Thursday, March 21, 2013

Why a literal reading of the Genesis is surging in the world. Why a a literal reading of the Genesis will increase in the Western World

Questions:

1. Is a literal reading of the Genesis account of creation surging in the world? Is so, why?

2. Will a literal reading of the Genesis account of creation increase in Europe and the rest of the Western World?

A major reason why a literal reading of Genesis is surging in the world

Excerpt from the academic paper entitled The Changing Face of Global Christianity by Dr. Todd Johnson & Sandra S. Kim:
As Latourette’s Great Century was coming to a close, churches outside of Europe and the Americas that took root in the 19th century grew rapidly in the 20th century.10 Africa, in particular, led this transformation growing from only 10 million Christians in 1900 to 360 million by AD 2000. Given current trends, there could be over 600 million Christians in Africa by 2025. Shortly after 1980, Christians in the South outnumbered those in the North for the first time in 1,000 years. In 1900 over 80% of all Christians lived in Europe and Northern America, however, by 2005 this proportion had fallen to under 40% and will likely fall below 30% before 2050. Projections for the future show that the Christian churches of the Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania) will likely continue to acquire an increasing percentage of global Christianity...

Another daily reality for Southern Christians is poverty. Much of the global South deals with serious issues of poverty and a lack of access to proper health care. Countries that have been hardest hit by AIDS, such as Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland, are also countries where Christianity is flourishing. Without access to the necessary medical care, accounts of healing and exorcism found in the Bible are taken more seriously. The work of the Holy Spirit exhibited in the ministry of signs and miracles of healing and deliverance from demonic powers has exploded in the ministry of Pentecostal/Charismatic churches in the global South. David Smith describes these churches as “overwhelmingly charismatic and conservative in character, reading the New Testament in ways that seem puzzlingly literal to their friends in the North,” and as “largely made up of poor people who in many cases live on the very edge of existence.”  Thus the growth of Christianity in poorer regions implies not only an alternative reading of the Bible, but a different experience of the Bible.
In addition,  in some properous countries evangelical Christianity is seeing significant growth.  For example, please see:  Evangelical churches are booming in Switzerland and Faith, love and Swiss evangelicals and France and evangelicalism   Also, please read The rich Swiss and Americans and biblical creation belief

Why a literal reading of Genesis will expand in the Western World

For information on why a literal reading of Genesis will expand in the Western World, please read these resources:

Global creationism and Western creationism

Social unrest in Europe altering its religious landscape

Does atheism thrive on economic prosperity? Does religion prosper when people are desperate and ignorant?

Question Evolution! Campaign resources and other resources

Question Evolution! Campaign

15 questions for evolutionists

Responses to the 15 Questions: part 1 - Questions 1-3

Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 4–8

Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 9-15 

  

Other related resources

Atheism, agnosticism and humanism: Godless religions

Refuting evolution

Evidence for Christianity

More evidence for Christianity

Creation Ministries International Question Evolution! Videos

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