The Diffusion of Christianity or How Christians Are Rejecting the Core of the Faith

Apostle Paul

Christianity in America has been moving down the path away from the Faith for decades now. The most noted preachers and mega churches got that way by prosperity preaching, making material gain what Christianity is about. The idea that God wants you to be rich, having money and real estate is primary; not the Cross, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Redemption, Salvation, Hope, Love and Charity, and the other elements of orthodox Christianity. Add to this the infusion of New Age mysticism, God is within you and the pantheistic notions which flies in the face of Christian thought. I actually have people in my church say all religions have something to teach and are equal.

I shudder when I hear this. It demeans and possibly rejects who Christ is and what Christianity is. There are commonalities to be sure, but judging Christianity to be the same as other religions is, to coin an old term, heretical. Which brings us to an article in The Washington Post's "On Faith" page. This is a liberal page to be sure, and usually gets things about Christianity wrong, but I read because we must always be knowledgeable of who, is weakening the Faith, and how.

Kathleen Duff has written a piece praising Islam and saying Christians can learn from the Koran. Really and truly. The Koran that teaches killing people that aren't Muslim, or apostates, is beyond just okay, it's mandated; or that the Holy Trinity is polytheism.  Her take is the Koran teaches something we won't find in Christianity, or apparently, in the Bible. She wrote: “The Quran encouraged me to continuously be aware of a gracious and merciful God who cherishes humanity and cherishes all of creation. I came to believe more firmly during my humble Ramadan experience that being cherished by God is an example of divine love beyond the limitations of any one language, symbol and imagination.” ... “This insight into sacred polarity is a perfect teaching paradigm for respectful interreligious dialogue, which is never about win/lose, right/wrong profiling and divisiveness.”

Sacred polarity? Gobbledygook.

I can't think of a more profiling and divisive religion than Islam. What's she talking about? It's what happens when the core of Christianity is diminished by incorporating political correctness and liberal thinking into the Faith. Could Duff have written an article about what Islam can learn from the Christian New Testament?

All the New Age preachers and followers, prosperity preachers and followers I'm concerned about; they are rejecting Christ and who He is. They are rejecting the Faith. They are teaching a watered down Christianity, turning the Word, the Good News, and Christ into something that comfortably fits their needs, not God's. This new Christianity asks what we can get out of God, but not what God can get out of us. (I'm paraphrasing what our Pastor John Adams said in his sermon last Sunday; credit due.) 

These two creeds are our core, and Christianity is moving away, and toward disaster. In 1949 Dorothy Sayers wrote what may be turning into a prophetic book, Creed or Chaos? Why Christians Must Choose Either Dogma or Disaster (or, why it really matters what you believe.)

Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried;

he descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose again;

he ascended into heaven,

he is seated at the right hand of the Father,

and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting.

Amen.

Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,

the Father, the Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God, light from light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

of one Being with the Father;

through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation

he came down from heaven,

was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary

and became truly human.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again

in accordance with the Scriptures;

he ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,

and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father [and the Son],

who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Washington Post and the "News"

Even though there’s massive overwhelming evidence the Jurassic Press has no intention of reporting news, only promoting Statist ideology, they still say they are impartial reporters.

Does a two week long media campaign to connect the Arizona shootings to Conservatives regardless of the evidence or lack of it, give anyone confidence that events are being reported objectively?

Now we have alleged reporter of the Washington Post, Dana Milbanks, who wrote:

“But today is the first day of the rest of my life.  And so, I hereby pledge that, beginning on Feb 1, 2011, I will not mention Sarah Palin – in print, online or on television – for one month. Furthermore, I call on others in the news media to join me in this pledge of a Palin-free February. With enough support, I believe we may even be able to extend the moratorium beyond one month, but we are up against a powerful compulsion, and we must take this struggle day by day.”

There was a reader’s poll to measure how many of them would be on board with a boycott of Palin news. That’s good reporting? Palin is arguably the most influential political personality in America. Readers were for the boycott. The poll was pulled by the Post when it became apparent their Leftist slip was showing. They at least recognize this bit, but don’t see the rest of their Leftist propaganda for what it is.

Perhaps though, all the Jurassic Press and alleged comedians like David Letterman and Kathy Giffords were to shut up about Palin, the truth about Palin would emerge; that she’s a working mom, has stayed married to her original husband, got involved in her community, successfully ran for political office and effected positive changes in her state, helps run a family business, is still close to her parents, and walked her talk on abortion…oh what a horrible woman.

Of course if the Jurassic Press did that, a side effect would be blank newspaper pages, empty minutes of the nightly “news” and Letterman would stand on stage with no “jokes”.

Begone Michael Steele

I cautiously supported Michael Steele to head the Republican National Committee at the time he ran, but the guy has been a disaster.

He allowed, right from the beginning, Jurassic Press types to attack conservatives, agreeing with Leftist Media Knuckleheads that they were a problem for the Republican Party. He kinda sorta stiffened his spine in following attacks, after the Party core got after him.

Then recently there was the fiasco of a couple thousand bucks of Party (and party) money spent at a strip club in LA. Sensibly a Republican National Committee staff member was fired and RNC chief of staff Ken McKay resigned. Good riddance. This should not have happened at all. When is the alleged leadership of the Republican Party, and Republican politicians, going to get it through their thick skulls that nothing less that Puritan behavior is acceptable. Dems don't purport to have any values other the spending OPM (other people's money), and are allowed to have affairs, go to strip clubs and anything else they want.

From the "Washington Post": "The RNC had more than $22 million on hand when he arrived last year, but is down to less than $10 million, despite raising a record $96 million during that time, records show." Steele raised $10 million less last year than the RNC did in 2005, and has spent $10 million more, including significantly more on private planes, limousines, catering and flowers.

Plus, in an interview, Steele was asked if he was held to a higher standard because he was Black, and he answered yes. I hate it when anybody plays the race card for any reason, and this reason is to cover up his own failures as an alleged leader. The Republican core wants someone that smacks down the Jurassic Press, embarrasses Liberals, makes sure no contributed money is wasted on stupid stuff, or on self, and fills the coffers for upcoming elections. Steele has not done any of these things.

Steele must go, and quickly.

Glad We Live in a Post Racial America XIV

The Washington Post has a blog, "TheRoot.com", that compares Conservative African Americans with the worst genocidal slaughterers, dictators, murderers, and serial killers of all time.

The blog "Black Folks We'd Like To Remove From Black History"

Some examples:
Michael Steele will go down in history as the first black chairman of the Republican National Committee. We're sure that, at first, the 12 blacks who still claimed to be Republicans post-Bush were full of glee about his election. Unfortunately, Steele has since morphed into the Bozo of politics. Too bad for him and the GOP that the only people laughing are the ones on the other side of the political aisle.

Alan Keyes
When he allowed himself to be a pawn of the GOP and moved to Illinois for the sake of challenging another black politician (then-Senate hopeful Barack Obama), Keyes helped further tarnish the image of black Republicans. And over the course of a lengthy and very bizarre political career, he's never managed to make a lick of sense. It's about time black people treated him the way his Republican brethren usually do: Pretend that he doesn't exist.

Clarence Thomas
Although he's only the second man of color to serve in the Supreme Court, the Backstreet Boys have more standing in the black community than Clarence Thomas. That's because he looks to the Constitution as "colorblind," says he's a man who just happens to be black and opposes government programs intended to help minorities. I'm not sure if the late Thurgood Marshall would want to pop Clarence 'side his head with his gavel, but there are plenty of blacks who would volunteer to do it for him.

They did list some truly bad characters like O J Simpson and Marion Barry. But comparing, just because they are Conservative, to the worst of the worst people ever is just stupid.

Idiots.

Sure glad we live in a post racial Amerika.