text: 4 Reasons People Leave The Church - Sabi News
  Andy Stanley, author with Fox News said about the church, "I've talked to, listened to, and read interviews, blogs, and books by dozens of folks who've left the Christian faith. I've yet to hear a story from anyone who abandoned Christianity based on anything directly related to Christianity – at least the original version, anyway.
  "The decline of Christianity in America, the popularity of The New Atheists, and the meteoric rise of the 'nones' underscore something that's been true for generations but didn't matter much until now.
  "Many expressions of Christianity are fatally flawed."
  His views resonate with Mahatma Gandhi's sentiments after worshiping in a church in England, "I love your Christ, but I hate you Christians."
  He went ahead to cite some reasons to underscore his conviction. Some of them are listed below.
  We tell people that the Bible is the basis of Christianity
  They believe suffering disproves the existence of God
  They had a bad church experience
  We're bad at making people feel welcome
  It wasn't just his message that made Jesus irresistible. It was Jesus himself. People who were nothing like him, liked him. And Jesus liked people who were nothing like him. Jesus invited unbelieving, misbehaving, trouble making men and women to follow him and to embrace something new, and they accepted his invitation.