Christianity 2013

Due to a combination of holidays and a trial fortnight of our pay-TV movie package, I've watched more films than usual over the last week.

One movie has been 2012.

Disclaimer: Before anyone reads on I know that a) It's just a movie and b) God is sovereign over human history.

Warning: There are spoilers ahead, but if you haven't watched the movie by now, then you probably aren't too fussed.

The movie ends with a portion of the worlds population, 300,000 or so, being rescued from the world calamity in a number of Arks. Subsequently, some questions popped into my head...

As a Christian I wonder what this would mean for the faith. Would Christianity still be, numerically, the largest belief system in the world?

What would it mean for Catholics since the Pope, presumably, perished when the Vatican was destroyed?

How would believers of the world religions that hold firm to Genesis deal with the event? The planet looked pretty flooded. What would it mean for this promise?

With the reduced number of Christians, how would they structure the new church? What would this mean for denominations? Would they be done away with?

What theology would they hold to? Would this be an opportunity to "refine" what we believe? Would there be any ministers? Would there be any more ordinations?

Assuming a bible survives, what would this mean? The vast majority of biblical source documents would be lost and, you'd think, no further discoveries made. What would this mean for biblical accuracy over time? Realistically, the claim that the bible "is copied from a modern copy" would be tough to refute...