Where are you going to church?
This seems to be a popular question when catching up with people from my past. Of course I did go to a Christian high school and I was fairly active in church too. So, I guess it's fair, but the answer is "I don't". Here's a post I wrote in response to a disscussion about the Da Vinci Code that I never posted, it touches a little on the problems I have with church.
One problem with Christianity is churches. Churches were never advocated by Christ, yet they seem to do very well in existing, controlling their congregation, and making money. The fact is that the Bible we have today was decided by the more powerful early church leaders to force their ideas upon all, by calling anything outside what they approved heresy.
Another problem is that there seems to be this innate desire for Christians to feel like they're being persecuted. I'm not sure if this is just the nature of the religion do to the Bible, or the work of the churches. Anyone remember when Harry Potter came out? It wasn't a fun fictional fantasy novel for children, it was a evil work of witchcraft trying to suck their children away from God. I'm not sure why there is this need to attack fictional works, but it seems that if their faith in their beliefs were strong enough they wouldn't feel threatened by other's opinions and have this need to lash out.
While these statements may not be true of all, they are representative of my experience.
So, that's a little of it. As I mentioned above churches seem very interested in money. Yes, I realize I live in the USA and everything (or at least it feels like everything) is about money, but it seems like church should be different. There are other reasons, but I figure that's enough for now, I'm sure I'll get around to the others sooner or later.
