Archaea, that's not fair. Muslims are unpopular for different reasons. Nazi Germany was also unpopular. So are BYU admissions standards.
If your argument is that the church needs to lower its standards so that it will appeal to people who are looking for a watered-down, lesser gospel, so they may continue doing things that God calls sinful but not have any clue that He does, I have good news: many churches like that already exist. Maybe they can use them as stepping stones. See Joel Osteen's sermons for example, where the whole purpose of life is simply to smile and be happy.
I repeat, as Christ prophesied to Isaiah: "These children will not hear the law of the Lord: [They] say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us (30:9-11)."
I suppose either you have a testimony that it's true doctrine or you don't.
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