I used to go to a Baptist church when I was really young, I don't remember if they had those small repenting rooms or not, it was so long ago. They recently sold the church and turned it into an exercising place... which is stupid because half of the people in this small town WERE Baptists and that was the only Baptist church in the entire town. What? Do they expect Baptists to just become Lutheran all of the sudden? Plus, it's 8 bucks to work out for a day, and most people that live in this town is either too busy or (in no offence of course) too old to work out or shoot basketballs.
Anyways, it just stressed me out because, while I'm not a Christian anymore, that was the only religious organization that I REALLY belonged to, and now it's gone.
When it was brought up the other night at our easter dinner, my sister talked about how she always went to church with my mom, my grandma, and I, and now none of us go. I'm thinking about start going to church for two things;
1. Moral strength. Even though I don't believe in God, it will still kinda make me think twice about every action I do, that God will ask me why I did it and better make sure there's a good answer.
2. For my sister. Most importantly, my sister might really want to go to church, but doesn't want to go alone, especially now because she's a Baptist and all of the Lutherans in the town pretty much were asocial elderly folks so it's probably the same.
I'd prefer there to be repentance involved, because if I'm going there to exercise my moral strength, I'm definitely going to need repentance, I've been a horrible person lately and hope to make better of that.
So, as far as you know, do Lutherans repent?
PS: No, I'm not going to make a scene at the church or judge them in my thoughts, I really am looking for more moral strength, if you still are annoyed by the fact an atheist wants to go to church, then you can say so, please don't be a jerk about it.
Anyways, it just stressed me out because, while I'm not a Christian anymore, that was the only religious organization that I REALLY belonged to, and now it's gone.
When it was brought up the other night at our easter dinner, my sister talked about how she always went to church with my mom, my grandma, and I, and now none of us go. I'm thinking about start going to church for two things;
1. Moral strength. Even though I don't believe in God, it will still kinda make me think twice about every action I do, that God will ask me why I did it and better make sure there's a good answer.
2. For my sister. Most importantly, my sister might really want to go to church, but doesn't want to go alone, especially now because she's a Baptist and all of the Lutherans in the town pretty much were asocial elderly folks so it's probably the same.
I'd prefer there to be repentance involved, because if I'm going there to exercise my moral strength, I'm definitely going to need repentance, I've been a horrible person lately and hope to make better of that.
So, as far as you know, do Lutherans repent?
PS: No, I'm not going to make a scene at the church or judge them in my thoughts, I really am looking for more moral strength, if you still are annoyed by the fact an atheist wants to go to church, then you can say so, please don't be a jerk about it.
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