I discussed my buddy Glenn Doty, each a Christian and a chemist/physicist, in a current put up concerning the way forward for Christianity, during which I argued that faith is essentially impervious to assaults from science, insofar as a major share of our inhabitants is unaware of, and in lots of instances, against the applying of science in our problem-solving.Glenn responds:
I feel that you’re conflating all evil/stupidity with religion-inspired evil/stupidity.
Nevertheless, if you happen to take a look at the development line for Christianity, it successfully falls off a cliff with Millennials and Zoomers. Entry to data made the sort of stuff that I simply rolled my eyes and gritted my enamel by means of completely unbearable to most of the youthful generations.
However then got here the American fascist (MAGA) motion, and the church didn’t oppose it, which implies the church has no function and no professional religion. That pressured me to reject the church in an effort to protect my religion.
Between the younger rejecting the church as a result of it clings to simply disproven nonsense, and the devoted rejecting the church as a result of the church rejected Christianity, I feel there are some fairly turbulent instances forward for contemporary faith.
Your story is illustrative of what I prefer to name “The Biblical Jesus versus the Republican Jesus.” You might be one in every of many considerate and sort folks I’m proud to know who merely observe the teachings of Christ and carry with them not one of the trappings of ultra-right-wing politics.
