Rick Warren, History FAIL.

In part 2 of his interview with Mr. Exhaustion, Hugh Hewitt says, "if the church isn’t renewing itself into deeper roots, it’s going to be done. So what do you think? Is it done?"

Replies Warren:

First place, it’s not going to be done, because it can’t be done, because all of history is dependant [sic] upon it. It’s the exact opposite. The only thing that’s going to last is the Church. The Church has outlasted every single thing else including the annual covers of Time and Newsweek at Easter that call for the demise of Christianity every year for 2,000 years.

First of all, I thought Jesus preached humility; this sounds like hubris. Second, it just ain't true that The Church has "outlasted every single thing else."

Christianity's been around for 2,000 years, which is indeed respectable. Judaism, however, is the world's oldest monotheistic religion, and has been practiced for more than 4000 years. And still is, I'm told.

...As nonynony points out, Hinduism has also been around a looooong time. Of course, it ain't a contest. My point is that Rick Warren is a big fat idiot.