I'd like to put this in debate topic form, because I have a "resolution" for folks to be for or against:
Resolved: that
1.) Christianity as it is known today is a failure and does not produce what it promises
2.) "The Faith," is it was once known, has not always been a failure, and once produced what it promised
3.) If the problems are corrected, "The Faith" is capable of producing a lifestyle that is recognizable by most people as "the way it ought to be."
There may be a better way to word point 3, but I'm actually quoting words we have heard repeatedly.
Faith & Belief forum, I assume.
I thought I'd leave my defense of this resolution to the body of the thread.
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