"Selective literalism" is arguably the most destructive force at work in the "church universal" today

"Selective literalism" is arguably the most destructive force at work in the "church universal" today. Taking snippets of scripture out of context and honing them into weapons of mass discrimination, selective literalists portray themselves as preserving "the faith received through the ages" while perverting the core Christian values of God's inclusive love and abundant grace."

Read the rest of this sermon  preached by Susan Russell ~ All Saints Church, Pasadena
September 9, 2007 [Proper 18C] Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Luke 14:25-33 here