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"Why should I go to church?"
It is not an unusual question, of course. And the idea behind it is that ritual and liturgy are pointless as ends in themselves. Which, of course, is true. If one tries to please God by performing rituals or following liturgies, one clearly is on the wrong track.
"I can be a good person without ever going to church."
That statement follows hard on the question noted above many times over. And it is true that one can be a "good person" without ever going to church.
It is not an unusual question, of course. And the idea behind it is that ritual and liturgy are pointless as ends in themselves. Which, of course, is true. If one tries to please God by performing rituals or following liturgies, one clearly is on the wrong track.
"I can be a good person without ever going to church."
That statement follows hard on the question noted above many times over. And it is true that one can be a "good person" without ever going to church.