Regarding the OP, do any of you men think that the behavior of some of those within the church (the body of believers)…either individually or collectively…or the behavior of some of the entities within the church…either individual churches themselves, or certain denominations (for example)…is a stumbling block for some people coming to the faith of Christianity and for some people walking away from it…?
Without a doubt. If one thinks that church is for righteous people only, one will stay away, thinking he/she is not good enough to be there. If one believes that it should be made up of righteous people and one knows that less-than-righteous folk are there, then he/she says away because of the "hypocrisy" of it. I expect that a lot of people from both camps use these excuses to have themselves a second Saturday. Oh, and then they don't have to put anything into the church coffers either.
