>>It is entirely true that 'mainstream churches' can have it both ways. Of course, they are political entities disguised in a moral shell. They don't have a problem talking with two tongues at the same time. They say, "The Bible is true and it is the foundation of our faith", and "The Bible is only a mythological picture book and cannot be taken seriously". If in doubt, the mainstream church favors tradition over the Bible, and it favors political power over tradition.
This often is said, but what is the basis? Apart from allegations from detractors, specifically where is this to be encountered in 2014?
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
