It’s the only religion that’s not a Cult ?
The question arises, is this a first step in their journey or just a knee-jerk reaction to the invasion of Islam into various cultures?
Scripture tells us about the end times when people have a form of godliness but at denying its power (Jesus).
Still, I’d rather live in a culture that operates by Christian values than not.
We can only pray that as these people come to realize WHY Christian values work, they surrender their lives to Jesus.
Having an appreciation for Jesus as an ethical guide is not being a Christian. He requires complete belief in his person and work.
Which is commendable - if allowed - in contrast to the norm of just posting a video of teaching or interviews. However, many vids have no transcripts.
Richard Dawkins: It's true that statistically, the number of people who believe in Christianity is going down, and I'm happy with that. But I would not be happy if, for example, we lost all our cathedrals and our beautiful parish churches. So, I count myself a cultural Christian. I think it would matter if we substituted any alternative religion—that would be truly dreadful.
So he wants a Christianity as a museum, and Christian manners, but not the God of it without which it would not exist, neither would the universe.
Concerning which, Dawkins basically opined that even profound evidence for a Creator would not suffice for belief in one.
Boghossian: What would it take for you to believe in God?
Dawkins: I used to say it would be very simple. It would be the Second Coming of Jesus or a great, big, deep, booming, bass voice saying “I am God.” But I was persuaded, mostly by Steve Zara, who is a regular contributor to my website. He more or less persuaded me that even if there was this booming voice in the Second Coming with clouds of glory, the probable explanation is that it is a hallucination or a conjuring trick by David Copperfield. He made the point that a supernatural explanation for anything is incoherent. It doesn’t add up to an explanation for anything. A non-supernatural Second Coming could be aliens from outer space.
Peter Boghossian begins to speak and is in full agreement with Dawkins, arguing, for example, that if the stars spelled out a message from God, we would first have to rule out alternative explanations, like an alien trickster culture.]
Dawkins then agrees with Boghossian.
Boghossian then asks him: So that [stars aligned into a message] couldn’t be enough. So what would persuade you?
Dawkins: Well, I’m starting to think nothing would, which, in a way, goes against the grain, because I’ve always paid lip service to the view that a scientist should change his mind when evidence is forthcoming.- https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2020/02/24/dawkins-admits-nothing-can-persuade-him-god-exists/
Being a cultural Christian does not translate to anything meaningful. They will still vote for all the Christophobes out there. Meaningless video and very pollyanna-ish.
I’m of the opinion that anything that gets them started is good. You don’t believe in the divinity of Christ? Fine. Practice Christianity. My experience is that eventually, people who practice the religion will ultimately accept all aspects of the religion.
“The video features various celebrities and public figures, including Richard Dawkins, Elon Musk, Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray, Niall Ferguson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Tom Holland, discussing their perspectives on Christianity. Many of them identify as “cultural Christians,” appreciating Christian ethics and traditions without necessarily believing in the faith’s core tenets. They express a desire for the moral and cultural benefits of Christianity but often stop short of committing to its religious beliefs.”
A lot of freemasons talk like that. Also a lot of so called conservative politicians.
It displays the prophecy that speaks of people who would be very culturally religious in the last days while “denying the power there-of”!
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