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Wow. Thank you for posting this. That is a fantastic video.
As far as church being weird for me - Yes, it is. Because although I can relate to some points in pretty much any sermon I have sat through in the last 25 years or so - my resistance to forced worship and submission to an old man in the sky "shaking his finger at me" is palpable.
Believing in a higher power, and submitting to a structured system of praise are not related in my opinion.
So, although I can relate to some things I see and hear there, I never feel comfortable, or like I belong. So yes - its weird.
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Apr 8, 2012 17:02:47 GMT -5
Church is not for me. However, I can COMPLETELY understand the attraction that it has, as humans rely on social groups for not only socialization and support , but for basic survival as well. Organized religion fulfills those needs for community and interaction for many individuals.
It's good for some, but not for all. (I won't even get into the atrocities that organized religions have perpetrated, nor all of the other positive attributes it may have.)
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
A blanket statement that "church is weird" makes about as much sense as saying that all Bonnaroo attendees are...(insert descriptive phase of your choice here).
I've got friends from nearly every possible flavor of organized religion, including all the subspecies of Christianity, Muslim Pagan and Eastern religions. I've also got a few agnostic/atheists in the mix. I have no problem with anyone else's beliefs and am always happy to learn more.
What I DO have a problem with is ANY one person or group trying to force their beliefs on others through any means...be it legislation, intimidation, or just plain-out narrow-minded bigotry.
I don't think that makes me unique by any means.
As long as we all treat each other and the earth well, the rest will figure itself out.
Unitarian Universalist church is where it's at, but then again, I may be biased.
I do so want to visit one.
You should. See below for the link on finding a local congregation. The only caution I would have is that you may want to try out a couple as they are all different. Different churches tend to have different demographics. You can go to one and have a service that is much like a liberal Christian service then go to a different one that has a Buddhist or Atheist overtone.
Post by nodepression on Apr 8, 2012 18:08:22 GMT -5
I went to church (Catholic) today for the first time since Christmas to make my parents happy. At this point it's just ridiculous to me, like not just the Catholic mass (stand up sit down stand up sit down kneel stand up...) but everything associated with religion. I understand it's appeal, but I just don't feel in any way connected to religion at this point in my life.
It is funny to watch how people act in mass though, and also to prevent my brother from resting an arm on the pew by increasingly giving myself more and more arm room.
I don't think anything is wrong with having faith or being spiritual in any way, but I've had a progressive dislike for organized religion since the beginning of high school.
I've had the dislike for organized religion for about six years now, and off and on before that. Probably since the age of 10 I been unhappy with it to some degree.
I went to the Worcester UU congregation a few times. It was ok, but I found it boring and fell asleep half the time. Then just stopped going.
My grandmother passed away last week and I went to her funeral service Tuesday. Last time I went to mass before that was about 5 years ago when my cousin died.
I get it. It's not for me, but I get why people go. In fact I went to a Christian school for most of my life (kindergarten to 12th grade) and decided it (religion) wasn't for me when I was 17 and realized how religion is an interpretive thing and not like a lawful thing.
I believe in God but I don't need a religion like Christianity to tell me what the rules are on how to believe in him. That's mainly why I don't go to church; too much rule and ritual. I go when it's expected of me from my mostly Catholic family though (like funeral services). I respect religions for their moral codes, trying to get people to be better people and help each other and what not. Some of them get carried away and take the 1000+ year old bible (out-of-date) as literal law instead of interpretive ideals on how to live a selfless life. But the two Catholic pastors in my town are both really down to earth guys (I've known them since I was like 8 years old). They preach about love and not hate, something other sectors of Christianity don't really do for some reason. I didn't even really experience or learn about the hateful and backwards side of Christianity until I went to college and started running into the extremist sidewalk evangelicals.
But I look at something as God, the supernatural force, the supreme force, the deity, whatever you want to call it as something WAY beyond the comprehension of human intellect. I don't think we as human beings will ever know the truth about the God, nor where we really meant to. I've seen lots of amazing things in this world, and I've really only just started, and I like to think its all more than just by happen-chance.
But I look at something as God, the supernatural force, the supreme force, the deity, whatever you want to call it as something WAY beyond the comprehension of human intellect. I don't think we as human beings will ever know the truth about the God, nor where we really meant to. I've seen lots of amazing things in this world, and I've really only just started, and I like to think its all more than just by happen-chance.
That is exactly how I feel about it as well, jpbrez. I've never seen anyone else say it. You made my day
I respect religions for their moral codes, trying to get people to be better people and help each other and what not. Some of them get carried away and take the 1000+ year old bible (out-of-date) as literal law instead of interpretive ideals on how to live a selfless life.
The bible is only as "out-of-date" as you make it.
A blanket statement that "church is weird" makes about as much sense as saying that all Bonnaroo attendees are...(insert descriptive phase of your choice here).
I wonder what my E-meter reading would be at Church? and if Xenu would let me suckle at his boosoom nothing like the milk of alien overlords it cures conjunctivitias and gout!
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We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.