. :yes:

I like to expect a lot from humanity. They are a constant source of disappointment but they do come shining through every once in a long while.

 

[Sunstone]

Spencer is dealing heavily in speculations here with very little in evidence to support his conclusions.

 

[McBell]

Spencer is dealing heavily in speculations here with very little in evidence to support his conclusions.

I agree.
Seems to me it is nothing more than wishful thinking on his part.

 

[madhatter85]

I can see how Evangellical chrisitanity can collapse, but not Christianity in general. over 1/3 of the population of the earth is considered to be Chrisitan.

 

[Beaudreaux]

I`ve held the belief that the last ten years or so have represented a final thrust for western Christian ideology.
A strong final yet ultimately futile push of extremist agenda on to the American public.

Reading an evangelical columnist agree with my opinion is very satisfying to me but what do you think?

Any truth in the mans writing?

We can only hope that he is right...

 

[lockyfan]

well the thing is when you read the bible it tells of religions fall so i don t doubt it one bit

 

[sojourner]

May I point out that Christianity does not = evangelicalism? Evangelicals have been the thorn in our side (much more so than the "unbelievers") for a long time. Personally, I think I'd get along much better with Richard Dawkins than I would with James Dobson.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

The ratio of crazy/scary people who take crazy/scary beliefs to crazy/scary extremes probably remains relatively constant over time. So, even if these people ended up not being evangelical christians, they would still be just as crazy/scary - it would just express in some other way.

 

[Sunstone]

The ratio of crazy/scary people who take crazy/scary beliefs to crazy/scary extremes probably remains relatively constant over time. So, even if these people ended up not being evangelical christians, they would still be just as crazy/scary - it would just express in some other way.

That's an excellent point.

 

[Smoke]

May I point out that Christianity does not = evangelicalism? Evangelicals have been the thorn in our side (much more so than the "unbelievers") for a long time.

However, if the essay is right, a lot of those people are just going to join the Catholic and Orthodox churches and make those churches even harder to get along with. In fact -- speaking as a former Orthodox Christian -- I think the Orthodox Church in the U.S. has already been significantly crapped up by the influx of Evangelical converts who aren't interested in Orthodoxy so much as they are interested in finding a conservative refuge for their own peculiar views.

 

[lockyfan]

However, if the essay is right, a lot of those people are just going to join the Catholic and Orthodox churches and make those churches even harder to get along with. In fact -- speaking as a former Orthodox Christian -- I think the Orthodox Church in the U.S. has already been significantly crapped up by the influx of Evangelical converts who aren't interested in Orthodoxy so much as they are interested in finding a conservative refuge for their own peculiar views.

Lol I like that very good answer

like i said thpugh, religion itself will soon cease so the evangelists will have nowhere to go

 

[sojourner]

However, if the essay is right, a lot of those people are just going to join the Catholic and Orthodox churches and make those churches even harder to get along with. In fact -- speaking as a former Orthodox Christian -- I think the Orthodox Church in the U.S. has already been significantly crapped up by the influx of Evangelical converts who aren't interested in Orthodoxy so much as they are interested in finding a conservative refuge for their own peculiar views.

Even Jesus said that the poor would always be with us...
Extreme evangelicalism is something we just can't fix.

 

[lockyfan]

Your right sojourner, but a fair bit of it will be stopped once Babylon the Great is destroyed. It will be humans that make the move, but only once Jehovah has put it into their hearts to destroy religion and Evangilism, but like I said, there iwll be somke that just keep on keeping on ad wont stop, not til after Armageddon