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When You Love Church Community But Reject the Theology

I love the ritual and community of my childhood church but the theology makes me cringe, so I sit through sermons feeling split in half.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The human need for belonging conflicts with intellectual honesty, forcing a choice between social connection and authentic belief.

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