1st March 2005, 8:12 AM
Quote:I am a Christian, but I do not attend a church, and I do not officially consider myself a part of any religion (I differentiate faith from religion). I do not trust many organized religions, but I would like one day to find a church that worries itself less with earthly matters and politics, and focuses more on the parts that interest me most: explaining Jesus and God to me, and using what I learn to be a part of the community. Until I find this, assuming I ever do, I am more than content to continue the personal relationship I have with God, because I don't think He believes me to be any less of a person just because I don't go to a particular place on a particular day to speak with Him, I do it whenever, and wherever, I feel.
If that's the case you'd probably want to stay away from really large churches. The one that I go to is quite small, though not the smallest in the area, with around 70-80 members. It's pretty much what you described, we help out the community when we can and so on without doing anything "political".
Sometimes you get the scorpion.