| syncretism, relevance and consumerism | | Date Created: Sep 13, 2006, 08:53 AM |
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Syncretism is what happens when a religion becomes tangled up and coerced to fit the forms and ideas of another culture. Sometimes when it's your own culture that it's happening in, you don't even realize it's going on, mistaking syncretism for relevance.
Here's a chillingly pure statement of our religion of consumerism, from Burger King. How much has the 21st century church come to resemble it?
Have It Your Way
You have the right to have what you want, exactly when you want it. Because on the menu of life, you are "Today's Special." And tomorrow's. And the day after that. And... well, you get the drift. Yes, that's right. We may be the King, but you my friend, are the almighty ruler. |
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