I have been thinking about this. I left the catholic church a long time ago, I thought that it was irrelevant and "dead" I thought that I had found "life: in Assemlies of God and later Baptist churches.
I always considered that Catholicism was about "religion" while the othere were more "personal relationship with Jesus"
The truth was that the MASS is not the alternative to a CHURCH SERVICE, I think they are very different in what they are about.
For someone who is spiritual but doesnt like (or mostly understand) ritual the protestant movement is very welcoming, because it is often made to be exactly like a social group. Meet friends, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, sing songs, listen to the funny preacher. So it is welcoming, sincere and often focused on God.
The question is, is that enough. Some Catholic churches have similar groups not all. But central is the Mass. Protestants dont have that and have for some reason decided to completly ignore writings of church leaders.
2007-08-06
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