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啲英國佬奸滑，走中間路線，聖公會不受天竺帝岡管，體系上係新教，但內裡文章又不同於新教，係介乎兩者之間 -- 採用顛鼠教教義的新教
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism

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2008年04月29日09時46分 (PST)       

【綜合報道】全美最大的基督教教派美南浸信會首次承認會員數字下跌。該會資深領袖呼籲整體關注教會衰退的現實，積極改變，回歸聖經根本。
屬於美南浸信會的LifeWay Research教會調查機構主任Ed Stetzer近日接受一教牧領袖網站MondayMorningInsight.com訪問，他表示大家一直所相信的衰退現象目前已經成為事實。根據基督教資源機構LifeWay Christian Resources上周公佈的教會年度調查報告顯示，美南浸信會中受洗數字包括2007年已經連續下降了三年。2007年的受洗數字345,941名更是自1987年以來最低的，下降率達百分之五點五。另外整體會員數字也下降至16,266,920，下跌率為0.24%。
LifeWay主席Thom S. Rainer向Baptist Press表示報告「令人沮喪」,整體會員數字現輕微下降。
「本會受洗數字已經連續三年有減少趨勢；而且在過去八年，有七年是減少的。去年我們的受洗數字更加是自1987年來最低的。正確來說，應該是自1970年來的最低點。」他說，「這表示著我們的宗派大部分會友都失去了傳福音的熱心。」
另外，雖然會員數字只是第一年下跌了，但Stetzer警告其他浸信會牧師不要掉以輕心。
「美南浸信會裡面我常常說『我們在成長，只是成長得慢』。你不能在這樣說了。」他說。
美南浸信會在2007年開拓了473所新堂會，另外大約付出了13億美元來支持海外宣教活動。在崇拜出席率方面，微升了0.16%，Stetzer仍然認為教會不能無視目前衰退的趨勢。
「一些人比較傾向看那些好消息，但是你不能錯過一個勝負難測的歷史里程碑已經到來了。我相信全國的教會辦公室都應該要正視。」他說。他盼望這個消息將會激發大家警醒過來並且立心改變。
Stetzer對美南浸信會提出了幾項改變的建議。他指出美南浸信會的領導層需要有多元化的民族性和不同年紀的人參與。他又說內部的鬥爭必須要停止，因為每次宗派聚會上的神學爭論只會加速教會衰退的趨勢。
然而，他指出，最重要的是在每個美南浸信會的教會生活中回歸福音的道路。
「我們必須恢復以福音為中心，並且一同合作把這個福音傳遍本地與世界。」他表現出對於大使命的盼望。
「現在是我們起來迎接新一天的時候。我們可能想今天的新聞會引起整個教會一起來熱心構思新的計劃來解決面前的問題，但是這是行不通的。我們必須重新回到焦點——就像路加福音15章的神性的熱情，對於失喪的靈魂的熱情。」他最後表示。
http://www.gospelherald.com/temp ... ode=gen&id=9840

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New poll says almost a quarter of Canadians don't believe in any god

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TORONTO — Fewer than three-quarters of Canadians believe in a god, suggests a new Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey.

"Religion in Canada today is not a particularly divisive subject and tolerance levels for different beliefs are high," said Harris-Decima president Bruce Anderson. "This is evident in the fact that one in four people feel comfortable saying they do not believe in a god."

The poll found 72 per cent of respondents said they believed in a god, while 23 per cent said they did not believe in any god. Six per cent did not offer an opinion.

Results may not total 100 per cent because of rounding.

Polls have told a different story in the United States.

"Canada's secularism stands in clearer distinction, when compared to the cultural and political influences of religion in the United States," said Anderson. "In one Harris Interactive study in the United States, conducted in 2007, the number who said they were non-believers was only eight per cent."

Keith Howard, a United church minister and executive director of the church's Emerging Spirit program, said the results of the new survey do not represent a dramatic change from previous polls about Canadians' beliefs.

"We are past the time of people trashing God," he said. "They are now trying to find a safe place where they can nurture that spirituality."

He said a poll done for the church last year indicated Canada is a nation of believers, not belongers.

Howard said his sense is that people who believe in a god increasingly imagine a nebulous but powerful force for good, rather than the traditional concept of a deity.

Indeed, he likened the concept to that of the Force in the Star Wars movies.

A study quoted by Statistics Canada in 2006, found "adult Canadians attach a higher degree of importance to religion than religious attendance figures alone would indicate."

The study noted only one-third of adult Canadians attend religious services at least once a month.

But the study, conducted in 2002, found more than one-half engage in religious activities on their own at least on a monthly basis.

Howard said a recent survey done for the United Church rating the importance of religion in the daily lives of people around the world placed Canadians fourth, behind the United States, Mexico and Italy.

The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey data were gathered by telephone from just over 1,000 people between May 22 and May 26.

A sample of the same size has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The Harris-Decima poll also indicated:

-(at) Women (76 per cent) were more likely than men (67 per cent) to say they believed in a god.

-(at) Canadians over the age of 50 (82 per cent) were far more likely than those under the age of 25 (60 per cent) to say they believed in a god. More than one in three (36 per cent) of those under the age of 25 said they did not believe in any god.

-(at) English Canadians (73 per cent) were more likely than French Canadians (67 per cent) to say they believed in a god.

-(at)Belief in a god is higher in rural Canada (76 per cent) than in urban Canada (69 per cent).


http://canadianpress.google.com/ ... Xvb0Wz4QNInZPoorrIQ

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那個只係平信徒

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其實，以此項調查，好似我咁信神龍教亦可得出此結果，Keith為何因為我信神龍教而咁高興？

The Force可隔空移物，是很有實用價值的


但我發覺咱們香港在60年代已有人擁有the Force:


我有強烈理由認為George Lucas係偷師自「萬佛朝宗」的！

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這個更明顯係武俠片橋段啦。養父就係殺父仇人、鍾意個女仔，原來二人竟是兄妹之類

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但連神雕大俠被斬一手都抄埋，未免太過老實不客氣嘛

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大不相同。無定飛環所能control者，只限於無定飛環，但萬佛朝宗則可control任何物体

外星人有可能識任何地球文字、語言嘛

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原帖由 weakest 於 2008-6-3 23:03 發表
小弟看見以下經文 (和合二仙本), 未知是否與force 或萬佛朝宗有關...

豈止？其實「火雲邪神」這個外號，亦與Torah經極有淵源
Exo 14:24到了晨更的時候、邪儍瑕從雲火柱中向埃及的軍兵觀看、使埃及的軍兵混亂了。