Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time
by jrs235 on Monday March 29, 2021 @10:06AM
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I hear you. This, reliance on the Old Testament fire and brimstone teaching is a failure of the church. The Law (and the fire and brimstone) is important to show how we (no one) can live up to being prefect and our need for forgiveness and love. We are to do things out of love, not out of fear.
Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time
by bshep on Monday March 29, 2021 @02:43PM
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Pretty much sums up my experience as well, I grew up going to church and every week it was ‘follow the church or go to hell’ and ‘you are all sinners going to hell’.
As an adult ( in a different geographic area ) I’ve been to church with my wife and its a much more positive experience.
In the end my ‘belief’ is in a moral code and not in a religion.
Being an adult and doing the right thing, simply because it's the right thing, and developing my own moral and ethical code of conduct has greatly reduced my stress and anxiety.