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My wife and I are not a member of one specific church but we go to church often. We always try to go to the service an hour early and chat with the people waiting for the service to start. Many places have set up food and drink in the lobby and there are quite a few people standing around and chatting. Nearly everyone we meet at church is so nice.
I wonder if those same people would be as nice if we met them in our neighborhood or at work? Or is it the church experience that makes many people so friendly and nice? Or maybe people who are active in the church view people as God's children and feel that part of their role in the community is to be nice to everyone. What do you think?
Most of them are older in years and cramming for finals?
My parents told me that they had met some very friendly Mormon neighbors who were so friendly and nice. But they stopped being so friendly once they finally realized that my parents would not convert.
My parents told me that they had met some very friendly Mormon neighbors who were so friendly and nice. But they stopped being so friendly once they finally realized that my parents would not convert.
I wouldn't be too quick to generalize or zero in on those of the Morman faith. A life long friend of mine is and has always been Morman and has never,once,ever asked me to so much as attend her church. She is a devout Mormon too and the only time she speaks of her religion is when I ask her questions about it.
I think people tend to put on their best manners during coffee hour at church. Manners, plus a conscious intent to love thy neighbor. Not to say that they are awful people 6 days a week.
If you want to get to know them better, you have to pick a church and become active in the life of the congregation. That might be a good project for you at this point!
Many places have set up food and drink in the lobby and there are quite a few people standing around and chatting. ...........What do you think?
I think you need to put a few bucks in the collection plate every Sunday. Someone paid for all the coffee and donuts you're enjoying while you church hop. Cover your share.
Those folks who are totally uncomfortable with being nice, rarely if ever attend. The people you meet who are nice in church are probably pretty nice all the time- but maybe not as nice as they are on Sunday.
Hooray! I am glad to hear that some humans in a church building, and in this world, are being nice.
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