Ever been suckered into attending a religious thing but did not know it dealt with religion?? (meaning, America)

[Mambomouse]

Originally Posted by RVAtoCNC

No - but I have been suckered in to Amway parties.

Mentioned a couple of times in this thread... What is Amway?

[Nozzferrahhtoo]

^ I think its a kind of pyramid scheme involving people selling products like polish and floor cleaner. Wasnt Avon similar? Not sure.

[Mambomouse]

Thanks. I thought perhaps it was going to be like Alpha.... (Now I just look stupid for not getting the joke!)

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by markb90

Yes, this friend of mine told me that the "Knights Of Columbus" would be fun because I'd get to meet other people, hang out, and there's a bar with free food and drinks.

Turns out there's a long-ass prayer everytime they start meetings and they have discussions on suing the government for overturning Prop 8 (which prohibits same sex couples from marrying), which one of them actually did and is just waiting to hear from the Court Of Appeals. They also like to go outside Planned Parenthood centers and harass women who may not even get an abortion!
And they are very subversive. The women hold meetings separately from the men, outside the main meeting hall. The women have a small table in the bar area where they talk and have prayer, and they're just taking it.

The K of C is a Roman Catholic organization--and you are shocked because they have prayers and protest abortions and birth control? Really?

I have been to some of their events, though, fund-raising things for charity, and they do like to drink!

[Meester-Chung]

Originally Posted by Nozzferrahhtoo

^ I think its a kind of pyramid scheme involving people selling products like polish and floor cleaner. Wasnt Avon similar? Not sure.

they are multi level marketing companies. where the only way you move up is by recruiting people a and they recuit people.

[LargeKingCat]

Once in college we went to see some comedian, at first the show was pretty funny, but then it broke down into preaching and we walked out.

Turns out this guy was a fraud from the beginning. He went around claiming to have been a high priest in some Satanic cult before he found Jesus, but years later (after we saw him) it came out that he was never part of any satanic cult and made the whole story up to make him sound more credible and help him sell his religion . (which he tried through comedy)

He even wrote a book about it, which he went around trying to sell at his shows, turns out the whole stories were fabricated. The Book was called The Satan Sellers. All a big lie just to make money for Jesus...well, for himself.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by LargeKingCat

Once in college we went to see some comedian, at first the show was pretty funny, but then it broke down into preaching and we walked out.

Turns out this guy was a fraud from the beginning. He went around claiming to have been a high priest in some Satanic cult before he found Jesus, but years later (after we saw him) it came out that he was never part of any satanic cult and made the whole story up to make him sound more credible and help him sell his religion . (which he tried through comedy)

He even wrote a book about it, which he went around trying to sell at his shows, turns out the whole stories were fabricated. The Book was called The Satan Sellers. All a big lie just to make money for Jesus...well, for himself.

There is big money to be made in Christianity. My father was a devout man, the quiet, studious type, and one time I went to a nearby church of what we call the holy-roller type because they had a bookstore and I thought I'd get him a book on archeology and maybe a music tape.

They had jewelry and t-shirts and plaques to hang on the wall and figurines and all kind of stuff. I looked around and thought, "holy crap, this is a BIG business!"

[Tantalust]

Originally Posted by Rayjeena

This reminds me of some of those "haunted house" events churches put on around Halloween.
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I'd like to attend one of those dressed up as a really scary "holy ghost".

[donsabi]

I have been tricked into attending a few. Some I stayed and listened to what they had to say. Others I walked out on. Anyone who calls him/herself a friend and tricks you into attending any religious meeting under false pretenses is not your friend.

[Tantalust]

When I was relocating some years ago, I was strangely compelled to sign up and visit something I had heard about called "city-data.com" and now I waste most of my time here discussing religion!