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@ZacMabry As the only person I follow who's heavily into the church, something I've wondered for a while is your take on Christians who just go through the motions vs. people who lead a NT-adherent life while not necessarily attending service every Sunday. What's your take?

I'm torn. I was raised Catholic, was confirmed and everything, but in the past 15-20 years I've felt apart. I try to lead my life in an upright manner, helping the downtrodden, but I find it difficult to align with people who sooner bring up Leviticus than let God do the judging.

I realize this is a pretty divisive question, coming down to "Are the actions meaningful without absolute faith, and is absolute faith meaningful without actions", but even if your ultimate take is that I'm going to Hell, I at least respect you taking the time to reply.

Maybe not who you wanted to have respond, but myself (Arty) and my husband (Felix) were both raised Christian. If it helps, I was taught that nothing can take your faith away from you. If you lose belief or merely just stop adherence to a church oriented social circle...

...you're still considered saved in the eyes of God. My personal beliefs have swayed towards logical unknowable truths lately. If every culture in the world has a different view on God, how can one be more right than another? How do you choose?

My take on the whole thing is that what's important is how you live your life, not necessarily what team you throw your lot in with. I try to help people, but I don't shout about it. I'd rather be as in Luke 18:9-14.

It's not anyone else's business who I help, or why, or how. There's this unfortunately pervasive idea these days that people need to be vocal about who they help. I try to live by Matthew 6:2. If you help someone, just do it.