I heartily agree. But it’s a fact of human nature that we prefer sameness, not diversity. Most groups, churches included, prefer people like themselves, people with whom they can identify without too much effort. That’s why they “group”, so to speak. Our insanely predominant attitude toward denominationalism is testament to that fact. And all too often we set ourselves as separate to elevate ourselves above others, to be better than others by division. Kind of defeats the whole concept of the (one) Body of Christ, doesn’t it?
As for will it ever change, I think things will get better as time goes on, they have been improving, but no, it will never completely change.
I heartily agree. But it’s a fact of human nature that we prefer sameness, not diversity. Most groups, churches included, prefer people like themselves, people with whom they can identify without too much effort. That’s why they “group”, so to speak. Our insanely predominant attitude toward denominationalism is testament to that fact. And all too often we set ourselves as separate to elevate ourselves above others, to be better than others by division. Kind of defeats the whole concept of the (one) Body of Christ, doesn’t it?
As for will it ever change, I think things will get better as time goes on, they have been improving, but no, it will never completely change.