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Originally Posted by Malvaro
so how does a UC pastor in another city stop you, in your city, from wanting to go to church? seems like you are looking for a valid reason not to go to church.... jmho
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LOL, he has nothing to do with my church attendance or lack thereof. My comment about UC's was my not so subtle way of telling Whole-hearted to bug off.
Secondly, the church I DO go to is technically in another city as well, there is a ALJC in the city I live in, but though I have visited, I have never attended.
Thirdly, I have a valid reason for not wanting to go to church. And it is just that, I don't want to. I have nothing to prove to you, or anyone else. Not even the Pastor of the church I "visit" twice a month. You know him. He is a great guy, and the best of any of the Pastor's I have had (and there were some...not so good....). And his is a good church, the best of any that I have ever attended. But we don't see eye to eye on a vast array of issues, some that are important and some that are not. We get along well, and I have absolutely no issues with Him or that particular congregation at all. It really is a great church.
Alot of my issues are with the modern church model, and what I feel is a wrong focus of said modern church. I also disagree with a lot that is taught, i.e. tithing as a NT requirement, the separation between clergy and laity, the need for a church building and the incessent programs, fund-raisers etc., being "preached at" rather than searching the scriptures together, the drive towards entertainment and emotionalism, the view that the Pastor is THE absolute and supreme spiritual authority, and the prevelant view that the church organization is equal to God.
That's alot to try and reconcile AND still fit into an Apostolic church. One could say almost impossible.
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