The pastors who seem to think that secularism is bringing the end of the world are really starting to bother me.
End of the world? Ha, more like paradigm shift.
There have been pastors saying that for hundreds of years. We just get to hear about it more because of technology. Lucky us.
Plus, they're scared to death that they're going to be unemployed as more people realize that all gods are nothing but mythology. They rail against logic and reason in favor of delusion and ignorance.
From the perspective of those with a life (what is) investment in theology (what is not), growth of any kind of individual independence automatically translates into a state of 'diminishing returns' for their chosen career. We can't lose what we never had in the first place.
Theological systems are imposed on us, taking us to a state of at least partial, involuntary abdication of our creaturehood. Losing or escaping theology isn't a loss, but a tremendous gain; a precious recovery. Most of us, however, emerge from the conditioning processes in a crippled state in which only time and honest self-examination offer a way back.
I think religion is the danger in this world. Nearly every war I can think of had religion behind it as an excuse and in my opinion differences in religion is no reason to invade and kill people in other countries. Secular people don't do that as a rule. IF we go to war it will be for far more legit reasons than that.
Yeah, the momentum of this place is greater than us, as you all know. But to preachers like this they just don't understand how the universe works. And that the universe would not miss a beat if we destroyed our own planet. Thats why its up to us to fix it, we can't pray our problems away.
With any kind of luck it is! the end of their world. We can only hope.
They will be gone soon in the rapture and we shall be left behind. Have patience.
I actually read that series, and some of them more than once. Now I wish I had that time and money back, however I know how those minds work.