• Oct 25th, 2012 at 11:49 AM (CST)
• By PD
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The phrases came to me as I see again and again compromise widespread in our world. Pagans (i.e. believers in Darwinism, Agnostics, and “Nones”, to name a few) try to be “good” at least on the surface just in case there is a god, so they can supposedly earn a place in Heaven. Or, at most, they feel society runs smoothly if they are compliant with outward dictates of civil law.

 

Meanwhile, too many Christians try to live as Pagan lives as possible and still maintain the most flimsy association with Christ. Such Christians worship little, give money even less, take the name of God in vain regularly, witness rarely and pray (if at all) at set/formal times. They know how to party well, decieve with "white" lies when expedient, participate in Pagan festivals like Halloween, and live for the idol of Success (worshiping what the Scriptures call "mammon," or material things.

 

What’s the difference between them? Very little practically speaking. I would assess both as being damnable by standards of true faith expounded in Scriptures. The goal, as anyone remotely familiar with the Bible would know, is to have a firm faith, an enthusiastic devotion to Jesus, to be obviously Christian in word and deed. In other words, to be a “Christianish Christian.”

 

I imagine our world would be even more polarized if unbelievers acted like “Paganish Pagans” and Christians acted like “Christianish Christians.” I do not think it wise for Christians to attempt to preserve what is Pagan in culture. But when you have half the Christians (based on church attendance) acting like Pagans, this is a problem!