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Raised Catholic, stopped going as soon as old enough to ride my bike to church by myself, about age 11-12 and would instead go to the local lake and fish, or buy breakfast at a restaurant. Supposedly, I was going to the 6:30am mass after my paper route.
I split from Catholic beliefs at 14. My friend Joe and I worked out a deal where I would tell my parents I was going to the 9 am mass, and instead went over and hung out at Joe's. Then we would tell his parents that we were going to the 10:30 am mass, and go back to my house and hang out, telling my parents that we had just come back from the 9 am service. Whether my folks saw through this transparency or not, they never said anything. In the case of my mother, I'm confident that simply the illusion that I was still aboard the Catholic train was sufficient. If she confronted me about the skipping she knew that she would get a blast of reason and rationality from me, for which she was not prepared to argue against. In the case of my father, who was faking belief, I think his only concern was whether or not all this was upsetting my mother. As long as she acted satisfied, so was he.
I put both Anglican and Methodist. If we ever went to church as a family it was usually Anglican but I was in the girl guides (scouts) and we had to go to a Methodist church to parade our banner. My school was Anglican. All schools in the UK have some element of religion. But it was all very wishy-washy and watered down. I suspect my parents might have been agnostic since we never discussed religion at home. They were both quite scathing about religious idolatry like crosses and virgin mary's and whatnot.
"non-denominational" means "Pentacostal" in disguise.
Often, but not necessarily. I attended a couple of large non-denom churches that were anti-charismatic. And the Bible Churches I grew up in had a strong non-denominational flavor, in fact, the organization they all belonged to, the IFCA, was not really a true denomination. It was just a doctrinal statement you'd subscribe to, they had a "pulpit supply" service of retired / semi-retired pastors who would fill in when your pastor was sick or you were between pastors, that kind of thing. Those churches were 100% locally governed, they were just subscribing to a generic "branding" for a certain flavor of literalist / inerrantist dogma. Bible Churches are DEFINITELY anti-charismatic / pentecostal, their mantra is "miracles are not for today".
I put both Anglican and Methodist. If we ever went to church as a family it was usually Anglican but I was in the girl guides (scouts) and we had to go to a Methodist church to parade our banner. My school was Anglican. All schools in the UK have some element of religion. But it was all very wishy-washy and watered down. I suspect my parents might have been agnostic since we never discussed religion at home. They were both quite scathing about religious idolatry like crosses and virgin mary's and whatnot.
I saw an article in the newspaper yesterday that the Church of England has backed the idea of giving up plastics for Lent. Religion as a force for good!
I saw an article in the newspaper yesterday that the Church of England has backed the idea of giving up plastics for Lent. Religion as a force for good!
Great! I'll put my leftovers in a ceramic bowl and cover it with foil. That will surely will help me feel closer to God.
Reminds me of my relatives when I was kid. They gave up meat on Fridays for lent. A great sacrafice since they loved seafood and fish.
I just had to goof up that post, didn't I?
We never ate meat on Friday. During Lent, you were supposed to give up something that would seriously hurt--like penny candy. Damn. My eldest brother, 12 years older, would go to the drug store and buy a pack of Yipes Stripes gum for me. He assured me that it wasn't penny candy and that I could chew it. Oh, there's a work around for that. It's kind of like Orthodox Jews with an eruv.
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