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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa
There are a couple of significant quotes in the study. One shows that Christian leaders in the northern half of the globe (North America, Europe) feel that Christianity is in (an undefined) decline, while Christian leaders in the southern half of the globe (South America, sub-Saharan Africa) feel Christianity is expanding.
Unscientific accounts (not in the study) may "show" that the moral decline in the United States might be considered a "decline" in Christianity, but compared to the debauchery of Rome at the time of the birth of Christianity this would be a hard argument to support. We are not yet feeding Christians to hungry lions in our stadiums.
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I recently went to a Bible Conf in CA. The Conf was called "Strange Fire" (
www.strangefire.org) and one of the speakers was a Pastor from Africa. He said when you hear about the "Christianization" of Africa DO NOT BELIEVE IT. It's some sort of pseudo Christianity, based on feelings and emotions and NOT on established historical doctrine taken straight from Scripture. This again, goes back to what we've been warned about. It's history repeating itself over again. The longer we wait for the return (think of Moses on Mt Sinai as well) the worse we are becoming.
As far as comparing ourselves to Rome and the debauchery of Roman culture I don't think we have to go very far to see we are practically there. Just read the news. Also, we are killing unborn babies in the womb and the sanctity of life in general isn't what it used to be. Think how far we've fallen since the Puritan days here in our own country. We are continuing the slide downward. Why? Because we have lost faith and the desire to wait for our leader to come back.