Antichrist’s Legions Members From Growing ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ Crowd

Antichrist’s Legions In Coming “Christian vs. Christian War” Will Include Members From Growing ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ Crowd
So many Americans describe their belief system this way that pollsters now give the phrase its own category on questionnaires. Nearly 7 percent of all Americans say they are spiritual but not religious (SBNR), a bigger group than atheists, and way bigger than Jews, Muslims or Episcopalians. Unsurprisingly, the SBNRs are attracting a lot of attention. For example, “they reject heaven and hell, but they do believe in an afterlife,” Dr. Mercadante said recently. “In some ways, they would fit O.K. in a progressive Christian context.” The SBNRs also recoil from the deities such institutions are built around.“They may like Jesus, he might be their guru, he might be one of their many bodhisattvas [Buddhist enlightened being], but Jesus as God is not on their radar screen,” Dr. Mercadante said.