Out for lunch

 

This little video (from our bro RZ) was more interesting than I expected. It seems on-line Christianity has exactly the same problems as...well, everything else on-line. 

Specifically, religious/worldview subcultures. People LARP, or un-ironically change their worldviews every month or so. I´m sure they also come up with new ones, although perhaps not on Christian forums? Maybe that´s more specific to Neo-Paganism or LGBTQ, but otherwise, it´s the same chaos. 

RZ connects it to American commercialism and consumerism, which is probably a large portion of the explanation. Add individualism, narcissism, and the (alleged) confusion of teenagers and young adults, spice it with the Internet´s anonymity, and off you go.

Years ago, there was an extreme LARP-er on Twitter who pretended to be a Catholic. He was well-versed in Catholic theology, posted pictures of saints on their feast days, and so on. Then, all of a sudden, he couldn´t keep it up anymore and admitted that he wasn´t even baptized, let alone confirmed?! Pandemonium ensued and I don´t remember what happened to the dude. He seemed quite young.

RZ mentions the liberal or crypto-liberal Emergent Church (yes, I remember them - "oil is a substance"), the conservative Young, Restless & Reformed movement (I used to call them Old, Reckless & Irredeemable) as examples of fashionable trends which eventually didn´t go anywhere. Today, we have the tradCaths and the Orthobros, both claiming to be "based" or what have you. 

It´s intriguing that RZ, who seems to be a fairly conservative Christian and frequently attacks other religions and atheism, is nevertheless so irenic towards other Christian denominations other than his own (he is a Presbyterian). Even to the point of saying that it´s better to stay in the same denomination than to go "denomination-hopping".

Of course, my case is different. There! I said it. :P