Reforming the church

Bishop Spong has already answered why he still wants to be a Christian although the church teaches a lot of stuff he doesn't believe. He doesn't want to leave the church, he wants to fix what's wrong with it. Will he go down in history as another Martin Luther? Not likely.

Is Spong Wrong?

Bishop Spong confuses me. He'll say something that feels pretty good to me, reminds me of the Liberal Methodist thinking I was raised on. Then he goes off the deep end with his crusade to get rid of everything traditional because it's archaic theology or not intellectually or historically viable.He wants to throw out the Baby Jesus with the bathwater. Dammit, John ... Why don't you heed the suggestion of your critics and just become a Unitarian?

Mad at church ... religious rancor

Everybody seems mad at some church that done 'em wrong. Over on Facebook I read, "I survived Catholic School and it made me agnostic." One of my special friends is a 91 year old former clergyman who now wants nothing to do with with any church. How did I escape all this religious rancor? The church never did bad stuff to me, didn't teach me that God is an old man in the sky and Iwas going to hell if I didn't get saved or join the right church.I'm not defending. Just puzzled. Heaven knows some churches and their people do awful things. I guess I just got lucky being born a Liberal Methodist.