I believe that the reality is much simpler. The battle of our age is all about worldviews. Slowly, Christians are accepting the philosophy of secular culture so that though we claim to be different, our values are becoming just the same as un-believers’. We think that it is more important to be tolerant than to proclaim the truth. False teachers have twisted Scripture to allow churches to be inclusive of all kinds of sin. Sure, we might get an emotional high in church on Sunday, but if our belief in God requires anything in the way of personal sacrifice, don’t count on any action on our part. We’ve begun to believe that raising “well-adjusted” children is more important than teaching kids about the need for a Savior. We sit in our pew and shiver at the thought of “those Atheists that are trying to take over America” but on Monday morning we send our kids to the government schools to be taught by “those Atheists” that we are all animals and there is no such thing as right and wrong. How many generations can the church last under these circumstances?

No, I don’t think our freedom of religion will ever be taken away. We will give it away by becoming so much like the secular culture that we are inconsequential in the world around us. If the doors of our churches are closed, it probably won’t require armed men. If our Bibles are burned, they will have long been replaced by man’s philosophy anyway.

I have to wonder why a person would choose this kind of thing over a relationship with Jesus Christ. I suppose there are a number of reasons, but I do believe that part of the problem is that we have not equipped people with the knowledge, wisdom, and sound logic that Scripture has to offer. Christianity’s beliefs make sense. We do accept many things on faith, but I believe it’s a logical faith.

I suppose if I had the privilege of speaking with a member of this group, I’d ask them where the basis for their beliefs lies. As an Evangelical Christian, my foundation is Scripture—understood as the original writers meant it. If what I feel does not agree with Scripture, then it’s not valid. I may think that I can communicate with the dead, or that there is no Hell, but where is my authority to draw these conclusions? Without Scripture’s solid foundation, we find ourselves adrift in an unstable sea of ever-changing human emotions and ideas. It’s a recipe for certain disaster.

I am a child of God.
All of the wisdom, knowledge and intelligence that I may possess, is a gift from Him.
I don’t have all the answers, but I know Who does.
I will cling to my identity in Christ at all costs, and if that makes me look small and insignificant, that’s because…well… I’m small and insignificant.

He must become greater; I must become less. John 3:30