Religious Trends



This is not about being “right” or “wrong” on an issue. This is about menacing and bullying people into conforming or paying the price. It’s about the bastardization of the word “tolerance” in our society, to the point where the word no longer means “live and let live” or “let people be who they are”; the word has become distorted in a very unhealthy way.



Russ Douthat’s insightful analysis of what’s gone wrong in the Episcopal Church and Liberal Christianity in general.

A response at Huffpost.

ChristianityToday

(Note: the graphic is produced by BioLogos, which sees belief in direct, fiat creation as some kind of heresy)a

In 2006, The Falls Church and six sister congregations in Northern Virginia voted (overwhelmingly) to pull out of the Episcopal Church because, in our view, it had drifted so far from orthodox Christianity that we could not remain in good conscience.Reasons for the division have been mainly theological, particularly focused on how we interpret the Bible, and what doctrines of the Christian faith are essential for leaders to maintain.