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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
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DRTnOOber
New Zealand476 Posts
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Birdie
New Zealand4438 Posts
 probably not the kind of reply you were looking for. | ||
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don_kyuhote
3007 Posts
On July 04 2012 13:03 Birdie wrote: I was forced to attend church as a kid; was pretty bored at the time. Now I thoroughly enjoy it as I understand what is going on and am able to listen to the sermon with comprehension and come away benefiting from the service; I attend of my own desire every Sunday. probably not the kind of reply you were looking for.This. Not even Christian kids like not being able to sleep in on Sundays. | ||
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VirgilSC2
United States6151 Posts
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
On July 04 2012 13:03 Birdie wrote: I was forced to attend church as a kid; was pretty bored at the time. Now I thoroughly enjoy it as I understand what is going on and am able to listen to the sermon with comprehension and come away benefiting from the service; I attend of my own desire every Sunday. probably not the kind of reply you were looking for.Quite the contrary actually. I really wanted people to share positive stories because I think that despite what you think when you're being subjected to it, being forced to attend church is almost always a positive experience. Whether you subscribe to the religion or reject it, it makes you question existence. | ||
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Servius_Fulvius
United States947 Posts
On July 04 2012 13:03 Birdie wrote: I was forced to attend church as a kid; was pretty bored at the time. Now I thoroughly enjoy it as I understand what is going on and am able to listen to the sermon with comprehension and come away benefiting from the service; I attend of my own desire every Sunday. probably not the kind of reply you were looking for.I think most Christian adults who were raised in the faith could say something like this. When I was little I used to sneak out on bathroom breaks and wander around the pastor's office. I spent so long one day that he finished up his sermon and caught me hiding under his desk. It didn't improve much over time. In 6th grade I would see how many times I could read the entire market day menu before the sermon finished. I went to a religious middle school and didn't start actually listening to the messages until 7th grade when we had to write sermon reports. Nevertheless, I didn't get anything profound out of it until I was 18 and didn't seriously pursue it as my belief of choice until 24. It's different for everyone, but most kids are bored out of their mind. This is why I applaud churches that run concurrent children's messages and breakout sessions during the "adult" parts. | ||
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InTheFade
United States1721 Posts
On July 04 2012 13:07 don_kyuhote wrote: This. Not even Christian kids like not being able to sleep in on Sundays. To be honest, neither do the parents. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
I have a lot of respect for the faith and how it helps many people out--if nothing else, a judicious Christian upbringing taken seriously by a child does shape them up to be very respectful and kind people. Having a solid children's ministry is very important. Unfortunately I really don't think a lot of kids get much out of it until they get older, as has been mentioned. | ||
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Th1rdEye
United States1074 Posts
I just sat there and hung out for a bit listening to the sermons they did..then I had to go in a line and hold my hands a certain way or something and be blessed by the minister. I wanted to take a sip of the cup they had.. but apparently i was too young for that :D In the end, my uncle gave me a dollar for coming with him, hahaaa I also went to methodist churches when I was younger as well. Most of the time I hated getting up on Sunday and going to Church.. I stopped at a certain age. Now I realize that I wasn't missing much anyway. | ||
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
Religion just isn't my thing. Funny blog, but the paint-drawn characters are really creepy imo. | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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Sky101
United States1758 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
One of those experience stands out though. I had to leave the church twice during the long (it was Easter) service. The first time it was because of the absolutely disgusting preach : the priest was explaining to the crowd how hard it was to be Catholic in our society, havng to stand mockery and contempt. Hilarious when you think of early christian martyrs, but even more when you think he had the chance to be a priest in a wealthy and catholic city... The second time was during song singing, when the many people in the Church became a crowd, and I wasn't a part of it, which is in general the worst experience I have felt in my life. I hate crowds. Really good blog, as usual. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
The idea about crowds is spot-on as well. Since modern Christian worship usually entails having the entire congregation become one, and people who don't subscribe to it can find it incredibly awkward and off-putting especially with all the random passion going around--I've experienced it firsthand too x_x Edit: felt bad about a misplaced comma lol | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On July 04 2012 18:51 Aerisky wrote: To be fair, Catholics do have to endure mockery and contempt generally speaking. Perhaps in a limited scope specifically with regard to his city, not so much, but around the world (for example on TL) Catholics and Christians do face a lot of abuse, but that's probably bolstered by the effects of anonymity. You're right about the early Christian martyrs; online it's more of a universal intellectual disdain or a general contempt for religion/Christianity, but compared to some of the early Christian martyrs, the kind of abuse they endure is nothing. The idea about crowds is spot-on as well. Since modern Christian worship usually entails having the entire congregation become one, and people who don't subscribe to it can find it incredibly awkward and off-putting especially with all the random passion going around--I've experienced it firsthand too x_x Edit: felt bad about a misplaced comma lol What specifically annoyed me here was the fact that it was here and there, preaching to people that don't exactly face any hostility in their life : they send their child to catholic school, they have catholic friends... Sure in France in general, they face quite a lot of mockery, but the preach was specifically "hey guyz, don't worry about mockery, Jesus will save you". It wasn't even about how other Christians were suffering today (well it might have come up after to be honest, but I was disgusted after 5min so I left), it was about how the crowd suffered in its faith, while it was made of wealthy powerful white people. That's a pretty interesting relationship to martyrhood this guy had too. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On July 04 2012 19:01 corumjhaelen wrote: What specifically annoyed me here was the fact that it was here and there, preaching to people that don't exactly face any hostility in their life : they send their child to catholic school, they have catholic friends... Sure in France in general, they face quite a lot of mockery, but the preach was specifically "hey guyz, don't worry about mockery, Jesus will save you". It wasn't even about how other Christians were suffering today (well it might have come up after to be honest, but I was disgusted after 5min so I left), it was about how the crowd suffered in its faith, while it was made of wealthy powerful white people. That's a pretty interesting relationship to martyrhood this guy had too. Yeah I understand what you mean, the incongruity of the situation is just blatantly shameful in all honesty, sounds like something out of a novel trying to emphasize an ironic situation. Unfortunately modern worship Christian worship emphasizes the emotional etc in this way...nothing you could have done but leave or endure (ironically enough). | ||
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surfinbird1
Germany999 Posts
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