Seriously! And as well, in the bits about the prosperity churches, the placing of that section and her descriptions of all the people present clearly suggest that she’s in a black church, but she kind of dances around saying so. It sent up flags for me even before reading all the other crass stuff she says.

Whew, in that case it just saddens me as a human being.

There were parts in which she was giving the churches she was visiting a much fairer showing. She talked a lot about the diversity of some of the youth groups, and that was interesting. But yeah, these bits ruined the rest for me.

The rest of it wasn’t so bad! I’m quoting the absolute worst bits of this book, which probably isn’t fair to the author. Many parts of the book were far less condescending and more respectful. Just not, um, not the chapter on black churches.

Hahaha, thank you! I always enjoy making up my tags, although not being able to use commas within a single tag can be sort of a pain. 😛

I know what you mean; when people of my same faith say rotten things I feel like it reflects badly on me. In this case, though, you can set your mind at ease. The author is not a Christian. She describes herself as an “unrepentant Jewish atheist”.

Exactly! I was thinking, THANKS FOR THAT INSIGHT LAUREN SANDLER, in my angriest inner voice. 😛

As a Christian, hearing other Christians say things like this makes me immensely sad.

obviously, I meant “right.”