Where will Christianity be in 100 Years?

[HerCrazierHalf]

If simple demographic trends hold true then Islam will have slightly more followers than Christianity. However, I think a few things will happen.

I do believe that Africa will be the next center of Christendom. Again, largely demographics but also a suspicion that there is more room for faith outside the West. I think this area will be a source of many in the religious life whom attempt to spread the faith of their denomination back to The West. Sadly, I also fear many African countries will not have a separation of church and state. Some will oppress other believers while in others the state will corrupt the church into their own state sponsored denomination.

Christianity will not die in the West. Instead, there will be a larger, but relatively small (5-10%) group will openly be non believers instead of closeted. Christianity will be strong though except it will morph to suit the follower. Today it is almost possible to create your own echo chamber and we are on the verge of having anything we want done how we want. This will affect various denominations. With various web presence tech a church with a few hundred members spread across the world will “gather” and follow their a la carte interpretation.

As for Catholics, I think the focus will go more towards what is currently the third world. In The West I see an up coming gender imbalance as males grow old enough to no longer be forced to attend mass. But, once the effects of various scandals wear off anything could happen.

 

[KathleenGee]

You have to take into account as well that Muslims who want to leave are to be killed.

 

[guanophore]

Your thoughts please.

Never mind 100 years, what about ten?

The activity portrayed in this video, just five years ago, could not be done today in a public mall.

Belen is Spanish for Bethlehem, a town named after the Nativity of Christ. The town is being sued by the freedom from religion group to remove the Scene from public land.

A photographer was sued because she did not want to work a gay “wedding”. Just a few years ago, the customers would just go to a different photographer. Not any more.

Same for a baker that did not want to make a custom cake.

Our founding father’s believed that faith practice was at the center of a functional society. Their principle of freedom OF religion has been twisted into freedom FROM religion. And it is not just them that they want freed from it, but all of us who adhere to it.

 

[TonyBS]

I believe Christ is the summation of all creation and when he comes he will reveal if anyone else is “out there” or not. In any case, it has no bearing on our salvation, so it hardly matters.

With Gods Word it all matters. The key today is for humanity to become united.

I would think that in 100 years mankind will have passed through enough trials that resulted from our ungodliness to have considered unity is the way forward.

As for your comment above here is the new revelation all are waiting for, for you to consider;

“As to thy question concerning the worlds of God. Know thou of a truth that the worlds of God are countless in their number, and infinite in their range. None can reckon or comprehend them except God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise…Verily I say, the creation of God embraceth worlds besides this world, and creatures apart from these creatures. In each of these worlds He hath ordained things which none can search except Himself, the All-Searching, the All-Wise. Do thou meditate on that which We have revealed unto thee, that thou mayest discover the purpose of God, thy Lord, and the Lord of all worlds. In these words the mysteries of Divine Wisdom have been treasured…”

Link - reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/gwb-79.html

Or

“…Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute…”

Link - reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/gwb-82.html

So you can see 100 years may indeed see lots of change in our understanding of life as well of Religion.

Regards Tony

 

[guanophore]

The key today is for humanity to become united.

Regards Tony

Yes. Peace is found in submission to Islamic law, right?

As the modern-day Islamic scholar, Ibrahim Sulaiman, puts it, “Jihad is not inhumane, despite its necessary violence and bloodshed, its ultimate desire is peace which is protected and enhanced by the rule of law.”

In truth, the Quran not only calls Muslims to submit to Allah, it also orders them to subdue people of other religions until they are in a full state of submission to Islamic rule. This has inspired the aggressive history of Islam and its military and demographic success in conquering other cultures.

Christians will “unite” under Islamic rule or be dead.

 

[TonyBS]

Yes. Peace is found in submission to Islamic law, right?

As the modern-day Islamic scholar, Ibrahim Sulaiman, puts it, “Jihad is not inhumane, despite its necessary violence and bloodshed, its ultimate desire is peace which is protected and enhanced by the rule of law.”

In truth, the Quran not only calls Muslims to submit to Allah, it also orders them to subdue people of other religions until they are in a full state of submission to Islamic rule. This has inspired the aggressive history of Islam and its military and demographic success in conquering other cultures.

Christians will “unite” under Islamic rule or be dead.

No Gods Law, not mans and not mans understanding of it.

Love of God and the unity of Mankind always of God.

Regards Tony

 

[guanophore]

No Gods Law, not mans and not mans understanding of it.

Love of God and the unity of Mankind always of God.

Regards Tony

I think the radical Muslims that want to convert or kill Christians (and every other non–Muslim) believe they are implementing God’s Law.

I know some Christian Fundamentalists who are the same way.

It puts me in mind of the Ku Klux Klan.

 

[TonyBS]

I think the radical Muslims that want to convert or kill Christians (and every other non–Muslim) believe they are implementing God’s Law.

I know some Christian Fundamentalists who are the same way.

It puts me in mind of the Ku Klux Klan.

Thus as Christ says we turn the other cheek and leave them to God. Why doing this, We still keep trying to remove the plank from our own eye, pray for them to change their ways and for the world to Love its God as written in Gods Word and not in mans understanding.

Regards Tony

 

[guanophore]

… for the world to Love its God as written in Gods Word and not in mans understanding.

Regards Tony

That’s just it, Tony. They do love their God as it is written in what they believe is His Word. They believe they have His understanding. It is a holy thing to kill the infidel.

 

[guanophore]

I don’t have any cache as far as being able to predict the future, but someone who does have a track record is Pastor Thomas Horn. He correctly predicted the resignation of Pope Benedict one year in advance down to the exact month. He has published a very lengthy book on what he sees happening at the Vatican. He has done a lot of research including trips to the Vatican observatory on Mt. Graham in Arizona. He says that at this time, the Vatican elite are expecting and preparing to welcome aliens from another planet. That is what the Lucifer project is about. There is far more to the story than I can relate here.

Shalom,
Jerry

Honestly , Jerry, if you believe all this BS, why are you even on a Catholic forum?

I like the words used in this blog.

“Missler and Horn are far from being the first persons to supplement their Christian beliefs with extravagantly eccentric pseudo-scientific speculations presented not only as fact, but as spiritually significant truth”

extravagantly eccentric pseudo-scientific speculations …that about sums it up!

 

[Mark121359]

!00 years? There will be no one left living on the planet. Global warming will see to that!!! Ummm…that is, if you listen to the alarmists!

Peace, Mark

 

[TonyBS]

That’s just it, Tony. They do love their God as it is written in what they believe is His Word. They believe they have His understanding. It is a holy thing to kill the infidel.

This is why in 100 years no one can foresee the change but the Word of God.

They are judged by their Fruits. Much wrong done in the name of God that never was from God, history has listed those events and Jews, Christians, Muslims and Baha’is are all guilty as charged.

It is how we now move forward that becomes important, can we obtain the required unity before God brings His most Great Justice upon our misguided ways, or not?

Regards Tony

 

[Thorolfr]

!00 years? There will be no one left living on the planet. Global warming will see to that!!! Ummm…that is, if you listen to the alarmists!

Peace, Mark

There might be people living in many places on earth, but I’m not so sure about Florida.

 

[eazyduzit]

Honestly , Jerry, if you believe all this BS, why are you even on a Catholic forum?

I like the words used in this blog.

“Missler and Horn are far from being the first persons to supplement their Christian beliefs with extravagantly eccentric pseudo-scientific speculations presented not only as fact, but as spiritually significant truth”

extravagantly eccentric pseudo-scientific speculations …that about sums it up!

Thanks for the tip. I had not seen any critical posts on Google. I’m trying to decide who’s really being candid here. It sounds like someone is doing some backpedaling. There are actual pictures of Tom Horn and Chris Putnam inside the Vatican observatory. They did interview officials there. The blog seems to deny it. In an interview Horn said that Consulmagno did some lectures titled “Would you Baptize an Alien?” Is that inaccurate?

Horn is also warning us about the CERN project, the partical accelerator in Switzerland. He says it is actually an attempt to open a gate to a parallel universe, Something that God prevented in Gen.6, which he explained could lead to the release of evil entities below the earth as described in Rev. 9. He is relating science to the bible. Of course there will be critics.
When someone has to resort to name calling to make their point, that also makes me suspect. Did you read the responses to the blog?

Shalom,
Jerry

 

[guanophore]

Thanks for the tip. I had not seen any critical posts on Google. I’m trying to decide who’s really being candid here. It sounds like someone is doing some backpedaling. There are actual pictures of Tom Horn and Chris Putnam inside the Vatican observatory. hey did interview officials there.

Pictures can be doctored. But, even if they were there, that does not mean they did an in person interview. He says they exchanged emails. I don’t think it can be assumed there was an interview while they were there, or that they ever talked face to face, or even on the phone.

TThe blog seems to deny it. In an interview Horn said that Consulmagno did some lectures titled “Would you Baptize an Alien?” Is that inaccurate?

I think both he and the Pope may have answered this. With tongue in cheek, of course.

Why are you on CAF, Jerry?

 

[Cmc1972]

aliens visiting earth will never happen.

assuming they are aliens the vastness of space compared to speed issues makes it an impossibilty.

my 100 year predictions:

people will live on the moon and mars because both rocks have conditions with few minipulations could support life.

helium and hydrogen and sun light will be the major energy producers

cold fusion might be a reality.

the average life span will top out at 100 due to natural limitations of the body.

religious predictions

first, stop reading pew research they are garbage. There models are all skewed. They are off by 5 to 7 perecentage points.

the global population will not increase much as it is right now around 7 to 10 bilion.

why?

secular families are having less children and this also includes ither religions as well.

islamic families are decreasing at a rapid rate and the growth of islam has peaked.

christian families will be the major producers of children.

i predict that christianity will account for around 60 to 70 percent of the world population.

the reason being is that the christian belief ethos is a natural fit to have large families.

where islam does not due to the radicalization of the religion.

essentially there alot of single men in the middle east without equal number of single women.

the way women are treated in islam is ruining the family unit.

 

[guanophore]

aliens visiting earth will never happen.

Some people believe it has already happened.

Hey, Cmc, to Ramon Catholics eat plenty of Ramen?

 

[wmscott]

That was a easy prediction–one that many Catholics could have made, as well. PBXVI was elderly, didn’t really want the position in the first place, and is more practical in his view of life than was St.JPII. I wasn’t at all surprised when he announced his retirement. After all, he was St.JPII’s secretary and saw how the office affected him. He didn’t want to burden the Church with a sick, elderly leader. Easy-peasy prediction, IMHO.

The conspiracists’ “Lucifer Project?” Really, how silly. Firstly, the Vatican cannot greet aliens that don’t exist. When someone brings up alien life “out there” I always bring them back down to reality by asking, “What aliens?” There aren’t any Klingnons or Romulans living on other planets. If there were they would have come here to conquer us long since. Vatican scientists’ speculations about alien life is only that–mere speculation. It’s a nice little topic for some theologians to explore, but nothing more. It doesn’t have anything to do with the eternal truths the Church teaches. Don’t get taken up with such nonsense, for good sake.

So true, and how about all the predictions of the end of the earth and the second comings? All just fiction to get folks stirred up over nothing.

 

[Della]

So true, and how about all the predictions of the end of the earth and the second comings? All just fiction to get folks stirred up over nothing.

When I was a member of the Assemblies of God way back in the 80’s we were all worked up over speculations (in some cases outright predictions made in such books as “The Late, Great Planet Earth”) that Jesus had to come by 1988. Why? Because according to their biblical exegesis, the founding of the modern state of Israel would usher in the “last days” (never mind that the Annunciation had already done that), meaning that within one generation–40 years, Jesus would return. Never mind that Jesus expressly told us that no man knows the day and the hour of his return. Well, obviously Jesus didn’t return. A lot of back-peddling had to be done to explain away why nothing happened.

Such predictions and stirring up of conspiracy theories sells books and gets people to respond to “altar calls” but it can’t sustain the soul. Only God’s graces can do that. It’s why so many people who clung to such predictions and responded to altar calls dropped out after a short time–there was nothing in such ideas to keep them from sin or fill their hearts with love of God and neighbor.

 

[eazyduzit]

That was a easy prediction–one that many Catholics could have made, as well. PBXVI was elderly, didn’t really want the position in the first place, and is more practical in his view of life than was St.JPII. I wasn’t at all surprised when he announced his retirement. After all, he was St.JPII’s secretary and saw how the office affected him. He didn’t want to burden the Church with a sick, elderly leader. Easy-peasy prediction, IMHO.

The conspiracists’ “Lucifer Project?” Really, how silly. Firstly, the Vatican cannot greet aliens that don’t exist. When someone brings up alien life “out there” I always bring them back down to reality by asking, “What aliens?” There aren’t any Klingnons or Romulans living on other planets. If there were they would have come here to conquer us long since. Vatican scientists’ speculations about alien life is only that–mere speculation. It’s a nice little topic for some theologians to explore, but nothing more. It doesn’t have anything to do with the eternal truths the Church teaches. Don’t get taken up with such nonsense, for good sake.

Do you even know what the Lucifer Instrument is and the purpose of it and the information it is gathering?

In Malachi Martin’s last interview, Art Bell asked him what the Vatican wanted to do with this high tech observatory? Do you know his answer? Do you know more?