There's a fascinating piece in Rupert Murdoch's Times of London entitled "God is back: How Ned Flanders won the evangelical crusade." There's some very good news for American Evangelicals worried about globalism as well as the threat of secularization in this country: American-style Christianity is becoming the new one world religion, rapidly taking over the non-Muslim parts of the developing world. In other words, America is exporting its religion - along with its jobs - to the Third World:
Virtually everywhere in the developing world fiery preachers are preaching a faith that would appeal to Ned Flanders: live your life according to God's law, read the Bible as the literal word of Truth, treat your neighbour as yourself. And everywhere they are thriving. In 1900, 80 per cent of the world's Christians lived in Europe and the United States; today, 60 per cent of them live in the developing world.
Who's at the forefront of this burgeoning one world religion? None other than the World Economic Forum's favorite evangelist:
Rick Warren points out that churches have one of the world's greatest infrastructures: there are “a million villages around the world that don't have a school, a clinic, a hospital, a fire department or a post office ... but have got a church.”
We'll soon see that very same situation in parts of this country as well. But here's what the authors are truly excited about:
In the Chinese house church, religion is seen as an essential guide to profiting from globalisation. The bookshops in megachurches in the developing world are stocked with books on management and self-help.There you have it: Christianity is essential to "profiting from globalisation." And you'd better believe it, too- this is coming straight from the City of London horse's mouth:
John Micklethwait is Editor-in-Chief of The Economist; Adrian Wooldridge is its Washington correspondent. They are the authors of God is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith is Changing the WorldCongratulations to America's Evangelicals: your tithes - and your votes - made this all happen. In these troubled economic times I'm sure it's a comfort to know the person who has your old job is "saved" and that your faith is such an important tool for the Globalist agenda.
PS- It's interesting to note that Evangelicalism rose in America with the mass exodus of blue collar and clerical jobs from the North to the South in the 60s and 70s, and that the center of Evangelical power is now migrating from the US, right along with those very same factories and jobs.
Funny how that works.
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3 comments:
London and evangelicals? Somehow scenes from V for Vendetta come to mind.
The idea that Red China is a communist threat now seems laughable. It's the Capitalist blueprint, and now we have Rick Warren putting the icing on the cake. Apparently Marx really was right.
This all reminds me of that one cat, Joel Osteen, with his football stadium filled congregations, cross-less altars up front, and most of the sermons about money and self management.
Tired, empty, materialistic, and simple minded. What crap!
- Samuel
Chris-
This is so sad. You know, one of the key teachings of Paul in the new testament is that near the End of the Age, there will be a " great falling away " of the church. You know- a time when churches abandon teaching about Love, faith compassion etc. and hop on the bandwagon of materialism and self-gratification. The really pathetic part here is that the church-people don't even recognize this has happened ( and apparently have started enjoying loads of sun-cult symbolism, according to your research ) . And yet they remain loud and proud and VERY in-your-face...
There is always hope that loving, giving people can share faith and make life better for their neighbors, if they're willing to put in the sweat and soul work. But as Samuel said, I don't really think that's where Joel Osteen and his crew are trying to steer their ship. It's just too bad that that's the kind of place so often referred to today as " The Church". End of the Age indeed.
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