Dear Christians: Are you more concerned with being true to your church...or being true to your faith?

[Soph0571]

https://whatwouldjackdo.org/2018/10/20/dear-christians-are-you-more-concerned-with-being-true-to-your-church-or-being-true-to-your-faith/

Discuss..

[Funtatlaguy]

1. It's The ends justify the means Presidency for today's Evangelical.

Just get conservative judges.
Make liberals unhappy.

[woodsprite]

2. Faith. I don't need a church to have faith or belief.

I go to church for the social, community service, and music aspects, and I’m not tied to it. I’ve found that there are many like-minded individuals there. It’s where I’ve met many of my political compadres.

[Pope George Ringo II]

3. I'd swear that's a big change from what I grew up with.

It really seems like when I was younger, people were members of whatever denomination, usually a particular congregation, and that was just the way it was. Now there seems to be a lot more mobility. I'm not sure if that's actually happened, or if I'm just more aware of it now.

[Major Nikon]

5. It's pretty common for UU churches to have a few atheist members

They join for the fellowship, not the belief system.

[woodsprite]

6. Ours is a Pesbyterian church, but very liberal

I enjoy going. I trust the people on the pastor nomination and selection committees will select someone who fits with our church community. If not, there will be people who leave, and I may be one of them. Several years ago (maybe 18-20 now), we had co-pastors who sounded good in the interviews and in the demo sermons they gave, but were much more conservative than they let on. Contracts are for 5 yrs. That was all they served for. Some of the conservative people that had joined our congregation left with them.

Oh well.....

I have a friend who has held administrative posts in our church almost as long as I've been going there (24 yrs). He says he looks at the Bible as guidelines (I said like the pirate code?) They are stories with some truth, written to be moral guidelines for their audience. The book has been rewritten over the years and adapted to whatever audience they are trying to influence at the time.

[Major Nikon]

4. The bible has nothing to say about gambling

The reason Christians call gambling a sin is because it's competition for the collection plate, which is itself a bit of a gamble if you think about it much.

Meanwhile spousal abuse, child rape, and slavery still aren't sinful. Go figure.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Oftentimes the method of religion is more important than the God of religion.

Oftentimes the method of religion is more important than the God of religion.