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Originally posted by straightBOS
I actually liked the conservatism of the Anglican service.
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Question--what is the basis of the Anglican sect? I'm really not familiar with them.
I'll add my story also.
When my family moved me and my 2 brothers from Chicago to San Francisco, I was 5 years old and was not a member of any church. My great grandmother, Southern Baptist, wanted us to go to church with my aunt, United Methodist, but also wanted us to go to a Baptist church. So, the 3 of us went to a Baptist church nearby but stopped going after a couple of visits. I just remember that church, Calvary Baptist, gave me my first bible, King James Version, and yes I still have it.
Anywhoo, my aunt started taking us to her church services and of the 3 of us, I was the only one who was baptized and became a member of the church. I never felt like a member there. Even though I would attend Sunday school, the snow trips, join the youth and young adult choirs, I felt like the people were snobs and hypocrites. Also, I never felt moved by the services or any sense of spiritual involment. However, every summer, from the ages of 6 through 16, I would attend a camp, which was run by the local (catholic) archdiocese (sp?). It was not a religious camp but on Sundays did perform a full mass. It was my first exposure to Catholicism. The difference with the service at camp as opposed to a regular Mass was it was all done by the kids. I found it very happy and joyous and fun. At the time, I thought the religions were pretty much the same so I didn’t see anything wrong with receiving communion.
Anyway, for a while I felt catholic and was going to officially convert until I actually figured out what it means to be a catholic. Since I didn't agree with the doctrine, I dropped that idea. In high school I participated in a group called Young Life, and had a great time with them. YL is a Christian based national youth org. I got tired of them because they were always having "club". (their term for religious service). Their camp was fun but every night we were there (7 days) we had mandatory club for at least 2 hours. Boring! So during my early adult years I floundered around and looked casually into other religions but decided not to go the organized route. I’m happy with where I am today after having done research on other religions. So I guess you could say I ‘ve converted to just being happy