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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in the upper Midwest (medium sized town in WI) that for decades was always the land of the Catholics and the Lutherans. There were a handful of SBC, Apostolic, etc. churches but they tended to be small, kind of insular affairs that really weren't "pervasive" or anything. But in the past 15-20 years there has been a surge of these evangelical megachurches. And they are siphoning off a TON of Catholics and Lutherans. To the unsuspecting eye they look sooo welcoming - [b]upbeat music, sermons that are easy to understand, bright lights, high energy children's programs (as opposed to the boring read-a-textbook-in-a-smelly-Catholic-school-cafeteria style CCD I went through), sprawling campuses, coffee shops, ~hip~ young pastors.[/b]..but the amount of white nationalism, homophobia, and anti-intellectualism that hides under the shadows of these "cool" churches is actually such a terrifying phenomenon. This brand of Christianity is like the opposite everything Christianity is about. [/quote]

Was this a sample of 1, or like a million, or what? Not saying you have an angle or anything...

I've been in several churches (due to moves) that are like the bolded line-zero have had any of these undertones. They are also typically the most diverse churches in the area.

And good music, sermons that can be understood and kids programs that the kids LOVE and learn from, are good things!!![/quote]

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