John Shelby Spong dies aged 90

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Didn't he basically compare himself to Martin Luther in his books? The man had an ego. And his goals within the Episcopal Church were pretty much the exact opposite of mine, so I find it difficult to sympathize with his mission. Yes, I'm sure he was a very pleasant man on a personal level, and fighting for LGBT people when gays were getting everything but the kitchen sink thrown at them by most of the Christian community is admirable, but he no doubt played a role in mainline churches' weakened structural component that's meant to bind the community together and preserves the strong foundation of faith. Rejecting even the most bare basic tenets of the faith is not an effectual way to preserve it. And this is the man who said that Christianity needed to "change or die". Well, something changed. And by most accounts it is dying.

So, RIP and all that, but I don't think he ever realized how much he was undermining his own cause. I would say he caused a headache even within the Episcopal Church, but given that so many churches, especially those within the Episcopal Church, have adopted at least some of his ideas I don't think I can even say that with confidence.