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[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Why are most Christians acting like this now? This kind of behavior has always existed on the (loud) fringes, but for the past few years it's become mainstream (prior to that the majority valued religious freedom and other American values similar to many of the founding fathers). This new trend seems to originate from the megachurch pastors like John MacArthur, who have been pushing it for a lot longer. The same group also caused massive shifts in mainstream theology, most notably the move from free grace to lordship salvation.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm not really sure it's a new trend at all it's just more visible again. Society has gone through a kind of woke --> revival ---> woke generational cycle for the last century at least. I suspect it's much longer.

Everyone seems to think each new cycle is unique and the cycle to end all cycles but really I say all is vanity and there is nothing new under the sun. We just forget about it and it comes back looking different and dressed in different language but it's really the same human struggles and conflicts getting played out time and time again.

The Church is by it's nature a political entity and it plays into the larger political landscape and it's power falls and wanes as well. I suspect we'll see a kind of populist christian revival similar to the pentacostalist awakening in the coming years. Though frankly I'm nowhere near as tuned into the Christian mainstream mindset as I was in the past.

Granted we might see something really bizzare take form, I feel like the current party dynamics are shifting and we might see the evangelical side take a far more economically left-wing position and their marriage to the republican party might see that shift play out where the parties shift again as they did in the past. It's hard to say with any certainty.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've never seen anything like this. Even if a fringe group obtains most of the power, it's still a fringe group. This time everyday irl people are affected, and almost all of them. And the very strange part is their sudden 180 degree turn of their beliefs in multiple core areas.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not strange at all really. It's happened many times throughout history. Need I remind you that Christians were a fringe persecuted group often killed by the Romans until Constantine decided to pull a 180, embrace the then at the time growing cult and reverse centuries of precedent.

Once a fringe group obtains power those who seek power for powers sake will join the fringe group and it will slowly cease to be a fringe group. Many people, hell many devoutly religious people are prone to sudden conversions of ideology. How many people have changed religions throughout history to match with social or regional changes. I've known some immigrants to just up and convert to Christianity when moving to the US because why not? Do they actually believe it? We don't ask those questions.

I also really hate to invoke Godwin's law but that's another prime example of ideological shift over a short period of time. 9/11 was another if you can still remember that through the noise.