And what I'm willing to do, which the mainstream church is not, is to denounce the Christian right as Christian heretics. You don't have to, as I did, spend three years at Harvard Divinity School to realize that Jesus didn't come to make us rich. And he certainly...
For some Christians... The Bible is only authoritative when they interpret it. Freedom is only for everyone until they say it isn't. Oppression is only real when they feel it. Justice is only fair when it favors them. Capitalism is king until socialism profits them....
We have completely distorted what church is, by conflating it with Westernized consumerism and capitalism. It’s our fault that our churches don’t grow spiritually and make major impact in our communities. No one else’s.