Face Facts.

The Church cannot afford to continue to hold a nostalgic view of the past.

To romanticize Christendom and pretend that because most people attended church the world was perfect and spotless is tantamount to delusion.

It was not.

The Churches were riddled with hypocrites and pedophiles.

It was "a jungle out there".

And there were two world wars.

Christian missionaries abused thousands and destroyed indigenous cultures all over the world.

When will they face facts?

To continue to congratulate ourselves on how good we are in the face of a public image which is morally bankrupt is the road to disaster.

The Christian Churches are dying.

When will we wake up and face facts?

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