Should Christians Leave Church? Newsweek Polemics 'Christianity in Crisis'
Should Christians Leave Church? Polemics With Newsweek Article 'Christianity in Crisis'
'Hipster Jesus' Debate: Was Real Christianity Destroyed by 'Politics, Priests, and Get-rich Evangelists'?
By Luiza Oleszczuk
Christian Post Reporter
http://www.christianpost.com/news/
April 6, 2012
A recent Newsweek article, "Christianity in Crisis," has stirred quite a controversy. The article, written by Andrew Sullivan, a Christian author, editor, political commentator and blogger (ardent supporter of separation of church and state) and published during the Holy Week, makes a case that "Christianity has been destroyed by politics, priests, and get-rich evangelists," and that Christians should walk away from the church all together and follow the teachings of Jesus individually.
Being Jesus' disciple requires giving up all power (power pushes one towards violence, Sullivan argues, quoting Thomas Jefferson) and renouncing politics (Jesus was apolitical, the article argues). The church has become too politically involved and too far removed from the original teachings of Christ, who was humble and actually disliked crowds, according to Sullivan. The author does not spare Evangelical Christians and the "prosperity gospel," as well as the Catholic hierarchy, which "was exposed as enabling, and then covering up, an international conspiracy to abuse and rape countless youths and children."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
'Hipster Jesus' Debate: Was Real Christianity Destroyed by 'Politics, Priests, and Get-rich Evangelists'?
By Luiza Oleszczuk
Christian Post Reporter
http://www.christianpost.com/news/
April 6, 2012
A recent Newsweek article, "Christianity in Crisis," has stirred quite a controversy. The article, written by Andrew Sullivan, a Christian author, editor, political commentator and blogger (ardent supporter of separation of church and state) and published during the Holy Week, makes a case that "Christianity has been destroyed by politics, priests, and get-rich evangelists," and that Christians should walk away from the church all together and follow the teachings of Jesus individually.Being Jesus' disciple requires giving up all power (power pushes one towards violence, Sullivan argues, quoting Thomas Jefferson) and renouncing politics (Jesus was apolitical, the article argues). The church has become too politically involved and too far removed from the original teachings of Christ, who was humble and actually disliked crowds, according to Sullivan. The author does not spare Evangelical Christians and the "prosperity gospel," as well as the Catholic hierarchy, which "was exposed as enabling, and then covering up, an international conspiracy to abuse and rape countless youths and children."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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