I've started going to this conservative Presbyterian Church, which is a 15-20 minute walk from where I live. My opinions of the church group so far, they are pretty nice good people and I feel I could get along well with. Also I don’t need to make many adjustments on my part to order to fit in nicely. As long as they don’t know about my activities on here that is.
There are reasons I am giving going to church a try. Firstly, to meet new people (importantly young adults, which the church attracts a number) and getting into some social networks, which will help me a job, once I graduate with my Accounting degree. Already a couple of people I have met around the university go to this church, one is one of the ministers, another is a social work student.
Secondly, I get along surprisingly well with religious types. They are often among the few people who actually like me as a person; lots of people IRL are neutral to hostile towards me.
Thirdly, my IRL image is somebody who would be of somebody they would assume is an evangelical protestant.
Fourthly, I don’t socialize very well IRL and often make social blunders, which make people, know me in my classes form negative opinions of me. I really need an avenue to improve my social skills, because I don’t socialize very much on campus. My time socializing in the disabled persons groups did not work out well, mainly because of the huge intellectual gap between them and me.
The downside of becoming a member of this church for me is that while I am not hostile towards Christianity, in fact I have defended Christianity and Christians on many occasions. I have never considered myself a Christian or religious or even spiritual. Being involved in this church and proclaiming in public I am a christian, I feel would be dishonest of me (even if it does not harm anybody).
