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On July 04 2012 16:00 Th1rdEye wrote:
I once went to church with my uncle.. it was a local Catholic church.
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.
He did a hell of a job blessing you. You are awesome.
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On July 04 2012 13:18 VirgilSC2 wrote:
How are you not a featured blogger yet?!
I wonder this all the time.
King C's ratings are way up there.
Do the right thing mods and make King Charlie a featured blog (I'd actually look at the featured blog tab then)
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Wow I skimmed this and mostly looked at the pictures/bolded text and read the comments, but upon reading the actual content. This is a great blog. It's a shame you're not better-known or featured, wow. Your effort is truly appreciated, that was a great read yo.
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My parents never took us to church. I did go a couple times growing up when with my grandma or friends who were religious. Then at one point when i was in middle school my sister got into it and took me once and i decided it wasn't for me. I'd also go to her bible studies with her before school because she was my ride, but it was at a starbucks and i didn't even sit with them.
I was hoping you would have drawn the t-rex shark. Next time...
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Great blog, as they all are.
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My father was (still is, but for context I think 'was' fits this better) a United Methodist pastor, so growing up my childhood's Sundays were always morning church services which included some form of Sunday School and about 20-minute long, semi-monotone themed sermons spoken by my Dad. As a kid, I was bored without a doubt (even played the original Game Boy a few times during services), but I will say they taught me quite a few things which helped shape my teenage and young adult life.
Nowadays, I still go to church services regularly (not my father's because I prefer a different style) with my girlfriend, and I would say that I do accredit many of my more positive characteristics (patience, passion, honesty, etc.) to those long services as a kid. Plus, my Dad was and is unlike a lot of the Christians which always gave a sense of consistency in what felt like (as I would find out later in life) a very inconsistent culture.
And...not to mention...now I work in e-sports, my brother is a web programmer, and my sister is a professional opera singer so you had to have a fairly cool Dad in order to be so supportive of such a variety of careers in his children, hehe.  <3
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Great post! I especially loved the part where you talk about stupid people. I can relate to the things you mentioned; seeing as I have to live with morons on a day-to-day basis.
Anyways as for the question of the day!
I was forced to attend church all the way up to 7th grade. At that point I was a bit better with words and explained to my parents how stupid and childish I felt going to church was. I haven't gone to church since then, but it was a boring experience. I much rather have spent that time downloading porn from LimeWire.
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you dont need to go to church to practice your religion/beliefs, what a sham.
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Finally your next blog arrived :D This one was great: 6/5 stars ^^
The only time I was "forced" to go to church was during my year in the US. My host would take me with him to a nearby catholic church. However, he was about as religous as Richard Dawkins, although not vocal about it at all. I believe the only reason he would go to church was to socialize with people and have some company. Furthermore, since none of us both was keen on getting up early on a sunday, we would always go to the 1 pm sermon. Since we also weren't very passionate about religion, we would only go every two or three weeks. However, I have to say that those visits were always quite a bit of fun. Honestly, I think that the priest could have made a career in stand-up comedy and his sermons were basically a one-man show entertaining its audience He would rant about random stuff and make jokes in a fairly artistic manner. Only the last two or so minutes he would pick a random quote from the bible and incorporate it into a shallow comment about morality.
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I love your blogs man great pieces of writing!
Yeah my parents forced me to go as a kid I remember it being boring as crap and always just going outside to play rugby with the other kids as soon as possible and dirtying my clean clothes lol. When I was older in my teens and pretty much an atheist towards all established religion they'd force me to go on easter and it would be hell. I'd pretty much just feel bad because I couldn't help looking down on these people and their views which were clearly so important to them. I knew that religion was having a great positive effect in their lives and just wished I wasn't forced into the middle of it where I couldn't help but feel contempt for their beliefs..
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When we visit my grandma in Michigan, I have to go. But since the town is all old people, it's rather tame. But that doesnt't mean I enjoy it. :/
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On July 05 2012 03:30 starcraftmastersix wrote:
My parents never took us to church. I did go a couple times growing up when with my grandma or friends who were religious. Then at one point when i was in middle school my sister got into it and took me once and i decided it wasn't for me. I'd also go to her bible studies with her before school because she was my ride, but it was at a starbucks and i didn't even sit with them.
I was hoping you would have drawn the t-rex shark. Next time...
I don't even know where to begin drawing a T-Rex shark...You underestimate just how terrible I am at drawing lol
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On July 05 2012 08:12 eSgTheBear wrote:
Great post! I especially loved the part where you talk about stupid people. I can relate to the things you mentioned; seeing as I have to live with morons on a day-to-day basis.
Anyways as for the question of the day!
I was forced to attend church all the way up to 7th grade. At that point I was a bit better with words and explained to my parents how stupid and childish I felt going to church was. I haven't gone to church since then, but it was a boring experience. I much rather have spent that time downloading porn from LimeWire.
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Good for you brother. Thanks, as usual.
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On July 05 2012 10:40 PiGStarcraft wrote:
I love your blogs man great pieces of writing!
Yeah my parents forced me to go as a kid I remember it being boring as crap and always just going outside to play rugby with the other kids as soon as possible and dirtying my clean clothes lol. When I was older in my teens and pretty much an atheist towards all established religion they'd force me to go on easter and it would be hell. I'd pretty much just feel bad because I couldn't help looking down on these people and their views which were clearly so important to them. I knew that religion was having a great positive effect in their lives and just wished I wasn't forced into the middle of it where I couldn't help but feel contempt for their beliefs..
Every church needs a rugby team that practices around the time that service begins. Why isn't rugby more popular in the US...good sport.
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On July 05 2012 21:25 KING CHARLIE :D wrote:
Every church needs a rugby team that practices around the time that service begins. Why isn't rugby more popular in the US...good sport.
Ha ha ha awesome suggestion.
My church has a bowling alley in the basement - does that count? We used to have a league. Now we have a basketball team. We have a lot of fun.
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i was forced to go to mass. mainly i didn't like it because getting up ass early sucked, but i always liked the homily (thats the part where the priest explains the portion of the gospel that he just read)
then as i got older i had to become an alter-boy, which sucked because now if it was my day on the schedule i had to go to church and couldn't feign sickness or hope that we just would skip it that time. but being an alter boy is actually kind of cool too because you are actually doing stuff so it's hard to be bored and you feel kind of like a secret agent when you're in the back room getting the stuff ready.
as i grew older, my family stopped going, but i will probably start going again sometime, most likely when i have kids. i think it's healthy to be forced to go to church as a kid, as long as it's within reason. also, EC (easter christmas) Catholics always pissed me off. i'm sitting in the damn pew every week and these rubes come in on the only two days that you can probably be excused for skipping, which means that every service is jam-packed to the point of no sitting room. ugh... i wish people who didn't care would just not care.
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Great to read Love it as always
I personally attend church regularly, and have done practically since I was born, so can't say I've ever been forced to go. Just brought up that way I guess
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On July 06 2012 04:52 sc2superfan101 wrote:
i was forced to go to mass. mainly i didn't like it because getting up ass early sucked, but i always liked the homily (thats the part where the priest explains the portion of the gospel that he just read)
then as i got older i had to become an alter-boy, which sucked because now if it was my day on the schedule i had to go to church and couldn't feign sickness or hope that we just would skip it that time. but being an alter boy is actually kind of cool too because you are actually doing stuff so it's hard to be bored and you feel kind of like a secret agent when you're in the back room getting the stuff ready.
as i grew older, my family stopped going, but i will probably start going again sometime, most likely when i have kids. i think it's healthy to be forced to go to church as a kid, as long as it's within reason. also, EC (easter christmas) Catholics always pissed me off. i'm sitting in the damn pew every week and these rubes come in on the only two days that you can probably be excused for skipping, which means that every service is jam-packed to the point of no sitting room. ugh... i wish people who didn't care would just not care.
Yeah man. You've worked hard and put in the time. You've EARNED some damn notoriety!! Screw all these posers that come on religious holidays so that they can pretend to be religious and be COOL. I propose some sort of decoration on your church issued robe to indicate how many hours of sermon you have sat through. You would look like a decorated war general walking through the halls of the church.
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My favorite part of your blogs is always that one line.
"This is the hallmark of a stupid person."
Always wait for that line, wondering where it will appear. 5/5.
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Awesome blog, the Hallmark of a stupid people was exceptional.
Mother's family side are Jehovah Witnesses. My mother used to take me when I was young, I didn't care for it so much. We had service 3 days a week, Tue, Thus, and Sun. I was a kid and wanted to play video games, some of the stories were interesting though, The ones about Hell, Dragons, Magic, etc.. But as I grew older, I realized that people believed these stories literally, and don't even bother thinking for themselves or were just crazy. "I did it because God told me to", These people are just too much for me. My mother stopped taking us soon after. She said she did it to mostly satisfy her parents and family, but didn't like forcing us, her children, to attend. I'm glad my mother decided to stop attending. I didn't find a use for it anyway. Obviously I have no problem and don't care what your beliefs are, just don't shove them in my face. I don't follow any religions or even consider myself religious in anyway. But I would say I'm a spiritual person, and one of my beliefs is to keep your beliefs to yourself. (Also as soon as we stopped attending, the regulars who I thought we were friends with. Chose to ignore us and avoid any contact, like we didn't even exist anymore. But whatever, I moved on) Can't say this for all congregations, but you know what I mean.
I didn't grow up with a religion, and I like to think I'm a good person, Help out as much as I can, last week I walked an old lady that wasn't feeling well back to her apartment... I work everyday, put in overtime even. pay my bills mostly on time, no crimes committed, lol etc. Being kind and honest, its just common sense to me, I don't need a sermon every week telling me (or my future kids) how we'll burn for an eternity if we don't do what God wants us to do.
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