The Next Generation of the Religious Right
I was looking at a Christianity Today magazine ad warning that Christianity in America would be gone in a decade if the youth wasn't reached. For the record, I don't think Christianity isn't going away in America in 2016. The part to worry (and be very scared of) is that they will be another generation of the religious right within Christiendom. Unfortunately, they are not going to go away. Much as I am very pro-American, I am saddened by the religious fanaticism (and asceticism)that originates in the beloved country. HBO's Real Time's Bill Maher, an American citizen himself, has had no use for the American's stubborn insistence on "tradition and superstition." This coming September 15th, a movie documentary called "Jesus Camp" will be released in theatres. This movie chronicles the activities in a charismatic-centred camp and believe you me the kids in the camp are "well-trained" for the next battle in the culture war to be unleashed in America. Again, I blame this insistence on "tradition and superstition" on North American Evangelical (as well as charismatic) Christianity's anti-intellectual attitude and putting the premium on emotionalism. If the more intellectual Emergent Church does not make greater inroads in ten years (or Doug Ward's Grace and Knowledge project for that matter too!) , the religious right will continually be a force to be reckoned with. Watch the trailer at http://movies.aol.com/movie/jesus-camp/27214/synopsis and read a viewer's review at Imdb.com at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486358/ .
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