I think Marshall's comments make a good case for the results of church programed life. I wish I could say one good thing about what church does to people but, unfortunately I can not. Because church is just an institution it can not give life. It can give you a false identity as a believer. Primarily it produces a club where membership is by saying a prayer, and then trying to do better (keep the Law). As one who knows first hand, I can not keep the Law, and as Marshall understands he can not keep the Law either. This leads to a rather sad conclusion (based on the failure of Law, and rule keeping), we are just poor ole sinners saved by grace just doin the best we can. People should not say bad things about us, because truthfully Lord knows were a peddling as fast as we can.
The truth is church is not God's idea, it is not His plan. It is fallen man's plan and few have ever questioned it. So the reason our dear brothers and sisters are having such a poor experience in their Christian lives, is that they are not living Christian lives. It is not because we do not want to, because we do, we REALLY DO want to. We are drinking from a poisoned well named church. People have been drinking at this trough for 1700 years ever since Constantine organized Christians into the church business in 306 AD.
Today if we can hear His voice, Jesus is calling to us. He is calling us unto Himself out side of the camp. There is a large group of Jesus followers already there, and best of all Jesus is already there, won't you come and seek Him today?