6. Progressive Christianity will die out because it\u00a0makes no great demands for its devotees to be religious. Ask any modernist, \u201cWhy should I come to Church?\u201d What would he answer? \u201cYou don\u2019t have to come to church. It\u2019s there if you want it. If it does you good, and makes you feel better, we\u2019re here to serve you.\u201d Modernist Catholic priests wring their hands and wonder why no one comes to Mass anymore. It\u2019s because for forty years they\u2019ve been saying, \u201cIt\u2019s not really a mortal sin to miss Mass. You should come because you love God, not because you fear him.\u201d While this sentiment may be laudable, they shouldn\u2019t therefore be surprised if no one comes to Mass.<\/p>\n
The progressive\u00a0himself does not really understand why anyone should be religious. He started out as a religious man believing in sin, redemption and the supernaturalist story. He became modernist gradually and all the time continued his religious practice, but he has never stopped to ask why such a thing should be necessary. If he is honest and asks himself the question he will soon stop the practice of his religion too. Unless, of course, he is a clergyman. If he is a religious professional he would have to get another job, so it is easier to keep the show on the road.<\/p>\n
8. Progressives\u00a0allow for moral degeneracy and that saps the strength out of real religion. Devotees of all supernaturalist religions demand moral purity, self discipline and restraint. Real religion requires self discipline. The modernist sees religion not as self denial but self fulfillment. Hedonists will soon realize that religion\u2013even in its watered down modernist form\u2013is not worth the trouble.<\/p>\n
Another aspect of this point is that progressive Christians use artificial contraception and endorse abortion. It\u2019s not rocket science to conclude that a population who stop having babies will soon die out.<\/p>\n
9. The Church of the South is on the rise. Christianity is most vital in Africa, Asia and South America. The Christians there are both historic and modern. They\u2019re young, they\u2019re energetic and they follow a joyful and dynamic gospel. The African Anglicans moving to expel the Episcopalians is a hint of the future. Historic Christianity will rise up and defeat progressive Christianity simply because the first is authentic and the second is a counterfeit faith.<\/p>\n
\u00a010. Progressives\u00a0are dull and respectable. They used to think they were the radical ones, but they\u2019ve gone grey and suburban and become part of the establishment. They always go with the crowd, especially if that crowd pretends to be \u201cradical\u201d or \u201csubversive\u201d.\u00a0Respectability is the kiss of death to real religion, and bourgeois radicalism is really the pits.<\/p>\n
11. The Historic Christians are now the radicals. When the whole world becomes liberal it is the conservative who is the radical. When the whole world is wrapped in moral decadence chastity becomes radical. When the whole world is consumed with gluttony the one who fasts is radical. When the whole world is devoured by relativism the dogmatist is the radical. When the whole world is blinded by materialism it is the supernaturalist who is the radical. Christianity is only good news when it is radical and so it is the historic and heroic Christians who will prevail.<\/p>\n
12. All Are Welcome\u2026to leave. The irony is that their final, infallible dogma for progressives is that \u201call are welcome\u201d. They never stop to realize that a religion can only be a religion if it has boundaries. It\u2019s not a club if there are no membership rules and its not a church if there\u2019s no dogma or moral expectations. Consequently, while they cry happily, \u201cThis is a house of prayer for all people\u201d it will increasingly be an empty house of prayer for no people. The doors of the progressive churches may be wide open\u2026but that\u2019s so the people can get out as soon as possible.<\/p>\n