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Do you go to mass?
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Well the title says it all really.
Whatever your answer is, why?
I go to mass every sunday, honestly it's become a sort of routine, i go to pray to God though.
I listen to the readings and what the priest has to say, i take part in the mass.
Whatever your answer is, why?
I go to mass every sunday, honestly it's become a sort of routine, i go to pray to God though.
I listen to the readings and what the priest has to say, i take part in the mass.
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Why? because I'm a Christian and because I was brought up in a church going family and I've stuck with it.
It's called faith.
I go because I believe in God and I want to know more.
I don't believe in God, though, and didn't really believe either when I attended the children's mass. Just went for the free goodies. :rolleyes: Last time I went to a church was for a funeral.
but there's a Catholic church in town that I always walk past and notice everyone coming in and out. Looks pretty cool but I'd be scared to go in.
:rolleyes: Yup, faith is the word.
*in the George Michael tune*
But cha gotta have faith a faith faith.
Besides, who're you to knock what anybody else believes? You write about ne sentence per post to back up at theory. There's a whole Bible written about God
As for myself, I used to go to mass and was confirmed, I sung in a choir and did readings although Christianity never felt right for me, despite aknowledging that all religion is beautiful it just didn't fit my beliefs.
And now I'm pagan, so I do my own little rituals and worship who I worship in my own little way, though I may be working with others soon. I'm happy this way, though I wouldn't diss any other religion. Each to their own.
It's called making money out of "guilt".
Sickens me.
oops sorry you were being serious
And some people just don't have faith - and why should they?
All down to personal choice really. Perhaps faith compensates for something missing, or maybe it makes us stronger.
Interesting view point. Do you mean the church or faith?
Church.
I have no problem with people having faith. That is a personal thing and I don't think that it should ever be condemned.
Church, to me, is just a way of cashing in on that faith. It's alos used as a way of pushing one interpretation of that faith on others - such as Bush's claims about homosexuality and extreem islamic preachers pushing violence. Neither actually applies to the religion they claim to support...
I think we need to distinguish between genuine followers of a faith and those who merely make claims to. If we can distinguish between genuine followers of Islam and those who make claims why can't we do the same with Christianity?
Do you really think that all churches are money-making machines, look at the work of The salvation Army for instance, there are plenty of genuine Christians out there.
Ah,catch yourself on you fool, making money out of guilt.
If you don't believe then you don't but others do,not everyone gives money to the church, people go to mass to pray, not to give money to the church, yes there's a collection every week...most people give £2-£3.
The church though help people, they listen to their problems and give them advice, help the community, not just money making machines.
Do you go to mass man of kent? do you believe in God?
byny that's your view, people have faith because they believe in something, it just can't be us and nothing else..where did we come from? how did it all start...in the very beginning.
as for making money out of guilt, i wouldnt agree with that, some churches, mine being one of them, teaches strongly on "tithing" which is giving 10% of your income to Gods kingdom, and you give it to the place where you hear the Word. yes it goes to the church, to pay the pastor and pay for the upkeep of the church and pay the bills and pay the people who work in the church, otherwise how are we supposed to have a church? how are we supposed to pay for all things that God wants to do, preach the gospel, go away on mission trips overseas, etc? giving your ten percent is an act of obedience to the word and an act of faith in God. as a Christian i believe that i shouldnt be in debt and i should live on the money i earn and no more, however, as a student, i have an overdraft and a student loan, my overdraft i took out before i had this knowledge about money and im working hard to pay it off. and sometimes i cant afford my 10% but i do it anyway because i know that i will reap what i sow and if i sow into Gods heavenly account, i will reap the benefits of that as God blesses me with money. thats my own personal belief anyway and i have checked it out in the Word and God has confirmed it, so i know that its not my church just trying to get money out of me.
Do you know who, apart from the Queen, is the biggest landowner in the UK?
Do you know who has one of the biggest shareholdings in Arms companies?
The Church of England?
As for catholcism, from my perspective it's based on guilt - hell the church even holds that from it's first breath a baby is a sinner and needs to cleanse itself. Well sorry, but that's not my understanding of what christianity is all about. Far from it.
No and a sort of yes.
I don't go to mass because I'm not a catholic. I don't attend church because it is so outdated that I cannot apply it to my life.
I do follow christian teachings, to an extent, and I do believe that there is a God, but he's my God and the Church's.
Missionaries really fuck me off. Cultural imperialism of the worst kind.
Well i'm not in the Church of England, i'm a catholic.
You either believe there's a God or there's not.
Do you believe we are going to an afterlife when we die?
Very simplistic view IMO. Depends on what you mean by "God" for a start.
The Vatican is obscenely rich.
Yes the Vatican are rich, very.
What do you propose you do then, have no churches at all, no priests? Just your own private ceremony to God in your home.
Thats no answer really.
God is the big bang? The laws of physics? A man with a long beard sitting on a cloud? The ineffable and transcendental for which we have no name? Man's attempt to communicate with the weather? What?
Yep.
My sister pays tithings and it really pisses me off. She has absolutely no money ( she's a NURSE!), can't afford to live properly, and yet gives 10% to her born-again Christian thing.
Surely God wouldn't want to you suffer?
And why do you believe in missions? Imposing your beliefs on others is an awful thing to do.