A couple of things I found interesting

Here are a couple of interesting things I’ve found on-line recently.

“Angels and Demons” is the #1 movie in America. “The Da Vinci Code” is popular almost beyond belief. According to a columnist in the New York Times, this tells us a lot about Americans’ view of religion. He says:

The polls that show more Americans abandoning organized religion don’t suggest a dramatic uptick in atheism: They reveal the growth of do-it-yourself spirituality, with traditional religion’s dogmas and moral requirements shorn away. The same trend is at work within organized faiths as well, where both liberal and conservative believers often encounter a God who’s too busy validating their particular version of the American Dream to raise a peep about, say, how much money they’re making or how many times they’ve been married.

For millions of readers, Brown’s novels have helped smooth over the tension between ancient Christianity and modern American faith. But the tension endures. You can have Jesus or Dan Brown. But you can’t have both.

You can read the full article here.

The other thing I found was written by a pastor with advice about gossip, which has been described as one of the church’s most popular and acceptable sins. I’m going to try to remember this advice on Sundays after church when I have a cup of coffee in my hand.

Posted by David Fenton on May 21, 12:15 AM