When I was a kid I decided to try going to on of those non-denominational youth groups.
It was okay, but I was never very good at it.
When I told one of the "leaders" that I was going to go back to the Catholic church school for the next year because it was "confirmation" year he told me that Catholics and confirmation was not "christian".
I never viewed organized religion the same after that.
There was too much "us vs. them".
Religion is ruined by the people most times.
I completely agree with you about the "us vs. them" attitude. All too often we want to focus on our minor differences.
eactly, it happens all the time. folks will fight over details at the .17 decimal point level, when in fact they agree on all of the essentially important matters & issues. it's just the way we humans are wired. we're always trying to differentiate things on the margins, while never looking at the commonalities. for instance, one commonality is that we all breathe oxygen, but people will argue over whether 10 deep breaths is sufficient, or is 20 better.
