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Friday, March 09, 2007
Fake Faith
I read this on someone else's blog and thought I would share it with my fellow readers.
One of the problems of the weakening of traditional religion is the emergence of fake religions. ... Some strands of today's American evangelicalism are as phony and as fake as any atheistic alternative from the last century. The "Prosperity Gospel," for example, is not Christianity. It's a form of capitalist self-help under-pinned by emotional manipulation, legitimized by the patina of Christian scripture. Similarly, a Christian faith that is primarily about politics and social policy is not authentic faith either: it's Christianism, not Christianity. That's one reason, I think, that non-fundamentalist Christians should stay in established traditional churches and resist the fundamentalist onslaught. Institutions matter. Religion matters. A society that severs the two is prone to dangerous bouts of ill-considered zeal and far-too ideological politics. We're not there yet. But the danger signs are flashing red.
-- Andrew Sullivan
He mentioned American Evangelicalism but the scary thing is, it is not only confined to America. Many of the churches in our own neighbourhood have "Fake faith". Christian in name but has very selfish agendas. Promoting a feel good gospel. That is why people are in search for spirituality in places other than the church because the church have failed to offer it to them. May God have mercy on us.
One of the problems of the weakening of traditional religion is the emergence of fake religions. ... Some strands of today's American evangelicalism are as phony and as fake as any atheistic alternative from the last century. The "Prosperity Gospel," for example, is not Christianity. It's a form of capitalist self-help under-pinned by emotional manipulation, legitimized by the patina of Christian scripture. Similarly, a Christian faith that is primarily about politics and social policy is not authentic faith either: it's Christianism, not Christianity. That's one reason, I think, that non-fundamentalist Christians should stay in established traditional churches and resist the fundamentalist onslaught. Institutions matter. Religion matters. A society that severs the two is prone to dangerous bouts of ill-considered zeal and far-too ideological politics. We're not there yet. But the danger signs are flashing red.
-- Andrew Sullivan
He mentioned American Evangelicalism but the scary thing is, it is not only confined to America. Many of the churches in our own neighbourhood have "Fake faith". Christian in name but has very selfish agendas. Promoting a feel good gospel. That is why people are in search for spirituality in places other than the church because the church have failed to offer it to them. May God have mercy on us.
posted by Janelle at 6:28 AM
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