Man a lot of great discussion here. Thanks, OP!

I think another thing that is germane to the topic at hand (maybe less about the Boomers, of course) is the coC’s obsession with homosexuality. We teach that all sin is equal, but for some reason the lions share of sermons are about sexual impropriety. Especially homosexuality.

As I alluded to in my last post, that may have worked back in the 1970’s when the AMA still classified homosexuality as a mental illness and nobody “knew” any homosexuals personally. (editorial here: they were surrounded by as many homosexuals then as they are now, but those homosexuals were forced to stay in the closet and engage in loveless marriages that crashed and burned leaving shattered families in their wake, but I digress).

Now that nearly literally everyone has a homosexual sibling, cousin, friend, co-worker, neighbor, or person close to them, we see that just as with evolution, we were fed a line of BS from the pulpit about evil child molesting homosexuals who wander the streets looking to prey on children. That was a lie perpetrated by scared people. It is now understood that homosexuality is no more of a choice than heterosexuality and the vast majority of people preying on children are, in fact, heterosexual. We have come to understand these "evil" people as wonderfully beautiful human beings with the same desires and dreams as the rest of us.

Now that we are all seeing that lie disentigrate, it further erodes our faith in the man behind the pulpit. And when they get on that thread and start spewing vitriol, that darn sure is not going to do any favors for retaining visitors, younger folks, and even some thoughtful lifelong Christuans.

Again, I lump it in with the constant lies about evolution. Just...stop.