I went down to the sacred store
where I’d heard the music years before
but the man there said the music wouldn’t play
and in the streets the children screamed,
the lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
but not a word was spoken,
the church bells all were broken
and the three men I admire most,
the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost,
they caught the last train for the coast,
the day, the music, died
What does a religious movement look like as it faces death?
1. ELCA Lutherans worshipping the Canaanite goddess Asherah: Canaanite Lutheranism
2. An Episcopalian bishop and best-selling author claiming that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and that the apostle Paul was a homosexual: Spong, the Measure of All Things
Movements are born when someone commits to a cause.
Movements die when no one believes in the cause anymore.
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I didn’t realise that the cause was believing that Jesus didn’t married and that the apostle Paul was hetrosexual?
Yes, worshipping Asherah and rewriting the Scriptures to fit the culture probably is a sign of abandoning the cause.
I would also say that movements die when the organisation’s existance is more important than the result of it’s mission. I think that is a key turning point for the death of movements.
That’s oftent he step that actually leads to the kinds of herasy Steve mentions here.
I would also say that movements die when the organisation’s existance is more important than the result of it’s mission. I think that is a key turning point for the death of movements.
That’s often the step that actually leads to the kinds of herasy Steve mentions here.