Colorado Kimmie

I'm 42, no kids, and have never been married.  And, I lead a completely fulfilling life taking naps whenever I darn well please. Southerners + judgmental family members I don't even speak to : What's wrong with her? Every one else : Damn, she's SMART! The first thing I want to mention about single people attending church is that church (or at least in my experience) is not meant for single people .  It's meant for married people or people with families/kids.  And, that's TOTALLY fair!  I don't need to be a part of your religious country club.  I also don't need to be guilted because I finally decided to STOP trying to push my round self into a square hole! Do churches do more than our Federal Government for local communities?  Absolutely Are there good people who attend church who would also disagree wholeheartedly with everything I'm about to say (but at the same time never walked a day in my shoes as a single person attending churches)?  You bet! ...

 I grew up Christian.  In no uncertain terms, and in the Baptist terms, we were taught to revere, protect, and listen to the Jews.  It's odd, because we were taught the only way into heaven is through Jesus Christ (who was Jewish), yet was persecuted by the Jews.  And, Jews today still do not recognize him as the Messiah.  So, there's A LOT of irony + disconnections here. In fact, my brother told me that he had some guy (Jewish) in his Master's class who stood up and announced, "I wish Jesus Christ would return, because I hope to kill him this time."  That's religious intolerance, yet if the tables were turned the anti-Semite card would be pulled pretty quickly.  Coincidently to be only 1% of the population, Jewish people are profoundly represented and recognized in the United States of America - banking, the media, Hollywood, the government, our universities, public schools.  Jews are labeled "white" (which is weird, because there seemingly seems...