 secular christianity we have seen the ldquo christian religion rdquo denominations become more and more secularized in the last 30 years the societal acceptance of gay marriage and abortion has caused the christian denominations to reevaluate where they stand on the issues as they relate to the bible as a result many of the standard denominations are struggling to determine what their core beliefs are going forward the bottom line is do these ldquo christian rdquo denominations believe what the bible says if they do then the answers are obvious if they don rsquo t then we will continue to water down our beliefs and go down the path of europe where ldquo true christianity rdquo is dead for an article on the battle for what methodists believe and the battles they are fighting in regard to doctrine click on the following story link  http wwwdetroitnewscom article 20140215 religion 3021500080 lifestyle04 methodistscrisisovergaymarriagechurchlaw 