[AnAmericanMother]

It's difficult to discern if he believes in God or not.

Unfortunately, the ECUSA sowed the seeds of its own destruction when it not only failed to discipline Spong, it praised him. He and his ilk have been like termites chewing away at the foundations of the house.

[Matchett-PI]

"It's difficult to discern if he believes in God or not."

He doesn't. He's hoping to take others with him.

John Shelby Spong (b. 1931) - openly atheistic Anglican bishop of Newark. His mission is to move Christianity away from its ties to God and the Bible so it can survive in today's society. Titles: Beyond Moralism; Born of a Woman; God in Us: A Case for Christian Humanism; Here I Stand; Into the Whirlwind; Liberating the Gospels: Freeing Jesus from 2,000 Years of Misunderstanding; Living in Sin?: A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality; A New Christianity for a New World; Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism; Resurrection: Myth or Reality?; The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love; Why Christianity Must Change or Die. More HERE