Christianity is Part of Free Enterprise Capitalism

"The word never changes" is a phrase conservative members of the faith are required to say. And they say it, even though it is not true.

Based on my own many decades of observing the church, it seems obvious the priest/preacher is financially obligated to preach what those in the pews want to hear. Otherwise those in the pews will go elsewhere where another preacher says what they want to hear. Or, the church changes preachers.

In this system those in the pews write the sermons of those behind the pulpit.

Many readers, of course, argue that what I am saying is untrue. Recently, a quite well known blogger without intending to do so had a good example of my explanation of religion and free enterprise capitalism. Roger E. Olson is a faculty member at Baylor University and a devout evangelical Christian.

Professor Olson plots the beliefs expressed by churches. He attends many different churches and reads many websites where "What We Believe" is posted for prospective members.

Olson wrote about something I did not know. It was that the Metropolitan Church, a denomination specifically formed for gay and lesbian Christians, came not from the liberal wing of Protestantism but from the evangelical branch. As a Mayor, I was a guest at Metropolitan Church gatherings a couple of times.

Olson wrote that the Metropolitan Church was founded by an evangelical preacher but as more and more gay people joined and took leadership positions it became a liberal denomination. Olson is requesting examples of churches where this did not happen but has received no responses yet.

Several Protestant denominations have split up over the gay issue. Some of those newly birthed denominations will be successful and others part of the many church buildings for sale. The marketplace of money paid by those in the pews will sort it all out.

The highest bidders determine which branches of Christianity will be here in years to come.