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Does anyone here go to church, consistently?

I attend a Unitarian Universalist church every Sunday. I also sometimes attend an Episcopal church during the week.
 
I used to when I was younger because I was forced to. I must admit the music was fun and good food too. I never really payed attention to what was being said, maybe because I didn't understand most of it...

These days, I only go for special ocassions, like holidays. This weekend my nephew is getting presented. Whatever the heck that means.

I don't really have my own church and too lazy to find one.
 
I am sure that the Roman Catholic Church would have issues with me.

I was like a lot of you before...I went because I had to go with my parents. As a teen, my parents had given up on me. I said my prayers and believed, but didn't like going to Mass. I disagreed with the church's stance on divorce, birth control. abortion and especially on homosexuality. I admired and loved Pope John Paul II, but he was still a hard liner when it came to doctrine.

In my twenties, I joined my parish's choir, and my involvement with that was an impetus to go each week. I enjoyed my involvement in singing for 14 years, until we had changed choir directors, and decided to end my involvement. By then, I was deep into my LTR with my ex, Dave, and would rather have spent Sundays in bed, in his loving arms.

When my mother died in 2002, it was the first time I went back to our family parish. I found great comfort and a whole new appreciation in the rituals of the Mass and Holy Days. Our pastor was familiar. He has been our associate pastor when I was a kid, left for 20 years, and returned. So I started attending regularly, on Saturdays, with my father, each week.

In 2010, the pastor retired, and rather than replace him, our parish was consolidated with two other parishes into a cluster parish. There are three parishes, and two priests. because of that, each locale lost a mass. At my parish, they eliminated the Saturday mass, which I had grown accustomed to. Sure, the other cluster parish has a Saturday mass, but it isn't quite the same feeling as being in the church that I belonged to most of my life. My dad simply attends on Sunday morning at 8:30 AM. I try to join him when I can, but I don't make as much as an effort as I used to.

So to answer the OP's question, I am not consistent anymore. I go when I can. I always attend Holy Thursday mass with a group of friends. We've been going each year since we could drive, in high school. We go to mass at one parish, then drive around and visit three other parishes, saying a prayer at each church. That is how I have seen many of the parishes in the Rochester diocese. After the third church, we end up at Friendly's, (usually it's around 10:30 PM), to have a last meat meal before fasting and abstaining on Good Friday).

As for my beliefs...they haven't changed. I think the Church is wrong on divorce, abortion, birth control, and its treatment of homosexuality. Supposedly, they say that you can be gay, just don't have sex. I do not agree with that. I don't have to. I still believe, but I don't want my church doing the thinking for me. God gave me a brain to think for myself.
 
I used to without fail. I even tithed. I used to believe my money was going to do God's work. Then my eyes opened and I realized that i was giving money to hate disguised as love. How stupid to slit my own throat like that. In my area there are no gay friendly churches. Just bigot groups disguised by mask of love.
 
Nope, not anymore. In all honesty, I really don't see the point in it now (well I started to have a change of heart years ago, but that's another story). I believe and love god, and I don't need to go to church every Sunday because god know's what's in my heart. I worship god plenty enough in my own time. Lately all I've been seeing in most churches is a bunch of bigot, hate spewing, hypocrites. I'm not saying their aren't any good churches in the world, but they are few and far in-between.
 
A church is a place where you reflect on what is sacred.

I do that consistently, but could do more so. I like the christian tradition of a dedicated time.
 
To all, Do you feel pressured to donate during the service ?

I would rather go to the church when it is empty.
Maybe meet someone and have a one on one chat ;)
 
cloud101 said:
Nope, not anymore. In all honesty, I really don't see the point in it now (well I started to have a change of heart years ago, but that's another story). I believe and love god, and I don't need to go to church every Sunday because god know's what's in my heart. I worship god plenty enough in my own time. Lately all I've been seeing in most churches is a bunch of bigot, hate spewing, hypocrites. I'm not saying their aren't any good churches in the world, but they are few and far in-between.
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Yeah, that how I generally feel about going to church. I'm a very spiritual individual that prays and believes in a monotheistic entity, "God"/"Allah"/"Creator"/"Holy One". However, finding a truly good church is like home shopping, dating, and car shopping, you would have look high and low and for something that is just right for you.
 
if floatins ins ocean fish no pray or nothin ans not evens ons sunday
not like figa wot sunday is
cause no read

so

fish kool

thankyou
 
i did go consistently for a long while, even joined. it was an mcc church and after a awhile it got to be too much like high school, with all the cliques and bible study was anything but.. it turned into a talk show with everyone telling their bizness. and don't let a hot guy show up for sunday service.. you'd think you were at a club#-o
 
kayman23 said:
Yeah, that how I generally feel about going to church. I'm a very spiritual individual that prays and believes in a monotheistic entity, "God"/"Allah"/"Creator"/"Holy One". However, finding a truly good church is like home shopping, dating, and car shopping, you would have look high and low and for something that is just right for you.
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I agree completely. It is definitely a delicate process.
 
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