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[quote=Anonymous]One of the reasons that religion is so successful in the US is that it follows a consumer mdel.  People "shop" for a church and find one where the people are like them politically, educationally, racially, and SES-wise, and have the same family structure (young families or singles etc).

The OP is following a more traditional model used by the Catholic and Episcopalian churches wherein one attends a local parish and hears a fairly uniform message.  That clahses with the American religious consumer model, and most Catholic and Episcopalian parishes are no longer uniform. Your fellow parishioners are probably hearing a message they like, or they would vote with their feet.  You may have to find a church with a message that resonates with you.

Incidentally, the reason that so many gay people, single people, and women are entering the ministry is that the wages are rather low for people with graduate degrees. I grew up in the Bay ARea and, and the Minister of our church could afford a house in a decent school district.  No longer true.  ALso, the ministry places huge pressures on family life, and so people without children tend to do better in it.  The divorce rate for people in the ministry is quite high.  [/quote]

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