Alas, I fear your article casts too narrow a net. It is not that the Western Church is living a lie. It is that Western Civilization is living a lie. We are hurling toward an abyss, and all too many of us can worry about is keeping the GDP up and stock prices high and making sure our preceived social inferiors get no more than we think they deserve. God has given us the the tools to fix all of humanity's problems, but those of us in power are too self-centered and complacent to use them. Istead we expect God to use the magic of an unrestrained marketplace to somehow make everything right. Like your old church members, we are wishfully thinking our way straight to oblivion.