Opinion of the Episcopal Church

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Liberal Protestant = favorable

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

(along with the fact that it's not as good a cultural fit as I thought it was)

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

(along with the fact that it's not as good a cultural fit as I thought it was)

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

I'm not really as WASPy as I acted during undergrad.

That's still a thing today?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

(along with the fact that it's not as good a cultural fit as I thought it was)

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

I'm not really as WASPy as I acted during undergrad.

That's still a thing today?

The Episcopal Church being WASPy? Yes, it is.

I'm referring more to being "WASPy" even being a thing that matters. That seems like a 50s thing of no real relevance today where class is based on completely different things.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I've always found the Creed as helpful as knowing that cows go moo. As a statement of faith for the faithful it's self evident. It doesn't really need repeating at a communal level.

Wow I agree such afleitch on something related to Christianity.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It'd be kind of nice if that was the case. It'd really be kind of nice.

The point of saying the Creed communally, of saying or doing anything communally or collectively or en masse or by rote, is reaffirmation. Reminding oneself what one believes is useful both psychologically and symbolically, and doing this in concert with other people reinforces the sociocultural aspect of religion (which is half the point of being religious).

I'd wager at least half of American Christians would disagree.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It'd be kind of nice if that was the case. It'd really be kind of nice.

The point of saying the Creed communally, of saying or doing anything communally or collectively or en masse or by rote, is reaffirmation. Reminding oneself what one believes is useful both psychologically and symbolically, and doing this in concert with other people reinforces the sociocultural aspect of religion (which is half the point of being religious).

I'd wager at least half of American Christians would disagree.

The etymology of religion literally means "binding [people] together".

Yes but for Americans that's not necessarily in a "sociocultural" sense.