text: 20 somethings.talk to me? i attend a very liberal progressive church. (the united church of christ) we are the ones that had the advertising that was banned from some major networks. (see site www.stillspeaking.com) i just went to a workshop where i learned that 80% of people in thier 20's do not attend chruch. that number was staggering to me. can you young people tell me why you don't go? is it boring? do you not feel welcome? i'd like to work on this with my local church. give me you're ideas. what could i say or do that would help you feel welcome? and, how many of you have attended church in the past? what was missing for you? i don't go to church, even though i believ in god, and jesus christ, because i was tired of going to church and listening to people talk about how they are a better christian than someone else.  god is the only one who can judge us. all these people talking about how good they are... i don't need that.  also, i feel that we need to read between the lines of many things in the bible.  ways change.  just because it was like 2000+ years ago, doesn't mean that it has to be that way now.  many things in the bible are the way they are for societal reasons. not because god "said so." the bible was written by men, and is then questionable. the easiest way to get people to do or not do something, is to make it "holy law." if i'm passing on, orally, the bible and i feel like saying you can't eat pigs, because i think they are dirty.  whose to stop me from saying, "god, said this!"  if god is everywhere why do i have to go to church to worship him?  can't i go up to the mountains where i can see his work, and worship on my own there?  i have a beautiful wife and a baby boy.  i can see god's work right there.  i don't need to go to church have someone tell me, about his work.  why am i going to give money to the church "for god?" god doesn't need money. does anyone else think it odd that televangelists and some real preachers are driving around in cadillacs and mercedes', and bmws?  while their "flock" drives clunkers. i know not all are like that, but you get my idea.   i believe in god.  i've lost faith in the church.