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[quote=Anonymous]I was very evangelical growing up.  Went to Assembly of God churches, which are somewhat Pentacostalish and Southern Baptist churches.  Really believed that I had unsaved family members who were going to hell and was extremely distressed about it.  Believed in the whole 6 day creation story.  Suffered a major loss that made me question God's justice and mercy.  Then in high school I wanted to know why our science teacher skipped the chapter on evolution and started reading myself.  I felt that I'd been lied to.  Ended up leaving faith entirely for over a decade.  Found myself in the pews of a Catholic church one day.  And found myself going back over and over again, looking forward to the thoughtful homilies.  I've recently lapsed again and haven't found a faith community in my new city (where Christianity tends to the very conservative side) that I'm happy with.  Working on that.

I think for my parents evangelical Christianity was a real comfort with lots of absolutes and no confusing gray areas.  They outgrew that when we got older and have settled into a still conservative, but more mellow faith.  There was a lot of hypocrisy in the community and a fair number of money grubbing pastors as well as genuine, non-scamming church leaders as well.  You just have to be wary.  Try to find more personal outlets for your faith - I second the poster who recommended C.S. Lewis.  I also found the Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything to be a really nice book on life, God and spirituality that may open you up to the idea of a more loving, less damn-all-the-sinners-to-hell God as taught in the more evangelical churches.[/quote]

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