09-30-2021, 01:00 PM
I see no reason to believe that the Millennial Generation will be prophetic. They are not profoundly religious. The biggest religious innovators among American GI's were L. Ron Hubbard (yuck!) and Billy Graham (who was more an innovator in techniques of reaching people than in establishing any new or improved theology). Billy Graham seems to have been much less objectionable than other televangelists who followed him. (Billy Graham established some practices to keep himself from scandal: never promise medical miracles or personal wealth to an audience, separate himself from the money and let others do the financial choices -- he got a salary that did not depend upon the take, and never be alone with any female other than his wife. Also -- rely upon crowds to make participation less obviously personal, encourage people to rely upon their own local churches, and ensure that there are no obvious distractions. Were I a preacher who got to do religion on a large scale I would do much as Graham did.
If there should be any Millennial innovation in Christianity, then it will most be in fine-tuning the Christian message to fit people who have lived in a highly-secular world and find something missing. Any country in which Donald Trump can captivate 45% of the electorate has huge gaps in any collective soul.
If there should be any Millennial innovation in Christianity, then it will most be in fine-tuning the Christian message to fit people who have lived in a highly-secular world and find something missing. Any country in which Donald Trump can captivate 45% of the electorate has huge gaps in any collective soul.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.