Is there anything like Church.... except without the whole God part???

clearlysuspect

JCizzle

beatnic

Rob1110

JCizzle

dennisking

ejenne87

You might be able to find something on meetup.com. It's a pretty cool site where people can post time/date of events they are hosting, a description and all that. I've found a few pretty cool things to do around here but work seems to always get in the way. I'm sure in an area with a larger, more diverse population you will find all kinds of cool things going on.

xmacro

rossdavey2

Vulchor

fla-gypsy

Vulchor

I dont see the problem with Cizzles comments. He voiced why he believes people go to church, whats wrong with that? There are churches with snakes, and certainly virgin births as tenets of religion. Additionally, to doubt that a GREAT DEAL of people go strictly out of habit would be very naive. No problem with what he said and he did not attack anyone or anyones beliefs, just why he thinks they go as opposed to why many think they do.

Amos Umwhat

jlmarta

Heavy

Vulchor:

I dont see the problem with Cizzles comments. He voiced why he believes people go to church, whats wrong with that? There are churches with snakes, and certainly virgin births as tenets of religion. Additionally, to doubt that a GREAT DEAL of people go strictly out of habit would be very naive. No problem with what he said and he did not attack anyone or anyones beliefs, just why he thinks they go as opposed to why many think they do.

Yeah, I don't get it either. Talking snakes (well, one talking snake) and a virgin birth are not only in the bible, they're pretty key elements. JCizzle is saying people still go to church but don't really believe these types of things, right? Where's the problem?

Vulchor

Damn you Marty----I suggested this already......wait a minute, this may not be the thead for damnation talk, lok.........Joking aside Marty and I (if I may toot our horns) I think are on to something, again especiallly if you can kind a club with young people with kids. There is a local one by me that I go to occasionally. Granted, I usually go for the cheap booze and kararokee part of it----but there is much more than that.

dowjr1

I am in agreement about JCizzle's comments being completely fine. That is his opinion and I did not perceive them as being insulting in any way to anyone as (previously mentioned) snakes and virgin births are pretty common/basic themes in Christianity. As for the actual subject of the thread, I don't see any problem with continuing to go to church when you are enjoying the time with your family and other churchgoers. In fact, I would bet they would want you there even knowing your thoughts and beliefs.

beatnic

jlmarta

Vulchor

No worried Marty, just kidding with ya man. I know the Moose where I live does a helluva BBQ a few times a year too.....yummmm

clearlysuspect

beatnic

clearlysuspect

beatnic

dennisking

clearlysuspect

dennisking:

One thing to remember is that people are not faultless and even in this setting, they are still only human. That means that when one person or a group screw up, like we all do, you shouldn't jump directly to the whole "Christians are hypocrites" thing. Yes, some are, but most just make mistakes like anyone else. If we were perfect, you'd worship yourself.

Yeah. I can't stand when people do that. I think it's funny how many people I meet who won't judge one cigar without smoking a few, just in case they got a bad stick, but will judge an entire group of people based on a couple they've met. I try to take this approach with everyone though. The same can be said about just about any group of people. As long as you don't support Sharia Law (see Libya post...) I'm probably not going to judge you at all.

JCizzle

Jdorais

Clearly, you should check out Religious Science (not Scientology or christian science) or Unity.