I had heard in many discussions on television, that there is a decline throughout the world in the number of people who refer to themselves as Christians, and who actually practice the Christian faith. Now, whenever I hear any information like this these days, I always check the information which I obtained out, to make absolutely sure that it is in fact authentic. Well, lo and behold, it is indeed true that there is a major decline in the number of practicing Christians presently occupying planet earth. Incidentally, in today's world with the Internet being available to one and all, every single thing which I or anyone else states, can be checked out by simply googling it. How great it is to be able to use the Internet in such a productive way to check out information which is fed to us, to ascertain if it's accurate or not. So, the decline of Christianity is very real.Now I believe at this point, having established that it is indeed a fact, the burning question on everyone's mind must surely be ... "Why? Why is this happening right now?" I believe there are several reasons -- number one is the fact, that in this technological age, most people are exposed to much more information than they used to be in years gone by. Now this is indeed a good thing for it gets people thinking about what they were originally taught to believe from a religious perspective, by those who surrounded them when they were young. When one finally starts to freely think for oneself, and not as you've been programmed to think in your youth, then you become open to the truth. At that point, many opt not to continue believing in what their parents or guardians taught them.Of course, another factor which is contributing in large measure to the decline of Christianity worldwide, in my humble opinion, is the way in which a whole lot of so-called Christian people behave. That's right, there are a whole lot of so-called Christians, who when you dare to disagree with any of their teachings, become so extremely hostile and indeed very insulting telling you that you'll be dammed forever, and end up in that mythical place they believe in called hell. So, when people start to openly insult you, and also use fear mongering tactics, I honestly think that they too tend to push people further away from Christianity. Yes they do. Yes indeed, many people who are, in my opinion masquerading as Christians, are actually pushing millions away from believing any longer in Christianity as a viable spiritual belief system for them. So, you could quite rightly say, that Christians appear to be their own worst enemy.
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