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NTR: If you are knowledgeable about world religions
I hope this doesn't start some sort of controversy - certainly not my intention.
I was raised Catholic and DH wasn't raised in any sort of religion. I really feel like religious communities have so much to offer families in terms of support, friendship, positive teachings, and community. Although neither of us can see ourselves ever belonging to an organized bible-based religion, we can't deny how much we would love to belong to a "church" we could attend with DS that focused on morality and just being a good person - basically, all of the things we've both experienced in christian churches but without the hard and fast bible-based teachings. We went to a non-denominational church once, thinking this was what we were looking for, but they spent most of the time discussing the bible. Is this common?
If you've got any suggestions for finding a church or a community that mostly focuses on charity, goodwill toward others, morality, etc. without bringing the christian bible into the mix, we would appreciate the direction. Thank you! 
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Boy Scouts... really. That sounds exactly like what you are describing!
Ha!
If only they let families in. We'd totally be down.
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My good mama friend belongs to the Ethical Society. I am Catholic, but I respect everyone's religious/non-religious believes and practices as long as they are good people. I had never heard of such a thing until I met my friend. They do all the holidays, but not using the religious symbols and such. Like they celebrate Christmas with Santa Claus and Easter with the Easter bunny.
That's cool! I've never heard of that. I'll look into it. Thank you!
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Universal Unitarians are a religious society that accepts EVERYONE. Catholics, other Christians, Jews, Atheists, Wiccans, etc. They focus on you finding your own morality, ethics, and are very big on social activism. In the UU church near me, they have university professors come in for lectures, they quote poetry and never use one religious text as law.
ETA: To the PP (not OP), the Boy Scouts are against homosexuals, so I don't find that a positive teaching.
You might want to try a Unitarian or a church that has no affiliation with just one religion or christian faith. I am pagan and am apart of a WONDERFUL church. We are all pagan, and we are very close. However, the Unitarian church down the street lets us host a lot of our gatherings and rituals there and have always been very nice people. They are more of a "we are christian, we read the bible, but we don't discriminate" kind of crowd. Also, back in PA my ex was the house band in a church that had no direct affiliation with any organized christian faith. Same sort of deal. Very open, very community oriented, no shoving religion down the kids' throat. However, a very nice group of people with lots of community going on.
A church or religious group like that sounds like what you would like. Another option would be getting involved with your local YMCA. I would look around at the churches like that and then go to their service on Sunday to check it out.
Oh yeah. Non-dom churches are usually evangelical. Very hard-core biblically based.
It's an interesting question. I left religion years ago and will never go back. The only thing I miss is the community aspect of it. It really is a nice social construct.
THIS. The UU church is very accepting. Not into the Boy Scouts for that reason. They actively discriminate against hiring gay people.
I'm a Quaker. It's a Christian denomination but, in the more liberal sect, not very Bible-focused. Very committed to integrity, simplicity, non-violence, living your beliefs...instead of services we have Meeting, usually silent worship, but sometimes a mix of more conventional churchy things like hymns and a silent worship portion of the service.
Also, the Baha'i faith essentially incorporates the beliefs of many religions (in a nutshell, they believe that Mohammed, Buddha, and Christ were all prophets with a God-sent message) and has some of the components you're looking for.
Well, except for the discriminating against gays part...
I teach at and Kate attends a Quaker school. They're good people
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Oh my gosh! Thank you so much! I seriously feel like this is exactly what we've been trying to find.
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These are awesome ideas! Thank you!
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Yes! The UU seems to be exactly what we were looking for.
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Equally cool.
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This is what I was going to say. DH and his family are UU. Every congregation is different.
My FIL put it very well. "People think UU's believe what they want to. We don't. We believe what we HAVE to."
I am Christian... currently the more liberal side of the Lutheran tradition, ELCA, draws me. I have recently found a church that we drive an hour to get to, but I think it might be working for us. If he ever wants me to go to his family's church, I will. It is VERY community-minded. My MIL teaches the youth group, and she does wonderful and thoughtful things with them. I would want my daughter to attend.
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Glad to help. I hope you can find what you are looking for.