tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post6050509230819058400..comments2024-01-29T14:24:46.852-05:00Comments on Wes Ellis: Anne Rice Leaves the Churchwellis68http://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-23359696611757659592010-07-31T11:04:46.426-04:002010-07-31T11:04:46.426-04:00How many people have left the church because they&...How many people have left the church because they've butt their heads against these types of attitudes time and time again? Sometimes it is individual people that drive people away, more often, perhaps, it's just the system of institutionalised church, so caught up in its own history and tradition (and unwilling to even try and understand why it beleives and behaves the way it does), that just continually turn people off. I've yet to meet a person who has left the church because they are p****d off at God - they get p****d off at people and at the church system. How amazing would it be if all those who have left the church, but not their faith, could be drawn back into a healthy, loving community of believers? I pray for days like that!!!Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-31116114603521440072010-07-31T03:59:44.910-04:002010-07-31T03:59:44.910-04:00Lozeerose,
I appreciate the catholic sales pitch a...Lozeerose,<br />I appreciate the catholic sales pitch and you're right that Protestantism is much to blame for some of the issues you mentioned. And once again I appreciate your perspective, though it is obviously different from mine. Indeed, as I've mentioned before, I am a fan of the Catholic church and am sympathetic to much if its theology. But you don't seem to appreciate my appreciation. I do affirm the "one,holy, catholic and apostolic church"--the body of Christ. You seem to be oversimplfying both catholicism and Protestantism. Both have their problems and both are expressions of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic body of Christ. It's just too bad that there has been so much disagreement throughout the years.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment.wellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-74260661407992010942010-07-30T22:02:15.855-04:002010-07-30T22:02:15.855-04:00Actually, this is quite sad for several reasons. T...Actually, this is quite sad for several reasons. The first is you, Wes, were on point until you began to agree with her "refus[ing] to be" list. The second is that your point about "church shopping" is also on point, yet you don't see the irony in the fact that Protestant churches are one of the major causes of this "shopping" - they deny the unity of the Body of Christ (one holy catholic and apostolic Church). Lastly, you joke about the UCC being the place for her (again, irony of church shopping) but from what I understand about the UCC, it is so biblically off base that it isn't a place for any Christian.<br /><br />You keep searching for "whatever is good" but what is Truth, is Good, is Love and is Real can be found at your nearby Catholic parish - especially if they have Eucharistic Adoration.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567994112449781806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-84734201833922208072010-07-30T20:47:22.458-04:002010-07-30T20:47:22.458-04:00Yeah, the UCC actually started a campaign on Faceb...Yeah, the UCC actually started a campaign on Facebook called something like, "Anne Rice would like the UCC. Funny, huh?wellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-68351577972169773942010-07-30T20:11:09.463-04:002010-07-30T20:11:09.463-04:00I don't know this woman and I haven't read...I don't know this woman and I haven't read any of her books, but it seems like she could join any number of churches which are all of the things she wants. The highest on my list would be the UCC or the Episcopal church. I wish I knew more about the situation to comment more thoughtfully, but those are just the first thoughts that come to my mind.dannyhttp://dkam136.comnoreply@blogger.com