I'm new to town and open to all faiths. What places if worship do edhat readers
recommend and why?
COMMENT 308627
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2012-08-15 01:03 PM |
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Santa Barbara Community Church is awesome if you are open to the christian perspective. Lots of great open minded people that do a good job loving each other. Good preaching too.
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COMMENT 308637
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2012-08-15 01:17 PM |
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Sportsman Lounge. Non-demoninational....they accept bills of all sizes.
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COMMENT 308644
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2012-08-15 01:24 PM |
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Calvary Chapel of Santa Barbara. Great fellowship, bible studies, music and an awesome youth program.
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COMMENT 308646
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2012-08-15 01:26 PM |
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The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. You can practice from your own home, and his noodliness accepts members of all religious backgrounds.
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COMMENT 308650
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2012-08-15 01:31 PM |
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The Great Outdoors - open all day every day!!
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-08-15 01:36 PM |
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Church of Skatan over in the first block of East Guiterrez..
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COMMENT 308658
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2012-08-15 01:53 PM |
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The Unity Church at the corner of State and Micheltorena is a wonderful place to go. It is multi-denominational and welcomes people from all walks of life. It has a gorgeous cathedral, an amazing organ, and a labyrinth. For a new person in town who likes an open perspective this is a wonderful choice.
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COMMENT 308662
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2012-08-15 02:02 PM |
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the Beach is my place of worship!
go to the beach on a sunrise morning or right before sunset and see for yourself!
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COMMENT 308670
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2012-08-15 02:15 PM |
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I guess that sarcasm reigns king on this one. Talk about a silly opened question. I have very little to add. By the comments, it has all been said!
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COMMENT 308671
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2012-08-15 02:16 PM |
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The Unitarian Society. If there is no dogma, there are no lies!
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COMMENT 308672
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2012-08-15 02:18 PM |
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inside my own heart. no one by myself is gonna tell me how to live me like.. i do what i want !
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SBJULES
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2012-08-15 02:18 PM |
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The Unity Church is @ 227 E Arrellaga St. The unitarian Church is @ 1533 Santa Barbara Street.
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COMMENT 308681
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2012-08-15 02:27 PM |
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well I guess it's safe to say OP that edhat really isn't the place to pose a serious question, unless you enjoy getting mostly juvenile responses. Good luck finding a place of worship that suits you. I would ask elsewhere... pretty sad really... I am constantly disappointed by humanity.
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COMMENT 308694
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2012-08-15 02:42 PM |
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681 is constantly disappointed by humanity? and i always amazed by humanity. depends on your outlook i guess. church of the outdoors, church of the beach, etc...just as valid as the brick and mortar churches.....lots of humanity here on edhat.
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COMMENT 308703
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2012-08-15 02:59 PM |
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Religion drags humanity down. Simply grow up and stop with all the fairy tale nonsense.
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COMMENT 308707
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2012-08-15 03:01 PM |
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Btw I just posted as 702 and saw 696 afterwards- too funny- we are not the same person- great minds...
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-08-15 03:23 PM |
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I love that bumper sticker that says "Jesus Loves You, Everyone Else thinks Your an A-Hole."
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COMMENT 308723
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2012-08-15 03:24 PM |
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Umm. I was serious about the beach being my place of worship! I meditate out there and give thanks for my life. I wasn't being sarcastic @308681
don't be such a Debbie Downer, dude.
LOL
"ermargheerd ahh hate hurghmarghnierghtyyyy and their lulz!"
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COMMENT 308728
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2012-08-15 03:33 PM |
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OP here.... I was seriously really just looking for recommendations of churches that people liked and why.... thanks for the few that were helpful.
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SHOREBIRD
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2012-08-15 03:34 PM |
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-689 Good advice. I second the FSM. He never even talks to boys and girls. On second thought, he never talks to anyone. Bless him.
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MTNDRIVER
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2012-08-15 03:37 PM |
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The church at State and Micheltorena is Trinity Episcopal, not Unity. I'd go for the Unitarian Society (1533 Santa Barbara St). Nice people, good choir, the intention to do good in society. Social action important to them. Very welcoming, not dogmatic.
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COMMENT 308736
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2012-08-15 03:42 PM |
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Unity is a positive experience.
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COMMENT 308737
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2012-08-15 03:43 PM |
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Santa Barbara has been overrun by Godless iconoclasts that believe the Earth was formed 4.54 Billion years ago and man and dinosaur did not co-inhabit the planet. Most residents practice voodoo or just replace religion altogether with a therapist.
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COMMENT 308738
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2012-08-15 03:44 PM |
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And the universe is 14.6 billion years old, too! Isn't science great :]
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COMMENT 308745P
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2012-08-15 03:54 PM |
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I agree with MTNDRIVER, The Unitarian Church is open to all kinds of faiths. It is a wonderful community of people and thinkers. In my mind it is much more academic. People come to religion for different reasons. The ones I have trouble with are the ones with "Got Jesus" bumper stickers. Our neighbors have that. They go to church on Sunday, and that gives them an excuse to be jerks the rest of the week.
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COMMENT 308750
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2012-08-15 04:03 PM |
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uhhh I am socially liberal but everything else conservative. That's a reall thing. The finacial outweighs the social so I vote conservative for people running for office, but I vote liberal on social props. Let me give you an example on how this could work: voted to legalize gay marriage in California and voted against higher taxes. Boom.
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COMMENT 308751
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2012-08-15 04:07 PM |
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Serious question, 750: How do you reconcile that? By which I mean, the people who are deemed "fiscally conservative" (even though they usually aren't) typically tend to be extremely conservative socially as well. I don't know if I could have that kind of dichotomy in my life.
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COMMENT 308752P
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2012-08-15 04:10 PM |
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Watch out for calvary chapel. They're evangelicals that believe in creation and other unenlightened things.
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COMMENT 308762
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2012-08-15 04:21 PM |
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I second the warning against Calvary. I went there as a child and it completely scared me away from Christianity.
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COMMENT 308767
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2012-08-15 04:28 PM |
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Calvary has cult bumper stickers
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