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I've got to say, church is great. My partner and I recently went after almost a decade, despite both being atheists. We are admittedly part of a non-traditional "New Age" style church, but it was great. I actually teared up during the service, which I did not expect.
If you're in a bad way I'd recommend giving it a chance!
Does this “New Age” church conduct wedding ceremonies for homosexuals?
How does that affect his recommendation to go to service if you're doing poorly? It isn't a wedding ceremony and it isn't your church.
Might as well ask their thoughts about transubstantiation.
This, but unironically. Do people really choose their church based on whether they like the music and not on their doctrine?
I wouldn't be surprised if they did. I am not Christian, but if I were, and there would be a choice between a church where I feel nice and welcome, but whose official doctrine is slightly different than mine (not to the point where visiting this church would be religiously forbidden for me, if that's even a thing) and one that matches my views exactly but doesn't work very well for me socially - I'd rather go to the former. Reducing it to just "music" is probably too narrow, but I think social aspect in general should not be underestimated.
I also heard numerous cases of Christians changing denominations for reasons like moving, marriage, etc. I don't think their thoughts about God and the ways to worship Him changed instantly with that, and they still seem to be ok. So I imagine there's some flexibility in there?
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