Five Religious Predictions for 2011

I think it’s safe to bet there will be a huge Ecangelical support of isreal to kick up a war with Iran.

Also, DADT repeal and continuing emphasis on gay teen suicides will stir a fierce kickback reaction among tea partiers (with even more shocking anti gay rhetoric), but new evangelical leaders will continue to come out in support of rights

You did pretty good, I think. I think universalism is still gaining ground and will continue to take new forms and spark new dialogue in 2011. My predictions are:

1.) There will be a larger backlash against megachurches.
2.) There will be prominent Christians announcing dialogue and solidarity with Muslims during Ramadan.
3.) There will be a further differentiation between evangelicalism and emerging theology as emerging theology continues to develop.
4.) Many mainline churches will announce attendance crises.
5.) Religious liberals will turn on Obama.

I do think the Pope’s statements on condoms use and AIDs prevention was pretty damn significant, even if most news organizations didn’t really understand how to interpret that significance. So on that count, I’d say your wrong. What the pope says may not be important to some but it matters a whole lot to the billion or so Catholics on the planet.