I'm not very knowledgeable about theology, but here are my thoughts: I tend to think of the bible along the lines of a translation of a translation of an interpretation and so on, going back 2000 years. This means it has been changed, reinterpreted and affected by many people along the way. And in any case it wasn't written by God directly. I don't think one needs to belong to a particular church, other than the church of your own making. Each of the different Christian churches is an interpretation of the same basic ideas, so why not create your own personal church. You could make your own interpretation and do what you believe to be right. As an example, do you really have to go to church every Sunday to be a good Christian, or believing God to be omnipotent could it be better to worship from your house every day? What makes the church building special after all? Perhaps it was blessed by a clergyman who was preaching for a living and adultering in his spare time. In 100 years it could be a block of apartments. I guess my key point here, which really covers all religious groups of any faith, is that each group has its dogma, but it's basically an interpretation.
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I don't think one needs to belong to a particular church, other than the church of your own making. Each of the different Christian churches is an interpretation of the same basic ideas, so why not create your own personal church. You could make your own interpretation and do what you believe to be right.
As an example, do you really have to go to church every Sunday to be a good Christian, or believing God to be omnipotent could it be better to worship from your house every day? What makes the church building special after all? Perhaps it was blessed by a clergyman who was preaching for a living and adultering in his spare time. In 100 years it could be a block of apartments.
I guess my key point here, which really covers all religious groups of any faith, is that each group has its dogma, but it's basically an interpretation.