So, yah. Another thought kind of disagreeing with a point you bring forth. -televangelism has put churches of every denomination on every corner - Most churches (specifically, christian churches) are not evangelistic. Even the conservative ones. I mean, really, when was the last time you saw a Catholic on the streetcorner proclaiming that all who do not embrace Jesus and fear God will burn in hell for eternity? (note, I am not up to date on Catholic Dogma, so i am winging it a bit here). Or, for that matter, when was the last time the Lutherans came to your door to talk to you about God? The thing is, that is not their style. They certainly _want_ everyone to agree with them and support their organization. But they do not evangelize, the way that ... well, Evangelical Christian Churches do; The point being, the evangelicals are a small and loud minority of the christian churches. Not necessarily the most conservative (and not all Christian organizations are particularly conservative; the Episcopal church is the obvious contrast, on a relative scale). I am not Christian, have not been in a long time. My reasons are my own. But i do recognize that being Christian is a very very broad spectrum of Faith (as is Judaism, Islam, Buddhist and Pagan), so much so that lumping them all together as a singular unified organization is a bit wrong. The thing is, the Evangelical branch of Christian Conservatives want you (and everyone) to believe they are much bigger and more powerful and more representative then they actually are. When you talk about a Right Wing Conspiracy, they are the ones you talk about. At least, thats what i see.
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Date: 2009-12-30 07:56 pm (UTC)-televangelism has put churches of every denomination on every corner -
Most churches (specifically, christian churches) are not evangelistic. Even the conservative ones. I mean, really, when was the last time you saw a Catholic on the streetcorner proclaiming that all who do not embrace Jesus and fear God will burn in hell for eternity? (note, I am not up to date on Catholic Dogma, so i am winging it a bit here). Or, for that matter, when was the last time the Lutherans came to your door to talk to you about God?
The thing is, that is not their style. They certainly _want_ everyone to agree with them and support their organization. But they do not evangelize, the way that ... well, Evangelical Christian Churches do; The point being, the evangelicals are a small and loud minority of the christian churches. Not necessarily the most conservative (and not all Christian organizations are particularly conservative; the Episcopal church is the obvious contrast, on a relative scale).
I am not Christian, have not been in a long time. My reasons are my own. But i do recognize that being Christian is a very very broad spectrum of Faith (as is Judaism, Islam, Buddhist and Pagan), so much so that lumping them all together as a singular unified organization is a bit wrong.
The thing is, the Evangelical branch of Christian Conservatives want you (and everyone) to believe they are much bigger and more powerful and more representative then they actually are. When you talk about a Right Wing Conspiracy, they are the ones you talk about.
At least, thats what i see.