Anna1111 wrote:
Nope - not buyin' it. This guy has an unfounded (and IMO implausible) assumption that the "most mature" believers are leaving the Church because someone hurt their feelings by "judging" them.
Mature Christians are supposed to forgive when sinned against (granted, not easy), not "take their football and go home."
Kind of like our *other* conversation, I think it depends on the experiences you've had. I totally agree with what you said here, Anna. And that word "judging" gets thrown around in such silly ways these days.
OTOH, what passes for "church" in a lot of "churches" is anything but church.