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Re: Should a Christian go to church/if so how do you find a healthy church?
1) Yes.
2) Ask around, visit some, and pray.
NRA Lifer
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"Everybody has principles... until they are an inconvenience." - Me
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....Uh, where should I look in order to find the truth? I can't tell you what's right for you (although I suspect somebody else already has...). If someone calls them self a Christian, I would think the words of Christ would be a great start. Sycamore
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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When I was a Catholic, "The Church" was the body of Catholics ruled over by the Pope and his clergy.
The consecrated building that Catholics worshiped in was "the church".
I looked up the word "church" and the dictionary says the building where Christians worship and/or hold services. The Church is also the body of Christians.
I guess no one can be a solatary Christian like the hermits and Fathers of the Desert were back in the day. DD how long ago were you a Catholic and at what age did you decide you weren't? I ask becuase I've been Catholic my entire life (unless you count when I wasn't going regularly) and I've never been 'ruled over' by the pope. Maybe I'm reading more into that than I should but it sure struck me as an odd phrase. Just curious. Thanks.
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"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." - Mark Twain
"Everybody has principles... until they are an inconvenience." - Me
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Geaux,
Pretty sure DD was a pre-Vatican II Catholic?
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Geaux,
Pretty sure DD was a pre-Vatican II Catholic? Ah, well, that was pre-GeauxLSU... 
NRA Lifer
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." - Mark Twain
"Everybody has principles... until they are an inconvenience." - Me
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