Well I went to a Salt service and came away pleased with myself for trying it.
It started well, I was welcomed and lots of people chatted and smiled at me and offered a seat next to them so I wasn't alone. I declined graciously.
There was a kinda 30 minute group karaoke thing with a rock band which was nice but there was lots of swaying and waving of arms which made me very dizzy and unsettled.
I chose to sit near the older generation thinking that they wouldn't be on their feet as much as the main group- that was a smart move on my part. I got away with sitting for the whole thing.
After much praise be to the lord and amens, the rockers departed and the pastor started his fresh and uplifting sermon about eternity.
I enjoyed it up to a point.
Almost at the end, he began a story... He described being angry and slamming the pantry door with a bang. All the food fell from the shelves inside, flour, sugar, spices, etc
He opened the door to a mound of ingredients on the floor and as he cleaned away, he saw a loaf of bread in the middle. All ready, made and baked and ready to eat.
Did we believe his story, he asked? No! was the reply.
And yet the scientists of the world would have us believe that one big bang created the world.
This was the dissapointing part for me. All our beliefs should be valid whether they agree with each other or not. I saw his analogy as a disrespectful attack on the whole darwin evolution theory.
Never would I expect to be at a science conference and have them 'dis' religion as a whole load of foolishness.
Each to their own and I know religion is not a buffet where you take some and leave some but it didn't sit well with me.
Maybe I'll try a Quaker meeting next time.