TOTALLY GEEKED!

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

RE: Not meant to devolve into a religious argument--just curious

burns07 · Guru

well, we've never really gone to church for fellowship per se--more to hear the Word, read the Bible, experience the living faith for ourselves--have always believed that what you bring is much more important than what may or may not be there

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
WYSIWYG wrote:
There's more than one church in the world. - huskerbb

______________________________

You must have missed the "s" at the end of the word "churches" when I said "In going to churches, I was seeking a place to be with others in getting closer to God."

I am well aware that there is more than just one church. Thank you for clearing that up for everyone though.
Husker, do you not see a common theme among people who stopped going? You can say, oh, those people who quit are anti social or whatever. But, the reality is that a lot of churches are very cliquish. Most people who initially go to church are seeking God and also seeking to develop meaningful relationships with other Christians. But, if instead you don't find that, you start to think, why get up in the morning to go worship with a bunch of relative strangers?

I find a lot of people get pissed off over "preferences". They like things a certain way, and are resistant to change. But, going to church is about worshipping God and people just need to stop getting pissy about the little crap that doesn't matter.

JPT · Senior Member

We always plan a dinner out on Wednesday nights, because with everyone else at their "mid week" refresher bible study, no waiting for a table!

Ohfour · Hooker

Most places around here give discounts on Sundays and Wednesdays to people tat have been to church....

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

How exactly do you prove you were at church? It's not like they stamp your hand.

Ohfour · Hooker

Lexxy wrote:
How exactly do you prove you were at church? It's not like they stamp your hand.

On Sundays you bring in a church bulletin. On Wednesdays, it usually the honor system. I mean really, you COULD go by a church and pick up a bulletin, but around here, church attendance is pretty much the norm...

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
Most places around here give discounts on Sundays and Wednesdays to people tat have been to church....

She already answered that. You get a Tat! biggrin

But, seriously, I think you are supposed to bring in the Church Bulletin or something.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
WYSIWYG wrote:
There's more than one church in the world. - huskerbb

______________________________

You must have missed the "s" at the end of the word "churches" when I said "In going to churches, I was seeking a place to be with others in getting closer to God."

I am well aware that there is more than just one church. Thank you for clearing that up for everyone though.
Husker, do you not see a common theme among people who stopped going? You can say, oh, those people who quit are anti social or whatever. But, the reality is that a lot of churches are very cliquish. Most people who initially go to church are seeking God and also seeking to develop meaningful relationships with other Christians. But, if instead you don't find that, you start to think, why get up in the morning to go worship with a bunch of relative strangers?
I find a lot of people get pissed off over "preferences". They like things a certain way, and are resistant to change. But, going to church is about worshipping God and people just need to stop getting pissy about the little crap that doesn't matter.

On the contrary, it is often the "pissy" ones creating the problems. Who needs it?

Ohfour · Hooker

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
Most places around here give discounts on Sundays and Wednesdays to people tat have been to church....
She already answered that. You get a Tat!

But, seriously, I think you are supposed to bring in the Church Bulletin or something.

LOL! Yes, you have to have your church name tatted on your wrist. biggrin biggrin biggrin

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Ohfour wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
How exactly do you prove you were at church? It's not like they stamp your hand.
On Sundays you bring in a church bulletin. On Wednesdays, it usually the honor system. I mean really, you COULD go by a church and pick up a bulletin, but around here, church attendance is pretty much the norm...

LOL, when I was in rehab (out patient) church would count as 1 AA meeting. I did just go by & swipe a bulletin to take to my counselor. He caught on & asked me what the All Saint's Day (I think - it was some High Holy Day for Catholics) service was about. I was pretty clueless. He made me study the Bible & write a report on it.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
WYSIWYG wrote:
There's more than one church in the world. - huskerbb

______________________________

You must have missed the "s" at the end of the word "churches" when I said "In going to churches, I was seeking a place to be with others in getting closer to God."

I am well aware that there is more than just one church. Thank you for clearing that up for everyone though.
Husker, do you not see a common theme among people who stopped going? You can say, oh, those people who quit are anti social or whatever. But, the reality is that a lot of churches are very cliquish. Most people who initially go to church are seeking God and also seeking to develop meaningful relationships with other Christians. But, if instead you don't find that, you start to think, why get up in the morning to go worship with a bunch of relative strangers?
I find a lot of people get pissed off over "preferences". They like things a certain way, and are resistant to change. But, going to church is about worshipping God and people just need to stop getting pissy about the little crap that doesn't matter.
On the contrary, it is often the "pissy" ones creating the problems. Who needs it?

Then people get pissy in return instead of turning the other cheek.

Tinydancer · Guru

I love my Church. I haven't met a pissy person there yet.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Tinydancer wrote:
I love my Church. I haven't met a pissy person there yet.

Maybe you're all pissy and that's why you get along so well! biggrin

Ohfour · Hooker

I love my church too. They are THE MOST welcoming and eclectic people I've ever known. I've never left there not feeling like I was shining from the inside...

Tinydancer · Guru

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Tinydancer wrote:
I love my Church. I haven't met a pissy person there yet.
Maybe you're all pissy and that's why you get along so well!

Then maybe you need to get a little pissy so you can find a good Church...lol. No seriously there is one old lady who sings way too loud but that would be my biggest complaint.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Ohfour wrote:
I love my church too. They are THE MOST welcoming and eclectic people I've ever known. I've never left there not feeling like I was shining from the inside...

That is amazing. I hope you know how lucky you are. I haven't felt that way at a church since I was 5.

There are a lot of churches that don't want new ideas. They don't want new members. The people who attend are more concerned about their golf game afterwards and their "groups" are just an excuse to gather and gossip. It's hard to find a place where people are there for the right reasons. Once a church gets infected with a poisonous group of people it can be impossible to get rid of them. A lot of communities don't have a lot of choices either as far as churches go.

Ohfour · Hooker

Mellow Momma wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
I love my church too. They are THE MOST welcoming and eclectic people I've ever known. I've never left there not feeling like I was shining from the inside...
That is amazing. I hope you know how lucky you are. I haven't felt that way at a church since I was 5.
There are a lot of churches that don't want new ideas. They don't want new members. The people who attend are more concerned about their golf game afterwards and their "groups" are just an excuse to gather and gossip. It's hard to find a place where people are there for the right reasons. Once a church gets infected with a poisonous group of people it can be impossible to get rid of them. A lot of communities don't have a lot of choices either as far as churches go.

Thank you. We are really lucky to have the church that we do. It's quite overwhelming at first.

Often, on the way home, G and I don't even talk. We just get in the car and drive home. It's like we don't want to spoil the moment...there's really nothing to say that could compete with the peace and joy that we feel when we leave there. I wish everyone could just come to my church once. I don't even have the right words to describe it...

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

It sounds amazing. I had started to believe there were no churches like that anywhere anymore.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Our church has our pissy moments - there is certainly no denying it. But we also have love, and care for each other.

huskerbb · Guru

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
WYSIWYG wrote:
There's more than one church in the world. - huskerbb

______________________________

You must have missed the "s" at the end of the word "churches" when I said "In going to churches, I was seeking a place to be with others in getting closer to God."

I am well aware that there is more than just one church. Thank you for clearing that up for everyone though.
Husker, do you not see a common theme among people who stopped going? You can say, oh, those people who quit are anti social or whatever. But, the reality is that a lot of churches are very cliquish. Most people who initially go to church are seeking God and also seeking to develop meaningful relationships with other Christians. But, if instead you don't find that, you start to think, why get up in the morning to go worship with a bunch of relative strangers?

sure, every church--or any group of people probably have those few you may not get along with. However, to say it is 100% of the people in 100% of the churches of EVERY denomination is just flat out untrue.

if you've been to a dozen churches (or even three or four) of various denominations and cant find even one that you can get along in--then what is the common denominator? Sorry, but its you.

Now, if you don't want to go to church--don't go. No skin off my nose--but at least be honest about why you don't--and it has nothing to do with other people. You just don't feel like going.

huskerbb · Guru

Also, I've been a member of 5 different churches in my lifetime--and never had trouble forging relationships in any of them. I've been a church officer in three of them. I've also worshipped in easily another several dozen churches for various reasons.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Ah, the individual must bear responsibility for their dislike after attending (multiple) churches and finding ALL of them lacking. Husker, you are expecting way to much on that one. wink

But, I agree with you.

chef · Guru

I was raised in a Christian home. Had many bad experiences with Church growing up and got disillusioned. I found a Church in 2011, I think it was, and felt at home for awhile. Got connected, got baptized, became a member. Then an incident happened and it shook me to my core so I left. Have now found another Church that feels like home and have been attending regularly.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

I officially have spent way too much time on this board. I dreamed last night that I joined a church. I even wore panty hose in the dream. It was a strange dream.

JPT · Senior Member

No, just some of us are non believers, and we find nothing wrong with our failure to attend a church.

Ohfour · Hooker

Lexxy wrote:
I officially have spent way too much time on this board. I dreamed last night that I joined a church. I even wore panty hose in the dream. It was a strange dream.

That's not a dream, that's a nightmare! wink

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

huskerbb wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
WYSIWYG wrote:
There's more than one church in the world. - huskerbb

______________________________

You must have missed the "s" at the end of the word "churches" when I said "In going to churches, I was seeking a place to be with others in getting closer to God."

I am well aware that there is more than just one church. Thank you for clearing that up for everyone though.
Husker, do you not see a common theme among people who stopped going? You can say, oh, those people who quit are anti social or whatever. But, the reality is that a lot of churches are very cliquish. Most people who initially go to church are seeking God and also seeking to develop meaningful relationships with other Christians. But, if instead you don't find that, you start to think, why get up in the morning to go worship with a bunch of relative strangers?
sure, every church--or any group of people probably have those few you may not get along with. However, to say it is 100% of the people in 100% of the churches of EVERY denomination is just flat out untrue.

if you've been to a dozen churches (or even three or four) of various denominations and cant find even one that you can get along in--then what is the common denominator? Sorry, but its you.

Now, if you don't want to go to church--don't go. No skin off my nose--but at least be honest about why you don't--and it has nothing to do with other people. You just don't feel like going.

Some things are as predictable as the sun rising, lol. I knew that this was the entire point of the post from the beginning, lol.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

huskerbb · Guru

JPT wrote:
No, just some of us are non believers, and we find nothing wrong with our failure to attend a church.

Duh. I'm not expecting that non-believers will want to attend church.

huskerbb · Guru

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
WYSIWYG wrote:
There's more than one church in the world. - huskerbb

______________________________

You must have missed the "s" at the end of the word "churches" when I said "In going to churches, I was seeking a place to be with others in getting closer to God."

I am well aware that there is more than just one church. Thank you for clearing that up for everyone though.
Husker, do you not see a common theme among people who stopped going? You can say, oh, those people who quit are anti social or whatever. But, the reality is that a lot of churches are very cliquish. Most people who initially go to church are seeking God and also seeking to develop meaningful relationships with other Christians. But, if instead you don't find that, you start to think, why get up in the morning to go worship with a bunch of relative strangers?
sure, every church--or any group of people probably have those few you may not get along with. However, to say it is 100% of the people in 100% of the churches of EVERY denomination is just flat out untrue.

if you've been to a dozen churches (or even three or four) of various denominations and cant find even one that you can get along in--then what is the common denominator? Sorry, but its you.

Now, if you don't want to go to church--don't go. No skin off my nose--but at least be honest about why you don't--and it has nothing to do with other people. You just don't feel like going.

Some things are as predictable as the sun rising, lol. I knew that this was the entire point of the post from the beginning, lol.

This what?

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lexxy wrote:
I officially have spent way too much time on this board. I dreamed last night that I joined a church. I even wore panty hose in the dream. It was a strange dream.

A southern church then...

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Ohfour wrote:
Lexxy wrote:
I officially have spent way too much time on this board. I dreamed last night that I joined a church. I even wore panty hose in the dream. It was a strange dream.
That's not a dream, that's a nightmare!

Panty hose and bras. Both inventions of the devil.

weltschmerz · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
Most places around here give discounts on Sundays and Wednesdays to people tat have been to church....

What if they go to the Church of Satan? Will they still get a discount?

-- Edited by weltschmerz on Tuesday 14th of July 2015 08:01:59 PM

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

weltschmerz wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
Most places around here give discounts on Sundays and Wednesdays to people tat have been to church....
What id they go to the Church of Satan? Will they still get a discount?

Do they have the requisite tattoo?

evileye

flan

Ohfour · Hooker

weltschmerz wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
Most places around here give discounts on Sundays and Wednesdays to people tat have been to church....
What id they go to the Church of Satan? Will they still get a discount?

Yeah...that doesn't happen round here...we are better than that...

weltschmerz · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
Most places around here give discounts on Sundays and Wednesdays to people tat have been to church....
What id they go to the Church of Satan? Will they still get a discount?
Yeah...that doesn't happen round here...we are better than that...

Of course you are!

Ohfour · Hooker

weltschmerz wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
Most places around here give discounts on Sundays and Wednesdays to people tat have been to church....
What id they go to the Church of Satan? Will they still get a discount?
Yeah...that doesn't happen round here...we are better than that...
Of course you are!

Most definitely. They would be run out of town. The most conservative county in the country. My Town...

weltschmerz · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
weltschmerz wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
Most places around here give discounts on Sundays and Wednesdays to people tat have been to church....
What id they go to the Church of Satan? Will they still get a discount?
Yeah...that doesn't happen round here...we are better than that...
Of course you are!
Most definitely. They would be run out of town. The most conservative county in the country. My Town...

So much for freedom of religion, eh?

Ohfour · Hooker

They have their freedom. Just don't expect us to accept it. They won't be thrown in jail, but they will be ostracized. You don't get it do you? Poor you...

Vette · Owl drink to that!

I don't go to church for the people at all, I just go to worship. I like teaching the kids but I don't try to befriend their parents.

weltschmerz · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
They have their freedom. Just don't expect us to accept it. They won't be thrown in jail, but they will be ostracized. You don't get it do you? Poor you...

I get that people who worship differently than you are run out of town. I get that much.

Ohfour · Hooker

But they aren't jailed...that's the freedom! :)

weltschmerz · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
They have their freedom. Just don't expect us to accept it. They won't be thrown in jail, but they will be ostracized. You don't get it do you? Poor you...

You've been pretty bitchy to me twice already; here and on the Tuesday thread. Do you do this to all the new members or just the Canadian ones?

Ohfour · Hooker

I'm pretty much bitchy to all liberals. Its my mantra. You are welcome here...I love a good challenge. 😁

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Ohfour wrote:
I'm pretty much bitchy to all liberals. Its my mantra. You are welcome here...I love a good challenge. 😁

I can vouch for that 😉

O4 will grow on you. I promise. Kind of like a rash. 😜

Ohfour · Hooker

Mellow Momma wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
I'm pretty much bitchy to all liberals. Its my mantra. You are welcome here...I love a good challenge. 😁
I can vouch for that 😉
O4 will grow on you. I promise. Kind of like a rash. 😜

Lol!!! Lurve you MM!!!!!

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Ohfour wrote:
Mellow Momma wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
I'm pretty much bitchy to all liberals. Its my mantra. You are welcome here...I love a good challenge. 😁
I can vouch for that 😉
O4 will grow on you. I promise. Kind of like a rash. 😜
Lol!!! Lurve you MM!!!!!

Back at ya! 💕

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

O4 is good people.

weltschmerz · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
I'm pretty much bitchy to all liberals. Its my mantra. You are welcome here...I love a good challenge. 😁

You sound like a very unhappy person, attacking people who haven't said boo to you. Oh, well. Sounds like a personal problem.

Have a lovely evening.