I miss the feeling it used to give me, when I was in preschool and early elementary school, that we had really come together to inquire into something and find out the truth about things like why we are here, where we came from, and where we are going. I don't miss people's sociological snobbery, but then that's because there's plenty of that whether you go to church or not.
Essentially, I see church as a phase of growth that I went through when I was young. It wouldn't do me any good to go back, I had the experience of it and I got out of it whatever I got out of it at the time.
I was a Seventh Day Adventist, so there was really nothing special about the architecture and the potlucks were all vegetarian with hyper weird dietary fads predominating. Certainly no lard in the pie or really even any real sugar...I don't miss the social part of that at all.
The feeling I had back then that we were really seeking truth and knowledge has also since been overshadowed by the fact that they told us what they told us about the answers, and my disappointment in the truth value of what they said.
Essentially, I see church as a phase of growth that I went through when I was young. It wouldn't do me any good to go back, I had the experience of it and I got out of it whatever I got out of it at the time.
I was a Seventh Day Adventist, so there was really nothing special about the architecture and the potlucks were all vegetarian with hyper weird dietary fads predominating. Certainly no lard in the pie or really even any real sugar...I don't miss the social part of that at all.
The feeling I had back then that we were really seeking truth and knowledge has also since been overshadowed by the fact that they told us what they told us about the answers, and my disappointment in the truth value of what they said.
