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From a 1/24/22 Vanity Fair article:
Jerry said that being on the receiving end of evangelicals’ moral opprobrium has fundamentally turned him away from the movement. He believes in Christ, he said, but not the church. “Nothing in history has done more to turn people away from Christianity than organized religion,” he said. “The religious elite has got this idea that somehow their sins aren’t as bad as everyone else’s,” Jerry said.
I was surprised Falwell said this, even though I hear comments like this a lot, including on this board. I know local churches have hypocrites in them, but you can’t separate Jesus from His church. He built the church. Leftists do the same thing with Jesus and Paul, as if the two had conflicting messages.
(I did not link to the VF article because parts of it are not “family friendly”. I believe this is from the current issue on newsstands now. Also, it’s not hard to find online.)
Jerry said that being on the receiving end of evangelicals’ moral opprobrium has fundamentally turned him away from the movement. He believes in Christ, he said, but not the church. “Nothing in history has done more to turn people away from Christianity than organized religion,” he said. “The religious elite has got this idea that somehow their sins aren’t as bad as everyone else’s,” Jerry said.
I was surprised Falwell said this, even though I hear comments like this a lot, including on this board. I know local churches have hypocrites in them, but you can’t separate Jesus from His church. He built the church. Leftists do the same thing with Jesus and Paul, as if the two had conflicting messages.
(I did not link to the VF article because parts of it are not “family friendly”. I believe this is from the current issue on newsstands now. Also, it’s not hard to find online.)