Predictions about the decline of Christianity in America

[trottigy]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/08/us/christianity-decline-easter-blake-cec/index.html

 

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He pointed to Thomas Jefferson, one of the nation's founding fathers, who predicted in the 1820s that Christianity would be replaced in the US by a more enlightened form of religion that rejected Jesus' divinity and belief in miracles.

 

Instead, Jefferson's prophecy was followed by a series of revivals, including the Second Great Awakening, which swept across America and reasserted Christianity as a dominant force in American life.

 

"I'd never bet against American Christianity — particularly evangelicalism," Slaughter says, "and its ability to adapt and remain a significant shaper of the American society."

 

 

Interesting article about religion I America adapting to the wave of immigrants. This could have an interesting twist in the political world too.

[Witness1970]

Thomas Jefferson had different views than most.  He cut out parts of the Gospels and put them together in a different way.  He left out all the miracles from his "Bible".

 

He apparently believed Jesus's teachings, but not the miracles.