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<blockquote data-quote="Hans Blaster" data-source="post: 77073168" data-attributes="member: 396028"><p>In the US there are "groupings" of denominations. Within in those groups many people move rather freely without resistance for often trivial reasons, but also because the find the practice or theology of another faction closer to there own thinking. This happens for people of all levels of religious commitment. (For example, your profile indicates you are Lutheran. From my experience, that affiliation is largely ethnic (Germans, Scandinavians, etc.) but moving from one Lutheran synod to another is fairly common.)</p><p></p><p>Moving from one "grouping" to another is a bit "stiffer". Sometimes it happens because people don't really see a difference between them. ("A church is a church.") Sometime is happens because someone studies the theology and finds a different group to be "better".</p><p></p><p>A lot of people who *do* study their own faith tradition deeply become *more* convinced that it is the right form. For example, I've known a lot of Catholics that studied Catholic theology and became even more dedicated to its tenants. I (as a born Catholic, raised in the Church) never really contemplated leaving that grouping for some other form of Christianity, instead I slowly faded away and left religion all together.</p><p></p><p>The groupings that I see in American Christianity (and some, including the official CF position, may not see all as "Christian", but whatever) are:</p><p></p><p>Catholics</p><p>Orthodox</p><p>Lutherans</p><p>Mainline "British" protestants (Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians)</p><p>Evangelicals</p><p>Mormons</p><p>JW</p><p></p><p>Some of these groups are very different, while some the intergroup flow is a bit easier (Lutherans to British mainline for example).</p><p></p><p>If I were still a believer, but had lost my notions of papal supermacy, I'd probably give the Lutherans or Episcopalians a try. The evangelicals with their "born again" enthusiasms seemed weird to me back in the day and they still do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hans Blaster, post: 77073168, member: 396028"] In the US there are "groupings" of denominations. Within in those groups many people move rather freely without resistance for often trivial reasons, but also because the find the practice or theology of another faction closer to there own thinking. This happens for people of all levels of religious commitment. (For example, your profile indicates you are Lutheran. From my experience, that affiliation is largely ethnic (Germans, Scandinavians, etc.) but moving from one Lutheran synod to another is fairly common.) Moving from one "grouping" to another is a bit "stiffer". Sometimes it happens because people don't really see a difference between them. ("A church is a church.") Sometime is happens because someone studies the theology and finds a different group to be "better". A lot of people who *do* study their own faith tradition deeply become *more* convinced that it is the right form. For example, I've known a lot of Catholics that studied Catholic theology and became even more dedicated to its tenants. I (as a born Catholic, raised in the Church) never really contemplated leaving that grouping for some other form of Christianity, instead I slowly faded away and left religion all together. The groupings that I see in American Christianity (and some, including the official CF position, may not see all as "Christian", but whatever) are: Catholics Orthodox Lutherans Mainline "British" protestants (Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians) Evangelicals Mormons JW Some of these groups are very different, while some the intergroup flow is a bit easier (Lutherans to British mainline for example). If I were still a believer, but had lost my notions of papal supermacy, I'd probably give the Lutherans or Episcopalians a try. The evangelicals with their "born again" enthusiasms seemed weird to me back in the day and they still do. [/QUOTE]
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