These are the days when scoffers abound, these are the those who insult God, demeaning the Creator to be just a creation of the human mind... giving too much glory to human wisdom that has just barely scratched the surface of what is considered by God as nothing.

The concept of God is a wonderful thing.

That He is real, alive and unchanging is AWESOME!

You said "The theological self-destruction of the church...begins with the denial of one doctrine here, another there." I agree, but it all started "In the beginning..." when the church began to deny the Genesis account of creation in six literal days. When your foundation is destroyed you are left with a house on sinking sand that will not survive a storm or "a protracted discussion about the meanings of words that in the end will produce little clarity."

May the real God of the Bible have mercy on their souls.