Christianity has been so long in Europe that I'm pretty sure a lot of my blood heritage was involved with it. As I did some research on the Germanic tribe that lived in my part of the country I found out that many of them intermingled with the Romans and fought in their army.
It isn't a foreign faith imposed on us by force; it doesn't advocate for the abolishment of private property (Matthew 19:21-24; Mark 12:41-44, Luke 6:20; 6:24;6:29-30), advocates for the destruction of the family unit to create chaos (Matthew 10: 34-36 Luke 12: 51-53), advocates for forsaking one's family and heritage (Matthew 19:29), encourages not defending oneself and basically being a perfect little slave (Matthew 5: 39-44; Luke 6: 27-30; 6:35, see also the text "City of God") Why defend what's yours when all that matters is the kingdom of some foreign god you were forced to worship at swordpoint? Let the work of your forebears fall to ruin!
Far more of your ancestors are pagan than christian.
Either autocorrect broke, or a janny edited my post. I can't seem to edit it rn; it IS a foreign faith imposed on us by force; it advocates for the abolishment of private property
Look around. You're watching what comes after Christianity in real time. Violence and chaos, absent of meaning. Life lived as but a dream, where there is nothing but the void and you. And you are just a thought, alone in the void. There is no salvation.
I always interpreted Matthew 10:34-36 in a similar way, that in the accepting of the Gospel, you might find adversity even within your own family, in which you will stand firm to your faith, despite the opposition from your father, mother, siblings, etc.
I can see this, especially with stories about Muslims or Hindus coming to Christ. Or the Chinese nationals. Lots of reasons why religion is stomped on.
Yeah, maybe. Time will tell.
Christianity in the west is barely recognizable. All the churches flying rainbow flags and putting out political statements. Why do they bother? The people they're swearing their allegiance to hate them regardless. I think for the most part Christianity is dead, especially in places like America and Western Europe. The followers are just straight up not allowed to actually follow the tenants of their religion, it's socially unacceptable. Compared to religions like Islam, which Christians, along with everyone else, are told to go out of their way to make accomodations for the followers so they feel comfortable, it's very obvious which religion is more "pure." The followers of Islam practice the exact same religion they did in the country they immigrated from, so do their kids. Nobody demands they change to suit the customs of the west. Someone very powerful has a vested interest in diminishing the cultural influence of Christianity. Seems to me that to them, it doesn't really even matter what it's replaced by. The primary concerns seem to just be that it either no longer exists, or is completely subsumed in the cultural zeitgeist. Consequences be damned.
Depends. Really, it can last forever, (or until some disaster kills off the people maintaining the institution) but you have to do a lot of quality control of the people in charge. The church, for example, has been slowly infiltrated by bad actors in America since at least the early seventies. Pluralists. Agnostics. Genuine subversives. They wear the religion like a skin suit and use it's influence to spread their own ideology. Watch a sermon from a state like CA or Oregon, doesn't really matter what denomination, the preachers talk about how the exploration of your own body and sexuality is divine. They do communion with margaritas and pizza rolls. They make a mockery of divinity. If an Iman attempted these things, he'd be killed by his congregation. But I digress.
Not to mention the near extinction of the caucasian, caucasians used to be (in the age of Scientology) and average of 2-6 kids. Now they are lucky of they have 1 or 2, while all other ethnicities freely reproduce in bulk, particularly in the United States.
Yeah state mandated brainwashing and being constantly exposed to the dregs of humanity tends to lead people away from morality. Pried open their eyes and smeared shit into them.
They become superstitious numbskulls who can't be bothered to commit to spiritual growth. They do not have the capacity for religiosity. The last thing the modern human is concerned with is making any connection to any higher power, after all, that might impede their ability to live hedonically. There's no need to do mental gymnastics to explain things in such a way that makes the situation seem more positive than it actually is, these are simply bad times. Humanity has had them before, and certainly will have them again.
