Atheists have their number: How the Christian right is hastening religion’s decline - Salon.com

I believe that the arguments presented in this article truly challenge us to think about how our faith is lived in the world. Are we relevant to the challenges posed by the reality of a social order that has co-opted our symbols and re-introduced them in the world void of their original meaning and re-imagined in order to provide support for our privileges in American society while keeping the vast masses of people in the world under sub-human conditions. I believe the following quote from the article will entice some of you to read on.

"With an increasingly majority of younger Americans accepting evolution as fact, Christianity for many under 35 is becoming a watered-down hybrid of eastern philosophy and biblical teachings. “The turn towards being ‘spiritual but not religious’ points at the decreasing observation of doctrine and strict rules and a broader relationship to sentiment and ‘Jesus and me’ on the one hand alongside the rise of yoga, Buddhism, Hinduism and a blend or smorgasbord of eastern practices with the idea of being loosely/broadly spiritual—yet not in any specific context or foundation of the Trinity, Seven Deadly Sins, Karma, Nirvana or any of the pillars or branches of belief,” writes Alan Miller, moderator of a “spiritual but not religious” event."

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Atheists have their number: How the Christian right is hastening religion’s decline - Salon.com