Nita, when I hear people make comments such as yours, I always wish they would actually list the NAME and ADDRESS of the church that did these things, because I’m not sure I believe it. I have belonged to the same church for 24 years and attend every single weekend. We finally switched churches and at neither have I ever heard anything even remotely close to what you have written here. Also, we like to visit some churches, too. We have visited several of our friends’ churches in the summer time. We have also planted two churches and attended one for two years and the other for one year.
I think people “think” this stuff is preached. And maybe there is some church somwhere like the one that Fred Phelps runs - of course, I don’t consider that a Christian church, but a cult...so you need to broaden your horizons some. Ask people. They’ll let you know.
Nita is simply stirring the pot for a little reaction.
Go back and reread the last 2 lines of #24 -- you stopped too soon.
Oh, and my church 'family' is wonderful. ;)
You need to read her post more carefully. She didn’t say the church preached those things. She said the Christians IN the church were saying some of those things. And how can you say she’s wrong? FR is clearly dominated by Christians, and the dominant vernacular in FR is exactly what Nita described.