[CS-FSLUG] OT: One in Four Believers Are 'Christians in Name Only, ' According to Survey

[Marco Tedaldi]

Wow... that's an amazing result...

I think, here in switzerland It would be about 9 out of 10!
Because you get "born into a church". And especially in the two official
denominations (catholic and reformed) you're automaticaly staying if you
do not actively resign.
And people here are member of one of these churches, just because it is
the most convenient way. The only time, they visit a church is for
burrials, marriages (yes, most of swiss people still marry in church,
just because it is so nice to do it, even if they have no connection to
this church otherwise) and "baptism" of small childs (that's also just
because of traditions and for many has nothing to do with jesus).
And they all claim to be christians, just because they are members of
these churches...

So, I'd say, 80-90% of swiss people who consider themselfes "christian"
do not have an active relationship with jesus!

It is really sad, but the truth. Christians are a small minority in
switzerland.

Marco


Am 21.10.2011 04:04, schrieb Fred A. Miller:
> 
>   One in Four Believers Are 'Christians in Name Only,' According to Survey
> 
> By Allison Summers
> <http://www.christianpost.com/author/allison-summers/> | Christian Post
> Contributor
> 
> 
>     *Changing the Face of Christianity Inc*., a non-profit
>     <http://www.christianpost.com/topics/non-profit/> corporation
>     dedicated to reversing negative Christian stereotypes, has released
>     the results of a quiz designed to determine how well Christians live
>     the teachings of Jesus Christ. Through the quiz, the organization
>     found that one in four self-proclaimed Christians admit that they do
>     not live according to *Christ's teachings*.
> 
> The anonymous assessment consisted of 10 multiple choice questions that
> returned a score to the participant at the end, which then indicated to
> that participant if he was 'Far from Christ," a "Worldly Christian," "A
> Good Christian," or a "Spiritually Mature Christian," which was the
> highest rank possible.
> 
> The responses, which were collected over a seven-month period from
> January 2011 to July 2011, indicated that 23.7 percent of Christians in
> the pool of over 2,000 questioned were classified as "Worldly
> Christians" or Christians in name only, as defined by *R. Brad White*,
> the founder of Changing the Face of Christianity Inc.
> <http://www.changingthefaceofchristianity.com/>
> 
> "When posed with a real world situation which tests their faith, they
> tend to do what the rest of the world does, instead of living as Jesus
> instructs," White said about "Worldly Christians."
> 
> "To be clear, these aren't 'bad' people. The score results suggest they
> think much more about themselves than they think about God and other
> people. Reading the Bible and praying aren't a common practice. These
> are people that you would probably be surprised to find are Christian,
> if it weren't for the cross around their neck.
> 
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