All of the brouhaha over C Jane's restaurant review has stirred up some issues I have. I was raised very conservatively. No drinking, no smoking, no cursing, no dancing, no lots of things. My father, who is less conservative than my mother allowed me to go to prom. Yes, I had to fight for the right to go to my prom. So, I grew up and left the church because for me, that was no way to live. I researched the Bible, the history of Christianity, other denominations. Intellectually, I recognize that one does not, in fact, have to be "puritanical" to serve Christ. But whether it's years of having it pounded into me or what, I don't know, I can't imagine going to church today. I imagine everyone judging me. And then I read a post like C Jane's and I see the gasps of horror and the accusations and the finger pointing. And it just confirms for me that the judgment is indeed out there. There are those who would say to me to work out my own salvation and not worry about the judgmental people. My question then becomes, OK then, why do I need church to do that? It's a circular argument that never seems to end.