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Rick Warren's website offers another glimpse of McLaren's worldview:

"Interdependence, though imbedded in nature, is foreign to the Western individualism.... That's why McLaren's 'new kind of Christian' often uses words like 'journey' and 'conversation' to describe Christian life beyond the postmodern divide. Conversation implies Christians can learn a lot by interacting with - and listening to - the world, especially non-Christians. 'Their questions are an essential facet of our discipleship,' McLaren says. 'They change us.'"[3]

Of course! Such "conversation" with the world will quickly erode the old truths that block universal interdependence. This mind-changing dialectic process involves (1) "open-minded" dialogue among diverse people, (2) identification with all contrary views, (3) a common quest for "common ground," and (4) willingness to trade personal convictions for group consensus. 

In other words, the person "belongs" primarily to the group or community, not to God.  [See Three kinds of groups]