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hedgehog

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2. I am ambivalent about whether it is a good thing that church going

Reply to Lydia Leftcoast (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 04:50 PM

Jan 2013

is not required to be socially acceptable. The church may be smaller and purer, but I'm not sure that's the goal. At the same time, people who are there are there out of belief, not out of following the crowd.

Church is supposed to be for those who need healing, not for the perfect. We're still discussing what we think is going on, rather than working from actual data, but do you think that church has a slight reputation for snobbishness?

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Most main line denominations are losing membership, and there are a lot of [View all] hedgehog Jan 2013 OP

My impression is that people were bored out of church Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #1

I am ambivalent about whether it is a good thing that church going hedgehog Jan 2013 #2

good point arely staircase May 2013 #11

There were some losses in my parish due to a very polarizing priest and then due to his Lydia Leftcoast May 2013 #13

I think a lot of people are unchurched because they are drifting from those GreenPartyVoter Jan 2013 #3

Would you expand on that? What type of specific beliefs? hedgehog Jan 2013 #4

oops...see post 5 GreenPartyVoter Jan 2013 #6

Well, for myself I no longer believe in Hell or the Virgin birth and so forth. I still go GreenPartyVoter Jan 2013 #5

as a rational person i do not take literally the virgin birth or hell as a place of eternal torment arely staircase May 2013 #12

Christians are losing out because they are not Christ-like Stopbiblebullies May 2013 #7

I left the Catholic church last year 47of74 May 2013 #8

this nt arely staircase May 2013 #10

Amen refrescanos Jul 2013 #14

I was just confirmed in the Episcopal Church at age 40 something arely staircase May 2013 #9