This is a question I've been asked by some friends who profess to be Christians...why go to church? Why does it matter so long as I love God? Isn't my faith an individual thing?
Their arguments against it typically mention the fact that going to church doesn't provide salvation and that it's not required to maintain salvation or relationship with Christ. In fact, they often point to the fact that the church is filled with people who are no better (and, in fact, are often worse) people than those outside of the church (this is usually intermixed with ranting against "organized religion").
So, with the realization that the people inside the church are still only people, and with the fact that you don't "have" to go to church, why not just get some extra sleep? or get some extra stuff done at home? or go out and do something more fun than sit in a chair and listen to someone talk about the Bible?
The arguments they bring up are certainly true, but they don't affect the reason to go to church at all. You see, the reason to go to church has nothing to do with those people, but what you do with those people has everything to do with your reasons to go to church.
