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In reply to the discussion: Any Ex-vangelicals? [View all]PurgedVoter
(2,218 posts)There were some that tried to brainwash you right from the beginning and others would try to lure you in. Some have great virtues but all of them are flawed.
Baháʼí is oddly enough the most Christian of the faiths I have experienced, their dogma is hard for me to sit through.
By reading the Koran and rejecting it, I am as defined as the worst of the worst. But then, the Koran pretty much shoots down all the variants, Sunni and Shia. Their very existence is forbidden by the Koran. There is a chapter in the Koran that is entirely about Mohamed's horrid uncle and how unfortunate he and his horrible wife will be for all of eternity. There is another chapter that focuses on telling you about the Djinn.
The Church of the Redeemer, where the spoke in tongues was outright evil and trying to tear apart the personalities of the followers.
The music in the Church of Christ was wonderful, and I like a lot about the church. That said, the communities I saw within the church were oppressive.
The Mormons are the best family church, and a lot of them really do wonders in the community. Their history is short but it rivals the evils of the best traditional churches and their dogma can be shredded by demonstrable information. Horses and Carts in South America at the time of Jesus are just one of the examples of what you will find in the Book of Mormon.
My own preference is for a High Church Episcopalian service, but the evil that goes with that service is intolerable.
The truth is simple, religions tend to be collections of dogma that allow you to split hairs and walk away feeling good despite having done little for your fellow man. Find a church that respects the poorest members more that the richest and you might have found an actual Christian church. Good luck with that.