Posted by
Mike on Friday, October 09, 2009 2:48:27 PM
http://westernperspective.blogspot.com/
Benedict XVI, reflecting on dwindling church attendance among
Christians in the post-Communist Czech Republic, told journalists en
route to Prague "that normally those who determine the future are the
creative minority."
In America, Jews have always filled this
role of helping to set the agenda. Recent trends show that while most
Americans still believe in a Supreme Being and profess to being
Christian, fewer and fewer young people identify with any particular
religion. This means that for the future, Christian believers who are
regular church goers will have to become another creative minority
lending new ideas and a unique moral perspective to the increasingly
secularized society at large.
Europe is also heading in the
same direction, with fewer and fewer Christians who practice their
faith regularly. Also, the European Union continues to be reticent
about expressing constitutionally the formative influence of
Christianity in shaping European culture over the centuries.
Both America and Europe are becoming dominated by secular, cultural elites, out of touch with the vast majority of citizens.