I have my issues with organized religion and cafeteria-style religion, picking and choosing certain dogmas that apply or seem ethical while ignoring the oppressive, non-inclusive, and outdated ones as if they don't exist. The trouble began a long time ago when we tried to bring God indoors. Leave it to mankind to screw it up and to Christians to turn heaven into an exclusive country club. Bryan Batt
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The way that modern Christianity has been practiced over the past few decades has been a disaster for many people. There is a reason why churches can no longer pack full houses and why Christians cannot even get a seat in the movie theater. The old ideas of morality have been lost and replaced with a world-view that is skewed to the point of absurdity. People who take this world-view seriously will often dismiss other religions, but other religions do not dismiss Christians. In fact, the entire concept of the "Christian nation" is based on the idea that every single person in every single land belongs to "Christendom." This concept was once quite popular among Christians, but it is now completely passé.

Source: She Aint Heavy, Shes My Mother: A Memoir

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