A literal worldwide explosion of conversion? That would truly surprise me. Or perhaps Fox is just defining their terms differently from how I would. In either case, I would be grateful if you could cite a link to this report.
Yes, I read the article, and I read the second you posted. It is not tough stuff, it is cowardly. Mr. Shaeffer has basically been ‘converted’ by the multiculturalistic left. He bites the hand that feeds him.
Many of the founding fathers were Masons. Catholicism as a state religion is better than Protestantism as a state religion because Catholicism works well in cohesion with social order and strong leadership.
Yes, that is true to a certain extent. In addition, there were a few prominent deists involved in the founding of this country. Also, in many ways, Catholicism is a foreign concept in the United States, in my opinion. For example, my family ancestry, which have been in this country for either over a hundred years and even more–a few all the way as far back as following the Revolution, consisted of Scot-Irish Presbyterianism and German Lutheranism.
But if we establish a principal of “theocracy” in our democracy we have no assurance that the “theocratic principals” will be OURS. We could very well find ourselves living in a society in which public schools are required to teach an evangelical, anti-catholic version of Christianity (as was true for many years in the US). Is that really preferable? This is entirely beside the point that in general the government-coerced practiced of religion actually weakens the faith, to wit:
And is it a sign of a healthy faith that people are attending Mass unwillingly? Or is that government-coerced hypocricy?
exactly. and why touch on this subject during Holy Week? to mock people who practice christianity it seems.
To be blunt, this is a declaration by Satan.
You must have no sense of history to honestly suggest that a theocracy, Catholic or not is a good idea. The phrase, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” was a reference to one of the Borgia Popes. Unfortunately Christs church is still full of people, who are sinners. Let’s let the church take of spiritual things and influence government as best they can. The temptation for evil when one holds both reins of power has been proven over and over again to be a corrupting one.
i live in a town and our parish consists of 3 churches and each church had 2 morning services and all 6 services were overflowing, so i know what you mean that the article doesn’t seem to match with what is actually happening in our cities and towns. more of what this author would like to see happen. very biased and unprofessional for such a big magazine like Newsweek, but it does not surprise me. hopefully, most of the Christian faithful were too busy worshipping during Holy Week to pay any attention to the magazine cover.
But the article specifically said that Christianity is not going away in America. The article stated “Let’s be clear: while the percentage of Christians may be shrinking, rumors of the death of Christianity are greatly exaggerated. Being less Christian does not necessarily mean that America is post - Christian.” The article goes on to say “There is no doubt that the nation remains vibrantly religious.” The article is not really talking about the decline of Christianity in America, but rather the decline of an American conservative view of what it means to be moral and Christian, a view that many Christians disagree with. The article maintains that the conservative evangelical impulse to identify the American Government and its policies with its own religious viewpoint has failed, and this, for those who support this viewpoint, represents a decline of Christianity in the nation and a growing immorality among the public. Personally, I found the article interesting and worth reading. I may not agree with the whole of its analysis, but it makes several interesting observations that devout Christians could use as a springboard for further study.
