Sunday, May. 22, 2005 11:05 a.m.
I just posted this on craigslist:
looking for a good church - do they exist?
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Reply to: [email protected]
Date: 2005-05-22, 11:00AM PDT
Hi - I don't know if anyone out in CL-land has any ideas, but it's worth the shot...
Me and my fianc� are looking for a church to begin attending. We both were raised with Christian upbringings and while we still hold many overall Christian beliefs, we find that every church, every denomination we've ever visited (and trust me, we've been to a lot), seem to cater to, well, dumb people - people that aren't willing to question, or search, or play devil's advocate, or challenge beliefs...and this is really disappointing.
I know there's a zillion churches in this city, and no way we could ever visit them all, and even if we could, no way to get to know each church long enough to see what they are really about.
Does anyone know of any good Christian churches in this city? I'm NOT looking for modern worship that caters to the senses and almost hypnotizes yourself into a "spiritual experience", I'm NOT looking for a preacher who talks like a teenager hoping to "seem cool and relatable" to the congregation. I'm NOT looking for a bunch of fake happy people who take things at face value and say "if God allows it" or "it was such a blessing" or 'I'll pray for you" every other sentence...
I'm looking for truth and for those who are not afraid to use logic and reason to discover it. I'm looking for community. I'm looking for a good church to eventually raise our kids in.
I'm open to any suggestions anyone might have of churches to attend.
or any like-minded people. who knows, maybe if a church like this doesn't exist, we'll start one of our own. :)
this is in or around Los Angeles
no -- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
yes -- ok to transmit this posting into outer space
I wonder if I'll get a response...or maybe since this is going into outer space, it'll reach God directly. :)
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