[Orual]

Mary Cohen of Huntersville, who was raised Roman Catholic, said Spong's views make Christianity easier to swallow.

"For years, I haven't participated in organized religion because I was struggling with the conflict between what the church taught and what I learned in the real world," she says. "This has given me a new hope for Christianity. He's framed it in a different light and in a way that I can accept."

Hooray!! A way out. Now she can do what SHE thinks is right, and not have to be bothered with those darn old rules.

[dighton]

The bishop ... is a notoriously unorthodox figure even by the standards of American Anglicanism.

-- Jonathan Petre, in the Telegraph.

[Texas Mom]

Hooray!! A way out. Now she can do what SHE thinks is right, and not have to be bothered with those darn old rules.

Cafeteria Christianity. Many have been practicing it for years. The old take what looks good and leave what looks un-appetizing. Or in computer lingo. Cut and Paste theology.. Or we can always edit out what we don't like and insert what sounds and make us feel better.

[meia]

Hooray!! A way out. Now she can do what SHE thinks is right, and not have to be bothered with those darn old rules.

Do you mean to tell me that you don't do what YOU think is right?