Sounds like a very interesting journey! I was raised in the church and I don't really have too much of a problem with that. When I was younger I was involved in a lot of things through my church, but one of the most important was a discipleship choir. It focused more on your personal relationship with God versus the whole organized religion piece of it. That really connected with me and I agree that most churches these days are out of touch and out of focus with what was at the heart of God's teachings. The idea of judgement is something that people seem to forget is not their job. It's sad and I can see why it turns many people off. Christianity in general has been a blessing for me though.
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It has been! Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like to have been raised in the church. I certainly have nothing against Christianity it at all. I like the concept of what you were taught in the choir. That's really the core of almost every religion...the cultivation of that personal connection with the higher power.
I feel like it gave me a good baseline to develop my system of beliefs and ideals today. I barely talk to my friends from school back then, but my friends from church I am still in contact with today.