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I just want to encourage you (Score:1)

by zatoichi (4897)

"and I am hoping that actually going to church will not ruin that enthusiasm"

Your enthusiasm should not be based on the "church" but on your relationship to God and knowing that in church is where He wants you to be. It says so in His word.
- Re:I just want to encourage you (Score:2)
  
  by rafael (2125)
  
  You're a protestant, aren't you ? To my knowledge only protestants have this interest in personal relationship with God or saints, while the earlier monotheisms focus more strongly on rites and communities. (Just trying to understand the subtle differences between those religions)
  - Re:I just want to encourage you (Score:1)
    
    by zatoichi (4897) on 2005.02.04 11:20 (#38012) Journal
    
    Protestant != Catholicism
    
    Protestant \Prot"es*tant\, a. [Cf. F. protestant.] 1. Making a protest; protesting. 2. Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.
    
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