Christianity A Day of Darkness
Jim Meyer
Professor Everett
World Religion
2012-10-02
Christianity-A Day of Darkness
Do people really care about religion? Religion is increasing its influence on society, but morality is seriously losing its authority. The secular world seems to offer abundant evidence that religion is not greatly affecting our lives. A growing number people today especially in Europe express little to no interest in religion affecting their lives. There is no denying that religious passions today still can move people to hatred, killing and war. Yet alongside this there is evidence of increasing dissatisfaction with religion. On the other hand, some hold very extreme views of religion but with more of a political agenda attached to it. Many Christian churches, synagogues and Mosques prefer to please the men who provide the money, honor, political recognition. An observer at a Canadian conference of Catholic bishops complained that a typical response from people in general is: “Today each person has deep questions inside. You don’t find the answers in religion, in the church…there’s something missing in the church.” When we actually know what religion and, in this instance, Christianity does for the individual and how a person’s powers are enlightened by an understanding and appropriation of Christianity, life ought to be infinitely more worth living. So naturally the question arises, is Christianity the answer or as the many others a problem. Let’s take a look. What does the word Christian really mean? Some popular views are:
Anybody who believes in Jesus was baptized in a Christian house of worship belongs to and attends a Christian church does no harm and helps out when he can, who lives by the Bible who have been born.
On July 2, 1961, the late Dr. Robert J. McCracken told the congregation at Riverside Church in New York that “what is needed in the churches is more wholehearted commitment” and “men and women who are devoted, body, mind, and soul, to the service of God and
Professor Everett
World Religion
2012-10-02
Christianity-A Day of Darkness
Do people really care about religion? Religion is increasing its influence on society, but morality is seriously losing its authority. The secular world seems to offer abundant evidence that religion is not greatly affecting our lives. A growing number people today especially in Europe express little to no interest in religion affecting their lives. There is no denying that religious passions today still can move people to hatred, killing and war. Yet alongside this there is evidence of increasing dissatisfaction with religion. On the other hand, some hold very extreme views of religion but with more of a political agenda attached to it. Many Christian churches, synagogues and Mosques prefer to please the men who provide the money, honor, political recognition. An observer at a Canadian conference of Catholic bishops complained that a typical response from people in general is: “Today each person has deep questions inside. You don’t find the answers in religion, in the church…there’s something missing in the church.” When we actually know what religion and, in this instance, Christianity does for the individual and how a person’s powers are enlightened by an understanding and appropriation of Christianity, life ought to be infinitely more worth living. So naturally the question arises, is Christianity the answer or as the many others a problem. Let’s take a look. What does the word Christian really mean? Some popular views are:
Anybody who believes in Jesus was baptized in a Christian house of worship belongs to and attends a Christian church does no harm and helps out when he can, who lives by the Bible who have been born.
On July 2, 1961, the late Dr. Robert J. McCracken told the congregation at Riverside Church in New York that “what is needed in the churches is more wholehearted commitment” and “men and women who are devoted, body, mind, and soul, to the service of God and