re: #103 HappyWarrior

The other thing that troubles me is churches seem to want church and state to be together. Having church and state apart is something that is to both the state and also church’s advantage. Jefferson’s famous letter on separation of church and state after all was written to Baptists.

My big thing is that churches are really so self-centered. Christians have made churches into their own little echo chambers where they worship and pray and have their own little rah-rah Jesus club, but it’s not supposed to be like that. Churches are supposed to be freaking SANCTUARIES, where anyone is welcome without judgment to come and meet with Jesus. They’ve strayed from their mission into politics, wealth accumulation, and exclusive socialization. It’s been a bee in my bonnet since I was a teenager, but I wasn’t able to articulate it nearly so well back then.