[CS-FSLUG] Don’t Tread on Me?

[davidm at hisfeet.net]

I don't know Anne Rice, And I don't know the statistics about opinions,
doctrines, etc. that influence people to separate from "traditional
Christianity" or "organized religion". I also don't know Michael Spencer,
but I quite agree with his observations in the second paragraph of this
article.

My own observations are that many leave "organized religion" and
"traditional Christianity" not because they will not be subject to any
sovereign, but precisely because they desire to be subject to the one
"True Sovereign" Christ Jesus.  For many,it is not possible to do that
while continuing, to submit to a system that places the headship of the
church in the hands of a man or a group of men who claim to be acting for
Him, but are in fact making their own rules (or following rules others
have made), which clearly contradict Biblical teaching.

http://www.hisfeet.net/davemarc.htm




> What evangelicals in North America call Christianity is, ironically,
> largely disconnected from Jesus as he appears in the four Gospels. I
> have argued for the past decade that American Christianity has evolved
> into a movement that Jesus would not recognize if he were to show up
> next Sunday. And it’s not just the rituals and assumptions and values
> that are off-base. The spirituality itself that comes out of
> contemporary Christianity is largely unrelated to Jesus. You don’t have
> to believe me; all you need do is look at the statistics on who attends
> church, who used to attend, and who swears they will never attend again.
> Thousands, and possibly millions, of people are walking away from any
> association with the religion known as traditional Christianity.[1
> <http://americanvision.org/3352/dont-tread-on-me/?utm_source=Vision+to+America+Announcements&utm_campaign=3a2102c89f-Vision_to_America_Announcements_8_12&utm_medium=email#footnote_0_3352>]
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