Good question. That has been running thru my thoughts every now & then. I just think that churches are a bunch of corporations. From my past experience, churches in America are adopting values and practices from the corporate world. They have mission statements, management teams, consulting services, investors in the stock market (Mormon) etc. One would think that they would get all the vision and direction they would need right from the Bible or from a Christian tradition. Whatever happened to the simple gospel of Jesus? Whatever happened to simply taking up a cross and following Jesus? This is just what I think... when a church is incorporated, all of the acts done in the name of the corporation or with corporate funds or property are presumed by law to be acts of the corporation. Are church members responsible to those laws or to the Bible? What happens when they conflict? Who decides what is the right course of action, the church or the state? From my understanding, the apostle Paul, like Jesus, suggested there must be a legitimate reason for anger. If I remember correctly, Paul, of his letter to the church in Ephesus, taught they could be angry without committing sin. Jesus taught in Matthew, chapter 5, verse 22, that Jesus said it is right to be angry if we have a just-cause.

I stopped going to church for quite some time now because of all the hostility or "do as your told" attitude from church members that I've experienced in the church. I'm still wondering why Jehovah Witnesses pass that out those silly "Awaken" articles to people & stand at whatever corner that is convenient for them like Macy's etc. Yahoo said I was violating their code of conduct after I asked that question. Many Jehovah Witnesses got offended by it. Oh well, too bad for them.