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I'm the "God, what are You Doing???!!" stream right now ('cause I wonder why in the world are things all stupid in my life right now, and after all that praying, too). Dang ...
Really, I'd be agnostic if I didn't have years of parental upbringing and Bible study ingrained in me. Couldn't get rid of all that if I tried.
Guess that's a good thing, huh?
I get the sense I didn't do much better than "Are you Catholic or Christian?" guy. I mean I knew so many of you are basically your own thing, but I guess I wasn't thinking "Other" would be quite this much of a majority.
There are really only two significant "rivers" of life: Christian or Non-Christian! There are a number of "denominational and religious streams" branching out of those two "rivers," but they are certainly not equally interchangeable (as suggested by an all inclusive 'shopping list.')
Am I missing something? -- Is the question, "Where do you attend church?" or "Are you a Christian?" or perhaps, "Are you a Christian?' AND 'Where do you attend church?".
Unless one is a "Christian", it makes no more difference where they attend church, than where they shop for groceries. If one is not a Christian, than pointless questions suggesting that 'church attendance' is synonymous with 'Christianity' only mislead and confuse people.
Episcopalian--switched in my 30's from the Reformed Church (American version of the old Dutch Reformed Church--similar to Presbyterian but more hell-and-death centered.)
There are really only two significant "rivers" of life: Christian or Non-Christian! There are a number of "denominational and religious streams" branching out of those two "rivers," but they are certainly not equally interchangeable (as suggested by an all inclusive 'shopping list.')
Am I missing something? -- Is the question, "Where do you attend church?" or "Are you a Christian?" or perhaps, "Are you a Christian?' AND 'Where do you attend church?".
Unless one is a "Christian", it makes no more difference where they attend church, than where they shop for groceries. If one is not a Christian, than pointless questions suggesting that 'church attendance' is synonymous with 'Christianity' only mislead and confuse people.
That's not necessarily true. Different Christians have different traditions and different schools of thought. None of us know the "right" version--we can't possibly. It's interesting and expands one's knowledge base to learn about others and share information.
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