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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (63763)	6/27/2005 12:09:01 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

as. You said...."Clinton's policies are much more Christian than Bush's."..... So you gonna switch soon as well? :-) Why, in this age of moral relativism, liberal churches are dying -- and conservative ones are booming wndbookservice.com Exodus: Why Americans Are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity by David Shiflett It's a trend: in this anything-goes age, ever larger numbers of people are opting for tougher moral standards. Millions are streaming out of churches that preach the Gospel of "If It Feels Good, Do It," and are finding homes in houses of worship that preach a more traditional and more demanding religion. Churches that have ditched Christian doctrine in favor of an unremitting advocacy of the Democratic Party platform, like the Episcopalians and Unitarians, are hemorrhaging members -- while conservative churches like the Southern Baptists are gaining members in record numbers. In Exodus: Why Americans Are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity, Dave Shiflett explores this encouraging trend. In the process, he shatters numerous myths about the "religious right," and gives all American conservatives a new source of hope. He tells the story of mainline decline and traditionalist growth through the eyes of individuals on both sides of the divide: interviewing both liberals and conservatives, he goes to the heart of why there are so many refugees from the mainline denominations streaming into conservative Roman Catholic, evangelical, and Orthodox churches. Of course, ever since the Episcopal Church chose an openly gay bishop, the demise of mainline Protestantism has been a foregone conclusion. It is clear now that in a generation or two conservative Christians will be the only Christians left. But never before has an author gone behind the scenes of this great social transformation the way Shiflett has. He reveals why liberal pastors have cast aside tradition and Christian belief in a vain and ultimately fruitless attempt to remake and "modernize" their churches. Best of all, Shiflett marshals an impressive array of facts to undermine numerous common stereotypes about conservative believers. Easily-led, uneducated yahoos? Hardly: Shiflett shows that conservative Christians are better educated, wealthier, and wiser to the ways of the world than anyone in the media establishment gives them credit for. He even reveals that many of those who are currently flocking to conservative churches aren't fully conservative themselves: some even don't agree with all of their new churches' teachings on conservative hot-button issues like abortion and divorce. Others don't believe that every word of the Bible is literally true. But Shiflett demonstrates that whether conservative or more left-of-center, the new members of conservative churches have one thing in common: they're tired of being told by their religious leaders that anything goes. They're longing for the traditional Christian message of hope. In Exodus, he renews that hope in the soul of every true Christian.