History of Christianity in One Sentence
"Christianity was born in the middle east as a religion, moved to Greece and became a philosophy, journeyed to Rome and became a legal system, spread through Europe as a culture--and when it migrated to America, Christianity became big business."--Richard Halverson, a late Senate Chaplain.
Very pithy, very true, and very sad.
15 comments:
Possibly the best summary of the evolution of christianity I've ever read. You weren't kidding, all in one sentence!
Like a knife...wow
Is this the part where Jesus busts in the midst of the endless array of t-shirts, mugs, and cheesy bumperstickers and starts flipping tables? Might just be.
Like Tiffany, I have often wondered how Jesus would respond to the idea of faith and worship as "big business".
If that picture of the plastic-cheesey-smiling Jesus just doesn't say it all!
Damn, that's scary accurate. So what do we do with it now?
Good question. For starters, get rid of greedy, lying, televangelists. :)
And then...we all should get back to our roots.
Hey! You must've been reading about my undergraduate alma mater...
hit the nail right on the head!
Wow!
excellent. ~npp
The reality of (especially) that last part makes me sad. Often.
But my Jesus *is* real and holy and powerful; and He rescued me from a pit of death only because it was His good pleasure to do so.
And I love Him so much--even if imperfectly.
Preach it sister! :)
Great quote and I love the buddy Christ photo. Dogma is one of my favorite movies!
2,000 years accurately summed up in one sentence, amazing.
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