I can not believe something at home and be able to sleep in. Why bother showing up if I don't have to believe anything?
I don't know if you want a serious answer to this thing, but I found it an interesting enough rhetorical question that I kind of want to answer it as if it were not rhetorical. Again, I'm answering from the perspective of a liberal Jew, not a Christian, so keep that in mind -- Judaism is, in general, a lot less concerned with belief than many forms of Christianity, and very concerned with action.
* Maybe you want to believe something, and going to church can strengthen your nascent belief * Maybe you can believe (or not-believe) just as well at home, but being in a community of faith is useful in bringing out that belief and turning it towards good * Maybe the community is just good for you as a community * Maybe the experience of religious services is spiritual, without needing any specific thing that everyone there believes
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16/10/09 03:48 (UTC)I don't know if you want a serious answer to this thing, but I found it an interesting enough rhetorical question that I kind of want to answer it as if it were not rhetorical. Again, I'm answering from the perspective of a liberal Jew, not a Christian, so keep that in mind -- Judaism is, in general, a lot less concerned with belief than many forms of Christianity, and very concerned with action.
* Maybe you want to believe something, and going to church can strengthen your nascent belief
* Maybe you can believe (or not-believe) just as well at home, but being in a community of faith is useful in bringing out that belief and turning it towards good
* Maybe the community is just good for you as a community
* Maybe the experience of religious services is spiritual, without needing any specific thing that everyone there believes