and I understand where most of you are coming from.
I always tell people I was "INDOCTRINATED" into the Assemblies of God Church...but as I grow older I look back on some of those days fondly.
Sure there were some big egoes there, power plays not for your soul but your brains with cash to follow.
But if you could take that out of the church and keep what I loved mostly about it and that was what people call "fellowship," you could have a good thing going.
I'll be 39 this year and I grew up in a day and age where we still had communities. Something important I think we've lost in all of our "progress."
I played community sports, was in cub scouts with kids from school who's parents all knew each other.
My parents had bbq's, halloween parties and New Years parties where hundreds of neighbors would show up. We all pretty much knew each other or knew of each other and it wasn't a small neighborhood.
My point is, is that some people still find that in Church that little sense of belonging that everyone wants and/or needs.
The shame of it all it is used to explolit people.
I'm not a bar person, I don't like clubs, etc...only go to them at the conventions but it's the very same thing I see in Church going on at these conventions and why so many people let loose when they get there.
Most here are sitting behind our computers for hours on end and our only sense of community is a BBS called GFY...even if it sounds demented. Sure some of us have friends outiside of all this, but with work schedules it becomes difficult to see them.
So then a show comes around, and you see smiling faces, hugs, kisses, people sitting around swapping stories...you see Church exactly how it should be.
I always tell people I was "INDOCTRINATED" into the Assemblies of God Church...but as I grow older I look back on some of those days fondly.
Sure there were some big egoes there, power plays not for your soul but your brains with cash to follow.
But if you could take that out of the church and keep what I loved mostly about it and that was what people call "fellowship," you could have a good thing going.
I'll be 39 this year and I grew up in a day and age where we still had communities. Something important I think we've lost in all of our "progress."
I played community sports, was in cub scouts with kids from school who's parents all knew each other.
My parents had bbq's, halloween parties and New Years parties where hundreds of neighbors would show up. We all pretty much knew each other or knew of each other and it wasn't a small neighborhood.
My point is, is that some people still find that in Church that little sense of belonging that everyone wants and/or needs.
The shame of it all it is used to explolit people.
I'm not a bar person, I don't like clubs, etc...only go to them at the conventions but it's the very same thing I see in Church going on at these conventions and why so many people let loose when they get there.
Most here are sitting behind our computers for hours on end and our only sense of community is a BBS called GFY...even if it sounds demented. Sure some of us have friends outiside of all this, but with work schedules it becomes difficult to see them.
So then a show comes around, and you see smiling faces, hugs, kisses, people sitting around swapping stories...you see Church exactly how it should be.
Or you could dress up like a Mormon and knock on their doors if you think that will work better 
LIZZIE 
"Community" died when the internet was born. People no longer actually had to leave their homes in order to communicate with others. If you want to "see" people and call it "community" join a singles group or volunteer. Using Church as an example was a bad idea IMO.
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