What the CoC is right about?

[longdistancerunner]

I was thinking about this topic when I was lying in bed last night. I don’t think the CofC is right about much, IMO. I don’t agree with a literal interpretation of everything in the Bible, and I don’t think the important thing is being right about everything. I have been out of the CofC almost nine years now and have never missed it for one second.

What made you decide to leave? I never believed their BS except before I was a teenager. All you have to do is read the gospels to realize they are totally wrong. I was particularly influenced by the ideas of Albert Schweitzer, who ironically was more of a "Christian" than almost anyone who believed. He lost his faith doing his dissertation on The Historical Jesus, still considered a seminal work in the area.

[B.H.]

Schweitzer took the verse"if you do not believe in me believe in the things that I do" to heart. He was always trying to better the world. He ended up dying in Africa helping a poor hospital and orphanage. I have a lot of respect for that man. He really did try to dona lot of good.

[FinallyFree]

Longdistancerunnner, the main reason for my disillusionment was having a gay son, and someone exposing him at our church when he was in high school. Many other factors contributed to leaving, though.

[Moogy]

The only correct thing I was taught in the COC is that I should think for myself, and not believe things just because some preacher said them. I don’t think the COCers really meant it. Once I followed that instruction, I left their church in the dust.