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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

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

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 09:57 PM

Jan 2013

to church because I still find use in it (sermons, fellowship) but I think if they stopped having any meaning for me I would stop going.

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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

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

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