I’ve like John Ortberg’s writing for years.
He’s got a blog, that seems to update about once a week.
In this week’s post he identifies ‘The Most Popular Religion in America’.
I think it’s the most popular religion in Australia as well.
From Ortberg:
I’ll give you a hint: its not Christianity.
Its also not Islam, Judiasm, Buddhism, Taoism, or the Home Shopping Network.
According to Christian Smith, a sociologist at Notre Dame, the primary expression of faith in our day–at least for young adults–is what he calls “Moral Therapeutic Deism.”
This religion is characterized by five beliefs:
–There is a God who created earth and watches over it
–God wants people to be nice, fair and good (as it taught in the Bible and most other religions)
–The central goal of life is to be happy and feel good about yourself
–God doesn’t need to be involved in your life except when there’s a problem that needs Celestial Performance Enhancement
–Good people go to heaven when they die.
Ortberg goes in to identify the problem that is Christian churches actually teaching these tenets and presenting it as Christianity.
Read the rest here.
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