We should be concerned if the church becomes so wedded to a particular brand of politics that being Christian and being conservative or liberal are inseparable.
Growing up in a rural Illinois town, church was just something you did. Outside of one Mormon family and the occasional Jehovah’s Witness, protestant Christianity was the default option. I spent my Sundays learning Bible stories and struggling to stay awake during sermons. I was Christian by default not by choice.When I went to college, I largely stopped attending church unless I was visiting my girlfriend and attending with her and her family.
Being “Christian” was often convenient; when it wasn’t, it was easy to set aside. If it were not for my college girlfriend dragging me to Campus Crusade my sophomore year , my friend, Aron and my seminary professor Walt I would be a “none” right now. I would have set aside Christianity for good.opinion describes the journey that led him to become “a ‘none’ or, more precisely, a ‘nothing in particular.
Bacon cites his lack of confidence in “one God who created the Earth or that Jesus Christ was resurrected” and tensions associated with political matters, as factors influencing his decision to leave his church. Underscoring the significance of his political views, Bacon suggests, “Newly woke Americans need a place to get practical, weekly advice about how to live out the inclusive, anti-racist values they committed to during the Trump years.”As Ryan P.
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