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'''Fast Food Christianity''' is a form of "[[consumer]]-oriented" Christianity that treats churchgoers as customers and is oriented toward pleasing them rather than toward remaining true to the [[Gospel]].<ref>[http://healthelanddevotionalarchives.wordpress.com/category/fast-food-christianity/ Fast Food Christianity], from Heal the Land Daily Devotional Archives</ref><ref>[http://carolinachristianconservative.blogspot.com/2005/05/fast-food-christianity.html Fast Food Christianity], from Carolina Christian Conservative</ref>

'''Fast Food Christianity''' is a form of "[[consumer]]-oriented" Christianity that treats churchgoers as customers and is oriented toward pleasing them rather than toward remaining true to the [[Gospel]].<ref>[http://healthelanddevotionalarchives.wordpress.com/category/fast-food-christianity/ Fast Food Christianity], from Heal the Land Daily Devotional Archives</ref><ref>[http://carolinachristianconservative.blogspot.com/2005/05/fast-food-christianity.html Fast Food Christianity], from Carolina Christian Conservative</ref>

Since "the customer is always right," such a church waters down its message so as not to scare off its attendees (or, more often than not, their [[tithe]]s and offerings).  If [[sin]] is ever discussed it is generally done so in a generic sense, but so watered-down as to not really upset any specific person or group.

Since "the customer is always right," such a church waters down its message so as not to scare off its attendees (or, more often than not, their [[tithe]]s and offerings).  If [[sin]] is ever discussed, it is generally discussed in a generic sense, but so watered down as to not really upset any specific person or group within the church, or with regard only to [[hypocrisy|someone else's sins]].

A fast-food Christian church may also ignore any parts of Biblical morality that are inconvenient to advancement in political circles (both liberal and conservative), ignoring the words of Christ in Matthew 16:26, "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

A fast-food Christian church may also ignore any parts of Biblical morality that are inconvenient to advancement in political circles (both liberal and conservative), ignoring the words of Christ in Matthew 16:26, "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"