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[quote=Anonymous]I left mainline liberal Protestantism because I felt like it didn't stand for anything, so why bother? There was no G-d anywhere. It was all about feeling good and everything goes and change whatever you want based on your own thoughts or feelings. Never mind what the Bible might say, it's just a bunch of stories written by people, so feel free to ignore anything you don't like. Even basic doctrine. Premarital sex? Go for it, it's modern times, who needs any silly old-fashioned standards. Believe in Jesus or don't be saved? Meh, that's not nice, it probably doesn't mean that, paganism is odd but as long as they're kind, whatever, they'll be fine! Those evangelicals are fundamentalist weirdos.

It made me crazy. No standards, no serious respect for the Bible, nothing is ever not OK because that's being judgmental and those in glass houses etc. Never mind what G-d wants or says, just do what feels right. That's fine, but it's worshiping yourself, not G-d. Don't call it religion. Be secular and own that.

So I left. Mainline liberal Protestantism has become so open that everything has fallen out. And people sense it. That's why they leave. They either abandon church entirely, because why bother to waste your Sunday mornings with a storybook that nobody actually believes in or follows, or go to a more conservative church. And it's not just mainline Protestant churches--the only branch of Judaism that is growing is Orthodox. People are either going more religious or giving it up completely and the middle ground is disappearing. Being wishy-washy about everything does not hold the allegiance of followers. People want something  
 firm to believe in, or not believe at all. The numbers tell the story.[/quote]

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