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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
Brothers discussing politics - now there's a life-giving proposition! 
Just curious, has the book "Blinded by Might - Why the Religious Right can't Save America" ever been discussed on here? The authors, Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson were deeply involved with politics, Reagan and the Moral Majority. But then they got light.
An excerpt from the Amazon summary of the book: Anyone read this or has it been brought up on here? It was an eye-opening book for many believers who were all wrapped around the political axle, and thought that was how things were to be changed.
As Jesus famously said, "Apart from Me, you can do NOTHING!" |
But plenty has been going on nonetheless.
Just look at the many paradigm shifts has been going on the last 2000 years, since the early church.
In the 4th c. Christianity became the state religion. That created the dark ages (to say the least). That held sway for more than a millennium.
Then came Luther and the Protestant movement. Oh boy! Christianity exploded. We now have over 33,000 sects of Christianity.
Meanwhile Copernicus happened, and Galileo and Kepler. Suddenly the earth was not the center of the universe. Christianity fought it and lost.
And they've been losing ever since. The age of science took it over. And now the age of technology has eclipsed Christianity. Facebook wins, or social media.
But hey, we can go to church on the web. We don't even need to get dressed up, like it was for church for so long ... wearing our Sunday best.
Or skinny ties and wingtips, like the local church.
I don't know how it is today. But when I was in the LC politics hardly came up. I'd be surprised if the LC jumped on the Evangelical train, and are attending meetings wearing MAGA hats.
The moral majority was neither. And the Cal Thomas types are a dying breed.
Millennial's are eschewing the churches. With Christianity becoming a political party, it's no longer attractive. They've lost track of Jesus. What else can be expected?