In the next 20 years, Christians who hold to the Bible as the word of God will begin suffering professionally, financially, and socially for holding onto the traditional Christian moral codes. And most Americans will be happy about this and say “Good, and good riddance ignorant bigots! This is America and I have the “right” to do whatever I want without being judged negatively by you. And we have the power of the majority now to punish you for saying otherwise.”

And for those Christians intending to parse their answers during the New Humanistic Inquisition, give up. The question won’t be “Do you think the government should recognize unions between same-sex couples?” It will be “Do YOU see same-sex marriage as EQUAL in nature to opposite-sex marriage?”

Equality is the inspiration for many progressive historical advances, such as the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution. If we get enough equality, the problems plaguing our society will be mitigated. It’s practical and pragmatic as well as enlightened.

Also, Christian mega-churches that have huge numbers of “members” will lose their tax-exempt status (which may not have been appropriate in the first place, by the way). In their continuing quest to bring in high numbers of unaccountable members (who provide funding for the church bureaucracies and all those desirable church “programs”), they will fail to filter out members and membership applicants who subsequently want their church to recognize and celebrate same-sex marriage. In fact, it’s likely activists will deliberately infiltrate membership of these churches and then file lawsuits. That will cost churches a lot of money.

As a result of all of this, 20 years from now the number of Americans who identify themselves as Bible-believing Christians will drop to about 20% of the population. (The classroom incident described in this article shows how people will typically respond – they’ll drop their religious principles like a hot potato when pressed.) There will be a small number of die-hards who continue to worship the God of the Bible rather than the gods birthed by the Enlightenment and distorted by postmodern civic discourse.

Advice to Christians in America in 2013:

1. Keep in mind that your God sees ALL people as sinners, starting with YOU. That’s why you turned away from self-government and submitted to Jesus Christ, who paid the sentence for your sins against a perfect, just God.

2. Pray that you show love for your enemies and turn the other cheek when hated. Control your anger. Don’t do anything that gives the majority an excuse to persecute you. (They’re itching for a Christian to respond with violence, which will allow them to take away your guns.)

3. Be joyful in your suffering, because God is sovereign over all things and does all for His glory and your good.

4. You may want to start planning for the end of your employment with large corporations or government agencies and for taking your kids out of the public schools. Christians working for secular colleges are especially at risk.

5. Join a church small enough (about 150 max) for the church leadership to know everyone and everyone to know each other. Make sure the church has well-defined, Biblically-based membership qualifications and discipline procedures. Evangelize in a humble and personal way, rather than through public spectacles.

6. Mind your own business and don’t go out of your way to provoke people who live under their own moral laws. Only the supernatural Holy Spirit can turn a heart away from self-worship. No one will respond to your self-righteous hectoring about specific sins. You’re a horrible sinner yourself and a hypocrite.

7. Read the Bible. None of this is new, and none of this should be unexpected. Humans in their natural moral state are inclined to self-worship, as if each person was the creator and sustainer of all things, including truth and moral laws. Government is a powerful tool for forcing others to worship the self, and we all want that power.