e-Christians
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I'm not Christian but it's very interesting to see the rise of the
"new internet Christians". A good number of them aren't the best
examples of good Christian ethics; in fact, they might be just as
degenerate as the average new ager. They show the intense fervor
common to every new convert, but who can blame them, really? In this
absurd and disenchanted world of ours (a self-inflicted wound) in
which the majority of new religious movements are abusive,
inauthentic, fail to convince, or are populated by undesirables, for
the person who wants to abandon his rebellious atheism and is
looking for something more to life the easiest path (I suppose) is
to just go back to the system of beliefs that's already there, that
works for its adherents and has a long tradition and offers clear
rules, orthodoxy and a community of like-minded people.

Well, the most difficult thing for any neophyte is to really have
faith; that is, to abandon that axiom that posits that reason is the
only way to the truth... and turn around. Every initiate has that
fervor, but unlike a lot of pagans of more new agey inclinations who
don't actually believe in their gods (think Varg Vikernes), will the
new Christians be able to really believe or is it just a reactionary
fad?

Atheism has failed. The atheism advocated by my generation doesn't
work because its fruits are disgusting and its myths akin to cancer.
Be it Christianity or reconstructionist paganism or
Shinto-Hellenism, it'd be good for the world to really believe
again. Of course, as long as we don't kill each other over our beliefs
anymore.