Evolving Religions

TEH UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, that cradle of cultural creativity, has been, and continues to be, a great spawing ground for new religions. Christian Science, Scientology, Pentecostalism, Mormonism are among the most prominent, but there are thousands more, with varying degrees of popularty. Most of them tend to be slight variations of established faiths, particularly Christianity. In a land of such diverse cultural influences, and such enormous creativity, that new forms of religion would be invented in America is perfectly predictable. And let's make no mistake about it; these easily traceable modern American religions were invented by mere mortal people, and serve as proof that all religions are man made, exclusively. Hell, Scientology, which has thousands of adherents, including Tom Cruz, was invented by a science fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard. If Scientology is sent by God, it is the god of science fiction. Give credit for Mormonisn to Joseph Smith's digs, and so on, some weird God of gold tablets, and so forth. Even as we seek truth through ancient religions and their modern versions, the religiosity of the future is being forged, and make no mistake, tomorrow's religions will bear little if any semblance to today's, which are really yesterday's, religions. who knows, perhpas the religions of tomorrow will actually embody a bit of common sense, and do away with all the craziness and superstition which infects our thiking, and has for thousands of years. perhpas we shall venerate teh periodic table, and raise the value of pi to a sacredmant, and celebrate the four forces of nature! A religion of science, replacing superstition. The Christian faith is twenty centuries old; every century teh Christian religion has been different, distinguishable from the rest, ask any theology scholar, any Historian of religion. The Christian faith continues to evolve, just like always. Yes, evolution is a fact, even in religion itself, ironically.