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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Google 'cultural christians'.  There are a lot of folks who enjoy the community of a church but don't feel strongly (if at all) about religion.  You'd be welcome and fit in at my Episcopal Church.[/quote]

That's right, many mainline churches -- Lutheran, Methodist, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, could care less if you believe in God. These churches are losing members in droves and are happy to have new members.   They do teach their beliefs to children though, so your kid might learn some things as truth that you don't believe yourself.  You should be prepared for your child to learn things for which there is no evidence, but that the church believes as a matter of faith.  The mainline churches don't push very hard though.

An earlier pp was right that a UU church seems like a better fit.  It offers the  same strong community but without a set of beliefs that relies on faith, not facts.  It seems like the UU would be a much more natural choice for an unchurched child of an agnostic.[/quote]

First of all, I think you mean could NOT care less, but second and more important, that is an absolutely incorrect statement. For each of the mainline Protestant churches that you mention, to become a member, you must make a statement of faith in Jesus Christ as your lord and savior. You must announce that you turn from sin and accept Jesus Christ. [/quote]

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