I was baptized in the Methodist Church at age 12. In the past 20 years I only attended sporadically because I felt that the sermon was being directed against me - the message was always anti-conservative, pro-abortion, pro-gay, etc. I finally took the plunge and went church shopping. Some people would make you believe that conservative churches are full of illiterate backwoods snake-handlers. We found a local Baptist church that is very high-tech. They have multimedia screens during the service, a band, an orchestra, a choir, and comfortable movie theater style seats. There are no rituals, just music and the sermon. On our first visit, when the pastor railed against abortion, I knew that I was home. Other than Jesus, my favorite bible character is John the Baptist. He wasn’t afraid to identify sin when he saw it and call for repentance, even though it cost him his life. A far cry from the “anything goes” attitude of the liberal churches.