"Going to church this Sunday? Look around.
The chances are that one in five of the people there find "spiritual energy" in mountains or trees, and one in six believe in the "evil eye," that certain people can cast curses with a look — beliefs your Christian pastor doesn't preach.
In a Catholic church? Chances are that one in five members believe in reincarnation in a way never taught in catechism class — that you'll be reborn in this world again and again.
Elements of Eastern faiths and New Age thinking have been widely adopted by 65% of U.S. adults, including many who call themselves Protestants and Catholics, according to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released Wednesday."
USA Today
Thursday, December 10, 2009
BELIEVING IN EVERYTHING LEAVES YOU WITH BELIEF IN NOTHING
This is what happens when church leadership spends more time worrying about social justice and global warming than it does educating its members. These misguided captains of the ship of faith will be held accountable for the souls they lose after they steer us into the iceberg. Their lack of preparation of the lifeboats of solid doctrinal understanding will leave many with nothing to hold onto when the ship goes down.
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