I'm vaguely Methodist! I've been just about everything, but I would agree, the Methodists have a really open manner to them. I've been Lutherian (high school boyfriend - had a good experience until we broke up), Presbyterian (other boyfriend - also good experience, also broke up), Episcopalian (husband - still got him) and some other religions, mostly because I'm boy crazy. I will say this, I like the Episcopalian philosophy, they are also very open and free. When we got married, the priest who married us was a woman, who happened to be married to a Presbyterian minister and she told us about when their children were little. She was telling them about how Adam and Eve were free and naked, enjoying the Garden of Eden and her husband freaked out, because she shouldn't have told them they were naked. And let's not forget, the Episcopalians are really just the Church of England (Cake or Death?), so really, they can be fun.
I think my point, if you can call it that, is that there are good people in every church and God attends all those services because it says so in the Bible - "Where ever two or more of you are gathered in My name." Church is about hearing inspiring words spoken by someone you respect and feeling uplifted by your fellow parishioners and being uplifting. If you aren't getting that, you might as well sit at home and watch some television evangelist (I was going to say Jerry Falwell, but he's dead). I promise, promise, promise, the Methodist God is the same one in all the other Christian churchs. No one, especially Him, is going to hold it against you if you find a place of comfort, love and joy. That really is the point of His love, isn't it?
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Date: 2008-03-24 03:18 pm (UTC)I think my point, if you can call it that, is that there are good people in every church and God attends all those services because it says so in the Bible - "Where ever two or more of you are gathered in My name." Church is about hearing inspiring words spoken by someone you respect and feeling uplifted by your fellow parishioners and being uplifting. If you aren't getting that, you might as well sit at home and watch some television evangelist (I was going to say Jerry Falwell, but he's dead). I promise, promise, promise, the Methodist God is the same one in all the other Christian churchs. No one, especially Him, is going to hold it against you if you find a place of comfort, love and joy. That really is the point of His love, isn't it?