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Originally Posted by tecoyah
If they lose interest (faith)...then they likely were not followers of the Christ in the first place. If this thinking is adopted by the Church, it will gain back much of the respect it has given away in its quest for power in politics, in my opinion.
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I would agree to an extent, but that's because the view is too black & white...
Religion didn't have as many factors PULLING people away from it as it did in the past...
Just like everything else in life, there's a competition to get people's attention, and religion has to compete with an ever growing amount of distractions...
Religion used to be PART of the common man's life...Now it's portrayed like a crutch only to be used in times of tragedy or when someone wants a change of life...Religion has to battle through that concept...Part of it is due to what it does, but a larger part has to do with other factors of life "getting in the way"...