tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post3987001532531204084..comments2024-03-28T22:29:52.666+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: Save the religious Kiwis before they become extinctPeter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-3281239833691706572011-03-29T09:52:44.983+13:002011-03-29T09:52:44.983+13:00This kind of thinking invades the church as well -...This kind of thinking invades the church as well - it's not that long since there was a group advertising 'One generation to extinction' - in their concern for the smaller number of children in the church. <br />I haven't figured out whether it was the entire human population who were going to be extinct, or the church population, or just the children. Whichever, it made very little sense, and seemed like a sensationalist title rather than a particularly Biblical one.Mike Crowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823415769823932104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-76844812607796259122011-03-24T19:08:12.002+13:002011-03-24T19:08:12.002+13:00I am doomed, Ron, to living hell: I also love cric...I am doomed, Ron, to living hell: I also love cricket!Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-63006900635049454812011-03-24T18:19:27.443+13:002011-03-24T18:19:27.443+13:00Well, Peter, if Rugby is your religion, take care,...Well, Peter, if Rugby is your religion, take care, Soccer has the largest following around the world - and it's infecting N.Z.Father Ron Smithhttp://kiwianglo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-22473396922098905302011-03-23T20:18:48.476+13:002011-03-23T20:18:48.476+13:00"There are also trends which show that rugby ..."There are also trends which show that rugby will be extinct one day (declining playing numbers etc) ... yeah, right!"<br /><br />It will be if NZ doesn't win the RWC!<br /><br />PalaiologosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-81301596158010106192011-03-23T11:39:58.319+13:002011-03-23T11:39:58.319+13:00Well said, Palaiologos.
There are also trends whi...Well said, Palaiologos.<br /><br />There are also trends which show that rugby will be extinct one day (declining playing numbers etc) ... yeah, right!Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-5674352542552504972011-03-23T11:00:56.292+13:002011-03-23T11:00:56.292+13:00The only sure thing we can say about the future is...The only sure thing we can say about the future is it will not be what we say it will be (perhaps). The future belongs to those who show up for it. Demographic trends suggest that believers have more children than those who don't. & aging societies have to import people. I imagine a good deal will turn on the kind of teaching and Christian nurture young people have.<br />PalaiologosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com