It’s not what the other people are. It’s what I am.

That’s not a self centered view. Because what I am determines what others become. God chose Christians to be His body here on planet Earth. Whether we are obedient or not determines the outcome for billions.

So I don’t think we should be looking at the Church as a “what are they doing?” kind of proposition. It should be a “what am I doing?” proposition.

Yes, I read it too. And I thought somebody had taken all the past articles from Time and Newsweek about Xnty over the years and threw them in a blender and whipped up yet another variation of we-have-heard-this-tired-stuff-a-gazillion-times-before.

In other words, I thought it was pretty boring. But it’s funny, just a short time ago it seemed the everybody was fretting about the impending Christianist theocratic takeover of America. Now xnty is on the verge of disappearing.

For some real humor, Dan, go sometime and read the hysterical things that get written in the Daily Kos about xtians. They really take this “theocratic takeover” quite seriously. And sometimes it gets so hysterical that it ends up being unintentionally funny.

Hello, Dan.

I admire your direness. It’s blood curdling sometimes.

Anyhow, regarding “decline”: Dan, I’m going to throw out an idea here that will strike some people as completely outrageous. Lately, I’ve been reading up a little on the history of American xnty, and it became evident to me that Dispensationalism is something that is very, very pervasive, widespread, and influential among evangelical churches in America.

Perhaps there’s a clue here? Maybe, here in America, there is something in how Disp’ist (my abbreviation) doctrine gets applied that is a factor behind the decline?

It’s just a thought, and I’m not trying to rigidly hold to this, but it’s just something that I was musing about.