06-04-2010, 06:40 AM
If you are a devoted christian, it might be be better not to read this.
In Finland our church is struggling with questions like woman bishops, marriage rights of the gay people etc (I have no opinion on these issues because I am not a christian). The church tries desperately to hang on to the "tithes" by making compromises with the contemporary society. I think it tells that the inner dynamism of the religion is gone. All this reminds me in some way of the situation of the traditional roman religion (say, in the 4th century CA) when people like Julian the Apostate tried desperately revive the traditional religion / gods of the roman empire. I think christianity is struggling now in vain too. It is kind of sad to look at this ongoing process, I also share many great traditions of chritianity because it is our cultural heritage in general. I think only thing that can revive christianity is some great catastrophy which makes the cohesion of religion again useful for the function of societies in large (remember, I am a social scientist by schooling :wink: ). It seems that there is no way stopping Islam and in this way it reminds me of the role of christianity in the roman empire. Any thoughts? Sorry if I offended someone...
In Finland our church is struggling with questions like woman bishops, marriage rights of the gay people etc (I have no opinion on these issues because I am not a christian). The church tries desperately to hang on to the "tithes" by making compromises with the contemporary society. I think it tells that the inner dynamism of the religion is gone. All this reminds me in some way of the situation of the traditional roman religion (say, in the 4th century CA) when people like Julian the Apostate tried desperately revive the traditional religion / gods of the roman empire. I think christianity is struggling now in vain too. It is kind of sad to look at this ongoing process, I also share many great traditions of chritianity because it is our cultural heritage in general. I think only thing that can revive christianity is some great catastrophy which makes the cohesion of religion again useful for the function of societies in large (remember, I am a social scientist by schooling :wink: ). It seems that there is no way stopping Islam and in this way it reminds me of the role of christianity in the roman empire. Any thoughts? Sorry if I offended someone...
Virilis / Jyrki Halme
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