Latter Day Struggles 84: Christianity: Reasons to Stay & Reasons to Leave
Series Title: Do I Stay Christian? Book Analysis [Part I of V]
This is part one of a five part series analyzing Brian McLaren’s book "Do I Stay Christian”.
In each of the next 5 episodes, Val and Nathan go through McLaren’s 10 compelling reasons to LEAVE institutionalized Christianity and 10 compelling reasons to STAY.
In this episode the first two reasons to LEAVE are as follows:
1) Because of the brutal treatment of Jewish people by Christians throughout Christianity’s history, and
2) Because of Christianity’s long history of brutality to their own brave dissenters who have seen institutional problems of blindness, ignorance, and corruption have called them out, and have been physically or psychologically punished.
The two viable reasons to STAY in institutional Christianity discussed in this episode are:
1) Because leaving Christianity hurts those valiantly trying to heal systemic problems [and those staying comprise some of the bravest, noblest badasses you can find anywhere😉] and
2) because there are more options than to stay compliantly or leave defiantly.
Those who stay can model high levels of integrity, authenticity, and personal authority. Val and Nathan respect McLaren’s straightforward, honest look at our Christian history and share in his trust that each of us is wise enough to look truth straight in the eye in order to forge our own path towards spiritual health and wholeness.
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