Original sentence: The magazine published letters which described Carl's views as "divisive", both men and women disagreed with his views.There was a lot of criticism of Carl's views
Edited sentence: Carl responded in the magazine with the comment that he welcomed the fact that the issue of declining numbers of men in church was finally being debated but hoped that the debate would translate into action.Some called his views divsive with others being very supportive and glad that someone was working to address the issues.The interviews generated a large response from people both supporting and criticising his views (which called for a re-evaluation of church culture to make it more attractive to men)