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I think they should make a church with drive up communion.
"I'd like a medium 'christ' body with a small 'jesus' blood. And please, don't skip on the blessings!"
"Is that all sir?"
"Amen."
"Ok then, please pull up to the window."
Huckabee's Church, huh??? I suppose when it starts going under they're going to continue advertising that it's going to keep pressing on despite the overwhelming numbers showing that all is lost.........
catholic mass is one hour, but some services are 4 hours
and i know some people who go to these services with babies and telling me how baby was getting kind of ancy and he/she will learn to be still...
i am an adult and i seriously dont think i could mister up the patience to sit through 4 hours a week of preaching.
i keep wondering what they could be talking about for so long?
if the priest is talking for 30 minutes about what he read in the gospel, what are these people saying for 4 hours??
i wish i could sit in, but i doubt they would let me in.
catholic mass is one hour, but some services are 4 hours
and i know some people who go to these services with babies and telling me how baby was getting kind of ancy and he/she will learn to be still...
i am an adult and i seriously dont think i could mister up the patience to sit through 4 hours a week of preaching.
i keep wondering what they could be talking about for so long?
if the priest is talking for 30 minutes about what he read in the gospel, what are these people saying for 4 hours??
i wish i could sit in, but i doubt they would let me in.
I've had to sit through 3 hour ones. Its basically stand up, hear cheesy song, sit down, hear cheesy sermon followed by long description of its meaning, stand up, hear another cheesy song, more sermons, sit down, stand up, listen to children read prayers aloud, kneel down, stand up, listen to cheasy song..........tumbolina...........stand up, receive communion, kneel down, listen to cheesy song, stand up, listen to talks about what happened last week near the church, wait till the staff exit through the door and wait till the car park clears out.
Yep, the heavy doses of monotony sure make sundays fun. Specially considering that anything you do afterwards will feel awesome by comparison
Don't you hate it when churches succumb to the entertainment disease?
I don't propose suffering through 3 hour services. I believe that churches should engage their congregations. At the same time, I believe churches devote a lot of time trying to cater to the Attention Deficit crowd with skits, rock bands, and the whatnot, rather than help people understand that our message is one of peace and contentment and service to God.
Perhaps this is an outsider's point of view, perhaps some believers might agree with me, but I've always seen churches as "businesses". Without "customers" the local church or place of worship will go out of "business".
I've read a lot recently about a growing amount of believers who have altogether stopped going to church for various reasons. Whether they feel the same problems with religion that I notice, or they don't like the message, or the organization, or whatever the reason, it seems a growing number of people are moving away from churches.
As part of that, just like in any business, a church has to adapt to try and lure its' "customers" in every Sunday. I don't think that it's any surprise that you'll find growing numbers of churches that alter their "sales pitch" to continue bringing "customers" through their doors. After all, it's still a business, and without the tithes from the congregation, the leaders of the churches will lose their livelihoods.
Perhaps what we are seeing is a promulgation of what I call "Survival of the Fittest" in regards to how church "business" is run... Amazing, huh? Even Darwin's theory applies to churches.... Ok, cheap shot, I'm sure I'll never hear the end of that one....
Well Nietzsche argues that no-one really believes in god anymore. People make their own views of god and use doctrine and dogma and has become such that it is no longer possible to believe in god. In short we've killed him off with our lack of belief
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Originally Posted by cpg35223
Don't you hate it when churches succumb to the entertainment disease?
I don't propose suffering through 3 hour services. I believe that churches should engage their congregations. At the same time, I believe churches devote a lot of time trying to cater to the Attention Deficit crowd with skits, rock bands, and the whatnot, rather than help people understand that our message is one of peace and contentment and service to God.
I for one hate when churches succomb to the entetainment disease
that is one of the main reasons the churches are dying
too many people are sick of the entertainment and want to be spirtually fed
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