GETTING CHRISTIANITY BACK ON BRAND (3)
by Craig Smith
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-25, 1 Peter 2:1-3
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Title: Getting Christianity Back On Brand (3)
Series: Uncertain
Author: Craig Smith
Text: 1 Peter 1:22-2:3
Hey, I got some bad news and I'm not gonna beat around the bush. I'm just gonna go ahead and lay it out. Bad news is that people don't just think we're dumb. They think we're dangerous. What I mean is people who don't believe what we believe about God, that they don't just think that we're dumb to believe what we believe.
They actually think that we're dangerous, people that we're not. Faith isn't a part of the solution to the problem. It actually is. One of the parts of the problem, and the reason I say this is because I was actually looking at some data this week. The Pew Research Center did a study last year, and here's what they found.
So can we put that graph up here? Look at that green number right there. Here's that green number. 14%. Only 14% of the religious nuns, by the way, that's not like Catholic nuns. It's N-O-N-E-S, okay? It's the people who don't check any box. When you go, Hey, what's your religion? So they don't believe what we believe about God.
Only 14% of them believe that. Religion has a net positive impact on society. Everybody else says it's equal or actually it's damaging. And here's the crazy thing even Richard Dawkins a few years ago, I don't dunno if you know who Richard Dawkins is, he's actually one of the most famous atheists of our history.
He is a just an avid anti-Christian. Okay. But he actually believes that religion's a good thing to have around. He actually came out a few years ago and said, I don't believe anything y'all believe, but I'm glad the church is here because it actually builds community and it gets at least a foundation for moral, living in our society.
So even one of these great atheists of our times said, no, actually believed that religion's a good thing. So he actually is in the 14%, but people aren't following him. There's been a massive change recently. People are looking at the church ...
Series: Uncertain
Author: Craig Smith
Text: 1 Peter 1:22-2:3
Hey, I got some bad news and I'm not gonna beat around the bush. I'm just gonna go ahead and lay it out. Bad news is that people don't just think we're dumb. They think we're dangerous. What I mean is people who don't believe what we believe about God, that they don't just think that we're dumb to believe what we believe.
They actually think that we're dangerous, people that we're not. Faith isn't a part of the solution to the problem. It actually is. One of the parts of the problem, and the reason I say this is because I was actually looking at some data this week. The Pew Research Center did a study last year, and here's what they found.
So can we put that graph up here? Look at that green number right there. Here's that green number. 14%. Only 14% of the religious nuns, by the way, that's not like Catholic nuns. It's N-O-N-E-S, okay? It's the people who don't check any box. When you go, Hey, what's your religion? So they don't believe what we believe about God.
Only 14% of them believe that. Religion has a net positive impact on society. Everybody else says it's equal or actually it's damaging. And here's the crazy thing even Richard Dawkins a few years ago, I don't dunno if you know who Richard Dawkins is, he's actually one of the most famous atheists of our history.
He is a just an avid anti-Christian. Okay. But he actually believes that religion's a good thing to have around. He actually came out a few years ago and said, I don't believe anything y'all believe, but I'm glad the church is here because it actually builds community and it gets at least a foundation for moral, living in our society.
So even one of these great atheists of our times said, no, actually believed that religion's a good thing. So he actually is in the 14%, but people aren't following him. There's been a massive change recently. People are looking at the church ...
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