[bobg]

My family left the Episcopal Church about 15 years ago after the Pastor said, "The Bible is not the Word of God, but a history of man's efforts to find God."

This Pastor was one of the most dedicated humanitarian I have known, and he really loved people, but he did not accept the reality of God and the Scriptures. My shame was that I was the chairman of the committee that called him.

This followed closely after our 12 year old son came home from his confirmation in a sad mood. When asked, he said that none of the 10 or so kids in his confirmation class really believed, but were going through the motions. He wanted to quit and find a "real church". He said they had hung athesist rock star posters in the Sunday School room.

The final decision was speeded up by Bishop John Spong of New Jersey. Of his many writings the one that said that the church needed to get rid of the "icons" like the virgin birth and the physical bodily resurrection of Jesus. It seems that it did not matter if there was a physical resurrection of Jesus. One "theologian" said that it was the resurrection in his heart that really mattered.

I ended up writing a 20 page paper on why I left the Episcopal Church....

[RobbyS]

We have the same types in the Catholic Church, and I am not just talking about the Gary Wills of the world. And the Episcopal Church would seem to fit their needs. But, of course, we both know why they won't go that way. The Episcopal Church is a shell of what it used to be. The Catholic Church, on the other hand, is a large organization that they hope to take over and mold to their purposes.