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A colleague sent me a link about this after his pastor attended a conference in which this was discussed. Knew nothing, and so I Googled. The term was coined by two sociologists in 2005 in reference to American youth. And, from Wiki, here are the tenets of this brave new pseudo-theology:
The authors find that many young people believed in several moral statutes not exclusive to any of the major world religions. It is this combination of beliefs that they label Moralistic Therapeutic Deism:
What would Bonhoeffer say?
The authors find that many young people believed in several moral statutes not exclusive to any of the major world religions. It is this combination of beliefs that they label Moralistic Therapeutic Deism:
- A god exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth.
- God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
- The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
- God does not need to be particularly involved in one's life except when God is needed to resolve a problem.
- Good people go to heaven when they die.
What would Bonhoeffer say?