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Just about everyone (not dragged in) likes their church and thinks there are good folks there. Liking your church doesn't mean it's a good church. Too hard on churches? The historically unprecedented decline in church membership suggests I'm not being too hard.

That video should by watched by every Evangelical leader, and appreciated for her sincerity and accuracy. They should take it constructively. But, I don't think they care. They're in Christianity just for the short-term benefit to themselves (money). I suspect she's more an Atheist than ever...

People leave the Church (universal) because churches (assemblies) are bad. Any reason an ex-Christian gives you boils down to churches are bad. You generally don't watch movies because you are generally dissatisfied with them, not because you had a "bad experience" with a movie. The "bad...

I watched the video. She talked about Cambodia without mentioning that Atheism produced those skulls she showed. Absolutely, the Evangelical Church set her up to lose her faith. But, instead of accepting the deserved blame, Evangelicals prefer to pretend she had a bad experience, or something...

Rock solid: No one leaves only only because of personal hurt! Do you stop watching movies because you saw a bad movie? People don't stop things because of A bad experience unless they're already generally dissatisfied. Why weren't people fleeing the Church in such large numbers for most of...

An easy life is miserable and not worth living. One of the many "sins" of Evangelical churches, especially the name-it-claim-it variety, is that life is suppose to be easy... if only you'd get right with God. A redeeming quality of Christianity, and other religions, is that suffering on Earth...

What of the millions of ex-Christians who thought they were born again?

With all due respect, what you call generalizing is warranted. What have I said do you think is unfair? A seed scatterer? Hmmm. I believe I have already answered the question about personal hurt. I will add that I don't think anyone leaves the Church because they've been personally hurt. If...

I never found most Atheist arguments to be very compelling, such as their complaint about genocide in the Bible. 1) The killing wasn't because they were pagan, but because they practiced wickedness (even if there's a verse that may not relate this). Second, in spite of the language in the...

I'm not too worried about an individual who awkwardly shares his faith, as much as I'm worried about the institution behind that individual. The incredible shrinking church shows modern church is an absolute failure at bringing someone a... what... relationship with Jesus? 1) When an unholy...

When I was a Christian, I never posted on Christian media websites. I recognized them as highly controlling and intolerant... of dissenting (what I regarded as Bible-believing) Christian speech. My personal experiences with Christians has always been very good, as long as they don't talk about...

I'm conservative and Atheist. Maybe it's my Christian past? IMO, liberalism is insanity. You don't want people to steal yourself, so you oppose theft. You want people to leave you alone, so you leave them alone. You want to eat, so you work. All conservative, and unrelated to God. Things we...

KUWN, you make powerful argument. Practically, Christianity is the only religion where the founder offered proof. Jesus himself said he healed to show he can forgive sin. The healing is the proof of his divinity. No faith needed. And, given that he was divine, it is rational faith that he could...