Church

[herazade]

Boy it's been to long since I've written a blog post. I need to write more

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[chantry]

[herazade]

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.

[chantry]

[botgrrrl]

The Nicene creed is only a must if you are going get baptized.

Visiting, hanging, out, attending, and most types of other participation don't require it.

[prettyshrub]

My niece became religious due to a cute boy.

[herazade]

Eeek!!! The probability just went up to %95.

[prettyshrub]

She also married this boy.

[herazade]

Awk! NOOOOOO!

[herazade]

Cute boys are just no good.

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.

[opadit]

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

[herazade]

Oh yes, you anticipated my next post. Well done. More on this when I build up my writing energy.

[opadit]

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.