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Anonymous I no longer seek. I know the truth or at least as much of it as my all too limited capabilities are capable of understanding this side of heaven and it has indeed set me free but like Paul ( and I make no claim to be him or as faithful as him) it has made me rather annoying to others who wish so desperately to hang on to false ideas about God and the world at large.

Eenie meenie, miney mo, catch a god by the toe. If he hollers, let him go.

Garyd is a seeker of truth. Good boy. Come by our church for we have nothing but the truth. For sure that was God in the burning bush. The Bible says so.

Those Hoax Buster people are stupid. Can't they read? Just so much atheistic jibberish. God cannot tell a lie.

Exodus 3:6
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

Or maybe their looking for some place that actually teaches the truth as found in scripture rather than bilge as taught by hoax busters et al?

Again Christians are looking for a Church that is real. And whose theology is underpinned by something rather more than the warm fuzzies.

You don't suppose http://www.hoax-buster.org/sellyoursoul has anything to do with it? I didn't think so but thought I would ask.

At least 14% of Americans are on board with that Hoax Buster Bible study, faith it. Maybe the 40% has a few of them that were so psychologically disturbed by threats of hell while they were still children that they don't know what to do?

I was baptized in a Methodist church, confirmed in a Presbyterian church, and now attend a Holdeman Mennonite church. Most of my life was "unaffiliated but religious." In other words, I was seeking. I've dropped in on Lutheran, Catholic (in the US and in Europe), First Christian, Southern Baptist, and non-denominational Christian (US military chaplain-led) services. I've looked into Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism.

It has been a long and tortuous road to where I am and I think it has given me greater insight to who I am and what I seek - and that which I seek is as much within me as in a given religion. I have not seen enough which I like in most *religions* to engender any desire to join.

Despite my skepticism about organized religion, my faith remained strong. I remained a Christian throughout, although my faith is much stronger now.

I have come to realize that the faith of many people differs from their religion. It seems that many people go to a given place of worship or adhere to a religion because they are comfortable with that practice. I wonder how many changes of Christian denomination are driven by changes within one's home congregation. Certainly, I left the Presbyterian church because my congregation had, during my absence overseas, become something quite alien and unfriendly to me. The Mennonite church was welcoming (okay, I already knew the ministers and some of the deacons) and the lack of politics in the sanctuary was refreshing. I have not become an official member because I disagree with some of the church's doctrine. Despite that, I remain welcome in the congregation and feel comfortable worshipping there.

On the other side of this coin, I wonder how many self-identified Christians are truly Christians. How many profess to be Christian because they once attended church? How many pick up their faith on the church steps and lay it back down as they leave church? How many really understand what Christ taught? How many even try to follow the word? I suspect that, if one could count the number of actual, practicing Christians, the number is a small fraction of those who profess to the faith.