Should I join a progressive church?
Seeking advice. I was raised evangelical leaning mainline protestant. I no longer consider myself Christian most days but part of me holds onto the idea and some days I do. I've been attending a very progressive church for a while and am considering becoming a member. There is no talk of hell, sin, or redemption in that sense. Just love, kindness, and redemption as renewal of life and new beginnings. So I'm not triggered in that way when I attend. However I am very triggered, oddly enough, by how much this church has jettisoned what I know to be tenets of the christian faith. I actually get rather angry when they deny certain doctrines, or ignore huge sections of the bible, create God in their own image instead of what the Bible and church tradition say God is like, etc. I love that they are very focused on doing good in the community but it bothers me that they do it without even mentioning Christ. It bothers me that they claim to respect tradition yet they've ignored and papered over a lot of the historic Christian practices and beliefs. They claim to respect the authority of the bible and parade it around during services with a golden cover and cross themselves after reading it, yet reinterpret it in completely novel ways that no Christian has in all the faith's history. Why am I so angered by this if I don't even believe anymore? Do I need therapy? Is it not healthy for me to attend these services?