Mr. McLaren,

Congratulations on your book and I hope it does well. I am afraid, however, that the people who NEED to read it, will not. It is as it ever is and was.

I have been so ashamed of the "Christian" church that I no longer even bother calling myself a Christian. If ever I believed, the hatred and punishment that the church has either condoned or tolerated in recent years has been enough to dissuade me from ever returning.

And you say that there is an answer. I say there is not. It is that simple. Will the churches serve their mission and stop the hatred of those who are different? Will the churches stop their condoning of wars against others? When it says in the Bible that Jesus, when asked how many times he should forgive his enemies, replied 70 time 7. I guess the church no longer believes that one, right? And when it says in the Bible that if one of God's children was hungry and you did not help him, you have sinned against God: well, I guess they don't believe that one either.

No, the Christian church is a sham and hoax and not for the reasons that everyone assumes. Even if the basis for the religion is false, the beliefs as good. But when the beliefs are false as well - then there nothing of value worth saving and it should die.

Posted at December 3, 2007 3:14 PM in response to Christianity as a Global Threat