Reply #11: I never understood what lgbt get out of church

[ozone_man]

or feminists, or liberals.

Your first comment was snarky, but I've always wondered what glbt find of value in a typical patriarchal, misogynist, homophobic Christian church? Seems like an unrewarding and painful experience.

By contrast, the Universalist church is very accepting and doesn't teach Christian dogma. Even atheists can feel at home there.

Maybe I'm wrong and there is much to connect with even in a Christian church. The community for example, especially if there is a significant lgbt constituency.

Also, a reasonable argument can be made that that is the way to change the community, not by giving up and moving away to a different church, but by working toward a gradual change in community values and teaching Christianity in a more moderate, less dogmatic way.

I just have little tolerance for most religion. It's a relic from our ignorant past.