8) On Man's Progression Into a Non-Christian World

I owe most of the content of this next note to Jerry Bangert and Beulah Beach. Society was relatively Christian up until the 1700's, when the scientific revolution took place. This led to Darwinian thought, and eventually the atheism of today. This problem began (credit to Schaeffer) with philosophy, then progressed through art, music, and general culture into the church. This philosophy, when it reaches the church, leads to an apostasy of sorts, and brings the general culture into the end times. This is mostly speculation on my part, but some things are quantitative. Most notably, fewer people claim to be Christian, as compared to the past. An uptick in atheists is notable, and this, despite its corresponding problems, offers a larger mission field for the Christian.