I just wanted to let you know that there are probably plenty of open-minded Christians that have read this post (and the flame war that ensued) and simply didn't reply. I hope you don't wrap "us" up with some of the crazies here on this page.
I actually found this post from a link from the blog of a well known Christian, Mark Oestreicher. So I know that there were probably at least a few hundred fellow youth pastors like myself who have looked at this page the last few days.
I understand that your beef was mainly directed at a few specific people here and since I try to separate myself from plenty of people who call themselves "Christians" (but seem to have a hard time figuring how to live that out daily), I just wanted to let you know that I didn't take offense of anything here and I hope that someday even though we have differing opinions, that maybe we can find some common ground.
I understand your need to wake up some of the "sheep" that have never actually studied the history of their faith before, but I hope you can understand that when you say "Christians" that you are throwing a lot of very different people, with extremely different point of views into the same bucket. One you don't seem to like, and neither do I.
I just wanted to let you know that there are probably plenty of open-minded Christians that have read this post (and the flame war that ensued) and simply didn't reply. I hope you don't wrap "us" up with some of the crazies here on this page.
I actually found this post from a link from the blog of a well known Christian, Mark Oestreicher. So I know that there were probably at least a few hundred fellow youth pastors like myself who have looked at this page the last few days.
I understand that your beef was mainly directed at a few specific people here and since I try to separate myself from plenty of people who call themselves "Christians" (but seem to have a hard time figuring how to live that out daily), I just wanted to let you know that I didn't take offense of anything here and I hope that someday even though we have differing opinions, that maybe we can find some common ground.
I understand your need to wake up some of the "sheep" that have never actually studied the history of their faith before, but I hope you can understand that when you say "Christians" that you are throwing a lot of very different people, with extremely different point of views into the same bucket. One you don't seem to like, and neither do I.
I hope you have a nice day.
-James