Why we have failed as Christians

No I have not read that book I will do a search for it though. But today's church is far from God, they have his name on their lips but their heart is far removed.

Of Course not all, but I would beg to differ on your other point that it is just a few, it is the vast majority, if it were not so there would be no hungry, no homeless, there would not be the crime there is now and we would not tolerate injustice around the world. With the wealth we have, why is it so hard to feed the poor? I do not put individuals in this claim but the whole church, If we allow our church to become complacent and find teachers to tickle our ears, then we are only lukewarm.

Barehugs, there may be a lot of scammers in Christianity now, but you obviously know nothing about history. The early Christians were persecuted by the Romans. They clung to their beliefs and were slaughtered, fed to lions and imprisoned. Further, the Romans confiscated everything they owned. So basically, being a chrisian made you poor and in danger of your life. There were no central religious leaders, no pope, and the leaders gave up all they had to evangelize. According to their code, they were to take nothing with them (and own nothing) but a pair of shoes and a walking stick. they lived in complete poverty, and relied on the charity of others even for food. For many years, Christians continued to martyred and the poorest of the poor. Then, when persecution was less, Christians devised a system for thier members than can only be described as communism. The rich were compelled to give to the poor, property was shared, and every one was equal. This is recorded both in the bible and in independent historical sources. It wasn't until Constantine and the establishment of the Papacy that there was even a central church leader - that was way after Christianity began. So no, Christianity was not invented a scam. Far from it. Like all relgions, some Christian ministries have been corrupted by greed. Human nature has corrupted religion, and some people do scam and make money off of it. But for every power hungry evangelist who takes donations to make himself rich, there is an individual like Mother Theresa who, inspired by her religion, gave up everything she owned to spend her life helping the poor. Christian ministries and charities have saved the lives of untold numbers of people. In Lousiana, it was the Salvation Army, an organization supported and run by Christians, that saved the most people and was the most effective. Hundreds of independent churches also sent teams of workers to New Orleans to help. Christians give of themselves in soup kitchens, homeless shelters, pregnancy centers, and are the largest donaters to charities overseas. Now, I am not a religious person. I don't go to church, don't even really believe in any one religion above others. But there are both good and bad religious people. What about the Quakers, who have been pacifists for hundreds of years and have worked against every war? What about all the christians who worked the Underground Railroad and helped runaway slaves? Did you know that the Underground Railroad was established by christians and that the whole movement to end slavery started in Christian churches and was preached from christian pulpits? And did you ever wonder why most hospitals are named "St. Somebody or other" or called "Columbia PRESBYTERIAN" or BETH ISRAEL etc? IT's because Christians started them! There have been wars to promote certain religions and terrorists, but its people who corrupted religion, not religion that corrupted people.