A few people said I should go to church to rizz up girls who aren't woke but to be fair there are a lot of liberal churches in my area. Like one of them literally has a rainbow flag at the door and did blm stuff when that was a thing.
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No, main line Protestant, relatively more fundamentalist (I hate labels, but they are sometimes helpful)
I did explore the Catholic church. I found the imagery to be really moving but there was no focus on repentance/redemption/salvation. That I believe to be the bedrock foundation of the Christian faith.
I do not disagree that there does exist a social Gospel. However, I believe that we are taught that works without faith is meaningless and so everything MUST be built of repentance and rebirth. I am not a theologian and so I have a pretty simple understanding...God is Love, We are separated from God by our own sin. We are restored to Him and live in His presence and experience His love by sincere repentance and acceptance of the gift of salvation.
Rather than filter my Biblical understanding thru some social construct, I filter my social views thru a Biblical prism such as I am given understanding built on daily reading.
Repentance/redemption/salvation is actually so important in Catholicism that it is considered a Sacrament. Many good priests talk about it often and make themselves available for confession 24/7. Unfortunately some priests do not promote this as much as they should, but their failure doesn't negate it's necessary role.
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1424): It is called the sacrament of confession, since the disclosure or confession of sins to a priest is an essential element of this sacrament. In a profound sense it is also a "confession" - acknowledgment and praise - of the holiness of God and of his mercy toward sinful man.
It is called the sacrament of forgiveness, since by the priest's sacramental absolution God grants the penitent "pardon and peace."
It is called the sacrament of Reconciliation, because it imparts to the sinner the love of God who reconciles: "Be reconciled to God." He who lives by God's merciful love is ready to respond to the Lord's call: "Go; first be reconciled to your brother."