I Don't Like Going to Church

I don’t like going to church. I love Christ and have an unflinching faith in His death, and His life, and His message. I believe that He did what was mandated Him by God and that His mission was to save human souls. That being said, I do not like going to church. I have for all of my life on this earth been a Southern Baptist Christian. I believe that the doctrines of baptism are sound and that to truly have a relationship with Christ you must perform the ritual that is said to descend Him upon you. It is in allowing yourself to take part in the ritual that you surrender yourself enough to truly make yourself known to God. That being said I do not like going to church. I believe with all my heart and soul that to love one another as we love ourselves is the only Way. I believe that charity and good will are the pillars of Christ’s message and that He lived His message. That being said I do not like going to church.
When I go to church I see all the folks who render their lip service worship for the week and then go right back to the judgmental, empty, and unenlightened lives that they lead. It’s ok for them because they can simply ask for forgiveness and that’s it. They do not want to know more. They do not want to think any deeper. They have been hardened by shallow minds. Their hearts will shine if they approve, but if it tests them, they will retreat behind empty words with empty meanings and a mean spirit. To them the Bible is a quite literal document that says it exactly like it is in every way. They do not realize that humankind is not smart enough to take the Bible literally. We are simply not smart enough to literally know the Word of God, and yet so many think that a country bumpkin with a seminary degree can literally interpret God’s Word from the Bible for them. It is insane. The Bible is indeed a road map, but it can only be used truly on an individual basis. If you have not read it through, you have no chance of getting anywhere with it. If you have to have a preacher man tell it to you then once again it will be lost to you. I don’t like going to church because what I see there breaks my heart and lets me know that the entire world is coming unraveled as we speak.