tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837637.post114805619227776446..comments2023-09-22T10:59:12.849-07:00Comments on Liberal Politics USA: Decline of Religion Leads to Simon Cowell?Deborah Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07681456264047358861noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837637.post-26417649288387592742010-05-27T16:29:41.299-07:002010-05-27T16:29:41.299-07:00LDS(e.g. Mormoms) survive because they have an exc...LDS(e.g. Mormoms) survive because they have an exclusive culture, same for some Jews and SDA(Seventh Day Adventist). We just have to only associate with believers of our faith and with the use of DVD's and CD's we can control the media that comes into our home. <br /><br />Pastor BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837637.post-1148325169470648842006-05-22T12:12:00.000-07:002006-05-22T12:12:00.000-07:00Cool blog. Love it!Cool blog. Love it!Jammuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503832350570893885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837637.post-1148318249456193702006-05-22T10:17:00.000-07:002006-05-22T10:17:00.000-07:00This is great...and has a ring of truth to it.The ...This is great...and has a ring of truth to it.<BR/><BR/>The consumer culture also makes it difficult for smaller- and medium-sized congregations to make a go of it. People are so accustomed to having everything packaged and done for them that a church that more immediately demands and needs its members to participate in "the priesthood of all believers" (1 Peter 2:9-10) is swimming upstream.<BR/><BR/>Not only does this "consumerization" and concomitant professionalization of all activities make it more difficult to find people adept at playing music or singing, it also causes us to be less accepting of others' best efforts. Mass culture causes us to demand the same high production values we hear on mass-release CDs or TV shows. The ability of some megachurches to attain that level of quality explains in part why people flock to them. But often, people don't get engaged in ministry or the Christian life through such churches either. It's easier to be anonymous...and entertained in the basest and most self-centered sense of that term.<BR/><BR/>MarkMark Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205344762960756655noreply@blogger.com