/christian/ - Christian Discussion and Fellowship

1) be educated in scripture and facts in general, to avoid believing and/or spreading falsehood

2) act with good moral behavior, mainly for the sake of God, but also to give the faith a good name

3) evangelize to others

Part of the reason why Christianity has been declining from apostasy is because many Christians have fallen short of their duty, either by having poor moral behavior, being uninformed on the essential doctrines, or both. Before you convert others to Christ, you should be converted yourself.

Islam is growing because of high birth rates and an attraction to strenuous devotion.

Atheism is growing because of attraction to reason.

Christianity in its true form does these better than both. Showcase these aspects and many will convert. Think the Way of the Cross and Jesus as Logos.

>>855566

wait for a certain upcoming event that will make other religious groups non-existent in any place but hell

>>855579

>Islam is growing because of high birth rates and an attraction to strenuous devotion.

>Atheism is growing because of attraction to reason.

>Christianity in its true form does these better than both. Showcase these aspects and many will convert. Think the Way of the Cross and Jesus as Logos.

That's it in a nutshell, really.

Religion is basically about two things - it's about something that you believe in, and it's about something that you do.

But Christianity in the West has been neutered by creeping secularization. All the traditions have been secularized ("Christmas should be for everyone! No religious themes, please", etc.) or have simply been erased alltogether (even among Catholics, how many are aware what Lent is? And your average Protestant doesn't even know that things like fasting and pilgrimage were originally very important in Christianity).

Mainstream Christianity in the West has been reduced to something that has no impact on everyday life whatsoever. It's no longer something that you *do* - it's been reduced to just an abstract belief that has little relevance to anything at all.

On top of that, the general public - a lot of mainstream Christians very much included - is ignorant of Christianity and its traditions. How many regular people could tell you the difference between Easter and Pentecost? So celebrating Christian traditions won't strike a chord with outsiders. They'll just think it's weird, or it won't even register.

My favourite example of that is when some Catholic Hollywood actress (I can't remember which one) decided to fast for Lent the traditional way - i.e. no meat, no dairy products, and no alcohol for 40 days. Yet what did journalists make of it? "She's going vegan for a month!"

Another impediment is that the general public's opinion of Christianity and Christian history is exclusively negative. The fact that their knowledge of both Christianity and Christian history are very limited reinforces this. Point out something positive about Christianity, and people will either accuse you of lying (even when you're presenting very clear evidence) or default to whataboutism. Sadly, many mainstream Christians will join in with that, because they are both ignorant and have been conditioned with a secularist worldview.

This combination of ignorance and negative views of Christianity is a particularly persistent problem. Of course, the Bible already tells us that the world will hate us (Matthew 10:22, for example) - but that doesn't mean that we should just sit back and do nothing. Honestly, I'm not sure how we can best tackle this particular problem. Though prof. George Yancey did some very interesting research into prejudice towards Christians and Christianity, so looking further into that might yield something.

As for these problems in general: I would say that the best approach is a combination of a return to the fundamentals of Christianity and working to recover dwindling or extinct Christian traditions.

>>855566

Why would I combat it? I was told by Christ to not throw pearls before swine, and move on from a place that doesn't welcome the Gospel. A Christian's obligation isn't to combat or save anyone. But to preach the good news of Christ. Whether they're saved or not is out of my hands. Let alone whether their culture as a whole is saved.

>>855566

Growth of Islam in the west is Punishment for abortion, atheism and LGBT normalization. Russian experiencing a great revival after the collapse of communism. Same will happen in the west after the collapse of progressive capitalism.

Christendom is weak and feminized. No matter if you look at Catholicism, Orthodoxy or Protestant heretics. Manliness is a lost art, more so in Christian communities. Pure strength attracts multitude of people, be the strength used for good or evil. Case in point is, strength is lacking, hence God is smiting us so harshly. All the theological debates are irrelevant if we cannot fulfill basic natural principles. The purge can come, alright.

>>855699

True, in the OT it says the land spits out the wicked. The entire western world will be spit out unless people bend the knee to the Lord again.

Lol islam has forced conversions and death to apostasy in place but in terms of conversion in egypt parts of the middle east maybe jordan maylasia and indonesia china and other parts of asia and africa christian is growing by conversion

Islam is growing by immigration having to many kids a little terror here and there

>nvm the fact only people or idiots fall into it and then regretting it a few years later or because is very strict and right about women nvm all these sharia rulings that would've likely regressed all the progress the west has done h hey why cant I watch muh animees

Retards like these do not apply but thankfully are the minority overall I am not worried about islam considering the holes in the narrative their islamic figures sheyiks clerics all talked about a falling out or the tsunami of apostates or avalanche of apostasy or what ever rolls off the tongue easier and I am guessing most of them are either closeted.

Atheism….

Where to start…

Well saying Jesus loves you will have them huge paragraphs why christianity is false and God being rightfully just means

>god bad

Cherry pick passages out of contexts sometimes figurative or allegorical language some so militious they are on duty on wiping christianity out before going after other religious.

But unfortunately for them that won't happen.

>>855699

If I remember correctly wasn't there a verse of God punishing nations who all leave or forget him?

>>855566

your only chance is to indoctrinate children, but you won't have any since you're on 4chan