[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

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, I'm sure the evangelicals think he's an atheist (and he may well be). He's definitely not a Christian. But I think he believes in SOME sort of "higher power". I'm just not sure what it is.