Religion as a Cycle

Tell me something if you will. I read in the papers of the Catholic Church struggling, the troubles with its priest, there being no money to keep perishes open. I go on the internet and see the government pushing God away from their buildings and speeches. I see and read all this and I wonder in my mind is Christianity being pushed away from the public eye? There are traces of His name fading all around us, a name which once meant so much for so many. We live in a world where material, fame and bank accounts reign over our hearts and actions. Is this our God now? Is money and power being preached on the pulpit in a day where it seems a God of faith would be most needed? Yes it is. It is and only a few seem to notice; only a few seem to take action. A few proclaim the coming of God. Their savior is coming and a time of judgment is upon us. They cry for the many that don't see it. They come to your communities and homes speaking of salvation and love. These few cry that they are right. They have the answer. Are they right and the many wrong? They say it is written in their book, this time of judgment. It is this time where only the few shall hear and see and this time where many will fall. Are they really right? Or is it possible they follow a pattern set in history starting years ago. Can it be they just ride a wave which has been ridden by many others in years past?
Years ago, lands worshiped the Gods of Heaven and Earth. Water, Fire and the Gods who created us were made precious in the human eye. Statues and temples were built in their image, in their glory. They sent their sons and daughters to the fields to gather crops to bring to the Gods. They would have given all they knew and owned to be loved by these very Gods. Cultures around the world kept similar traditions with different names. Thousands of years of devout love, understanding, worship and faith created cultures strong and firm. Egyptians built temples with images of their Gods of many characters. Made silos to keep the grain given to them. Egyptians created an entire system of mummification based on the concept that they would one day live life for an eternity with Gods that told them this was so. The Aztecs gave human sacrifices to their Gods. Pyramids built to honor Gods who said this must be done. Greeks and Romans were no different in doing things to please their Gods. All of them doing such acts based on faith that their God was right. Their God was true.
So what of these Gods, traditions and cultures? Where are they now? They rest in the shadows of homes, of people, once were a majority now a minority. They meet in book stores, libraries, magic shops and in homes not marked by its faith. Will the God of today, this God that Christians and so many others today call the true God, fifty years from now be worships in book stores, libraries, bible shops and private homes? Will they be just as religions of old are now, the minority, the religion struggling to survive? Religions of today speak of the faith of old as though it were wrong. As though what these people believed so strongly about were mad, dammed and blind. However, will they share this same fate? Will they be judged upon, dammed and made wrong in a time not far from here? In a world such as today where money and power are the faith of choice, I see it that way. Another Religion being flushed, pushed aside and another taking its place. Will this God be wrong and another one step up and claim its authenticity? It has not been the first, and more than likely will not be the last.