"POWER PARADOX: New research suggests that the biggest threat to Christianity in a given nation is state support for it. A global sample of 166 countries over ten years found that as Government support for Christianity increased, the number of Christians declined. The data suggests that people are repelled by the intertwining of religion and partisan politics and that disentangling them might be the answer to rapid secularization." (Christian Today, May 6) Quoted in the June 2, 2021, Christian Century, P. 8.
It's quite interesting that this come from Christianity Today, an evangelical publication, given evangelicals wish to make America a Christian country. Whenever Christianity has been granted state status, going back to Constantine, the church has suffered. "What does it profit one to gain the whole world but lose one's soul" comes to mind. It's time to reaffirm the separation of church and state for the good of both entities.
Takk for alt,
Al
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