Atlas Stumbled

I grew up in the church. And as a homeschooled high school drop out, my entire social life existed at church as well. So you would think that it would feel like home to me. That I would share the same partiality and affection toward it as I do with the state of New Jersey. But it don't. And the worst part is the assumption that I'm going through that rebellious, younger person phase, or perhaps "a crisis of faith." Name your platitude. Either way, the expectation exists that I will eventually come to my senses and accept the church as it is. Did you catch that? There's a remarkable sense of confidence among church leaders today that the church has arrived. After centuries of fighting and bickering, we've finally weeded out all of the world's evil influence and gotten to the unadulterated core of doctrinal truth. One problem: we are the world. As hard as that song hashtags #firstworldguilt , the phrase is true. We can't disassociate people fr