And on top of that, we a) have evening services and b)will allow you to wear jeans to church. <--Ya these two things are just cool. But I can not in good conscience recite that Nicene creed with heart.
Yes I believe that, but at a certain point they say ... so how about you join us or stop coming? I guess I spent to much time at less liberal churches in my distant youth.
I'm super late chiming in, but have you considered a Unitarian church? Instead of putting up with dogma, you end up having to put up with New Age woo (Unitarian churches select for people who hold beliefs like anti-vaccination, homeopathy, the philosophies behind Waldorf schooling, etc.). But the whole point of Unitarianism -- in my experience -- is that you get the advantages of belonging to a church without having to believe in anything at all, really. It ends up being impolite to challenge anyone's beliefs at a Unitarian church, so you won't get challenged for not being religious
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I look forward to seeing what y'all do. Eleanor's in a Quaker school, so she has to go to Meeting for Worship, but what you worship is the inner light inside everybody, and it's not cool to pressure anybody's inner light to participate in the service if they don't want to.
Rule of thumb: if Garrison Keillor hates it (Episcopalians, Quakers, Unitarians, gays), it's OK by me.
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<--Ya these two things are just cool.
But I can not in good conscience recite that Nicene creed with heart.
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Visiting, hanging, out, attending, and most types of other participation don't require it.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. I agree in the end (when they turn 18) it will be up to them, till then they are MINE!
There's been progress on this front recently, I'll share more soon.
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Rule of thumb: if Garrison Keillor hates it (Episcopalians, Quakers, Unitarians, gays), it's OK by me.
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