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<blockquote data-quote="Dale00" data-source="post: 2790517" data-attributes="member: 688"><p>It occurs to me that one of the problems in this discussion is that our frame of reference is the "Bible Belt" and Christianity as it is practiced or mis-practiced here.</p><p></p><p>There are some serious systemic problems with Christianity "here". It is a culture more than a religion for many people and many churches. My son graduated from High School not long ago and he tells me that the most obnoxious people, the popular crowd, were the pray-at-the-flag-pole Christians. Sad. It seems that typically people are expected to be Christians and have not chosen to be one. It is the easy way to go. As a result people and churches have done some serious drifting away from the core beliefs of Christianity. </p><p></p><p>Fire and brimstone preaching is a bad memory for me that no longer seems to be around, fortunately. But we have plenty of "churchiness" - people talking nice and dressing nice to show off. People who are always friendly but never a friend unless you look like them, talk like them and think like them. Sad.</p><p></p><p>Our frame of reference for evaluating Christianity is poor. Christians in other parts of the world who are a persecuted minority are probably a better place to look.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dale00, post: 2790517, member: 688"] It occurs to me that one of the problems in this discussion is that our frame of reference is the "Bible Belt" and Christianity as it is practiced or mis-practiced here. There are some serious systemic problems with Christianity "here". It is a culture more than a religion for many people and many churches. My son graduated from High School not long ago and he tells me that the most obnoxious people, the popular crowd, were the pray-at-the-flag-pole Christians. Sad. It seems that typically people are expected to be Christians and have not chosen to be one. It is the easy way to go. As a result people and churches have done some serious drifting away from the core beliefs of Christianity. Fire and brimstone preaching is a bad memory for me that no longer seems to be around, fortunately. But we have plenty of "churchiness" - people talking nice and dressing nice to show off. People who are always friendly but never a friend unless you look like them, talk like them and think like them. Sad. Our frame of reference for evaluating Christianity is poor. Christians in other parts of the world who are a persecuted minority are probably a better place to look. [/QUOTE]
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