A recent survey in the USA said that 50% of Christians believed that churches should not get involved in politics. This is up from 30% in the previous survey.
This figure shows us how successful the atheists have been in pushing Christian belief into a “you in your small corner and I in mine” mentality where faith is something you do behind closed doors, meaning it has no relevance to society in general.
Taking this idea to its logical conclusion you would get the following scenarios.
A teacher is not allowed to stop a student knifing another student because he would be motivated by the commandment that you shall not murder and that is religious.
A mother who attends a young mothers group, when confronted with a problem by another young mother in their discussion could not say that when she had a similar problem, she turned to God for the answer as that would be religious.
A politician could not say in parliament that he was grateful for the help his belief in God gave him when grappling with problems as that is religious.
A voter could not ask a candidate in an election what his views were on Jesus and the bible as that is religious.
A counsellor could not pray for someone if asked to do so because that is religious.
A church could not offer its services to campaign for a candidate who attended their church at an election if they pray for him as that is religious.
A person who is a Christian cannot put themselves up for election as he is religious.
The reason such woolly thinking gets any traction is due to the fact that Christians have two problems.
First, they believe what the enemy has to say and accept it uncritically, instead of challenging it as unfounded rhetoric.
Second, they are so focused on their own enjoyment and pleasure they welcome any opportunity to not get involved in a society that is suffering moral anarchy because that might demand sacrifice.
This should not surprise us as the church in general in western society is more about avoiding suffering and sacrifice, and it is a pale image of the New Testament Church which changed the world in every respect in such a short space of time because they were prepared to lay down their lives for the gospel.
Until this happens in western society, the atheists, aided by the government will continue to sideline institutionalised religion, making it more irrelevant than it already is. Whilst this is happening, you will hear the snoring coming from inside the buildings where religious devotion is played out to the satisfaction of those inside the building.
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