I saw one such example after one of my friends posted her article. "Lenny" commented:
So she basically wants Christians to stop being Christians... she needs to leave the Church and be happy in doing so.I don't always agree with Rachel, but I like her.... and I can't stand small minded remarks that are no better than static. I replied:
No Lenny, she just has a different spin on what Christianity entails. I do not find it all that different, it seems to be the same item in more pleasant packaging. However, I always find comments like yours interesting, as you want to eject your own simply because of a difference in window dressing... no wonder there are over 30,000 different versions of Christianity... you all can't stand each other, and yet you talk as if love was a market you have a corner on.I always give a level of credit to good souls like Rachel who somehow remain hopeful in a faith that often seems dominated with Lennys. The Lenny attitude reminds me of a Peanuts cartoon I once saw (I looked but could not find it). In it, Lucy and her girlfriends are creating an invitation list for a birthday party. They start out listing who they are NOT going to invite and realize they are having more fun with that list. One of the girls comments:
It's a lot more fun not inviting people than it is inviting them!Rachel needs to add that attitude as another reason why many Millennials are leaving or eschewing Christianity.
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Fully agree, Rachel IS a good soul. I enjoy her perspective.
That Peanuts comic may actually be from It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. I have a book that is an adapted (and abridged) version of the show, and in it Lucy tells Charlie Brown that if he got an invitation to Violets' Halloween party, it was a mistake, because there were two lists: one of people to invite and the other of people not to invite and he must have been put on the wrong list. So maybe it's from that show? I could be wrong though. I've never actually seen it.
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