Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck.
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Related I don't think people change; electronics change, the things we have change, but the way we live ... JUDY BLUME It ends or it doesn't. That’s what you say. That’s how you get through it. The tu... CAITLYN SIEHL In Einstein's general relativity the structure of space can change but not its topology. Topolog... EDWARD WITTEN The truth doesn't change. It was the same when Moses got the Ten Commandments as it is today. Th... DMX Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestor... F. SIONIL JOSE There is nothing intrinsic linking any religion with any act of violence. The crusades don't pro... SALMAN RUSHDIE I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn... RAHA MOHARRAK If I realize that actually there's quantum mechanics happening around us all the time in some ma... AARON D. O'CONNELL Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change. 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