text: Your comment is certainly Part 1 of a critical conversation, and I agree wholeheartedly. 
  
  Part 2 would be the acknowledgement that, as sexy and intriguing as all this esoteric disagreement may be, it has little to do with the Gospel -- and the lack of deep encounter and involvement with the Jesus of the Gospel is exactly why the institutional Church's leadership, influence and membership are reaching a critical meltdown stage.