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Head · 02-01-2004, 09:11 AM

I used to go all the time but i had a look around me in the churdh noticed a bunch of rerards listening to an idiot that didn't shit about the gospel. And also the church was very anti everything i was!

davecummings · 02-01-2004, 10:32 AM

I love many of these responses--they state how I feel. Thanks!

Dave
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PeerPatrick · 02-01-2004, 11:08 AM

Before I moved to Charlotte last Fall, I used to surf every day, so I guess I used to....I'm making a pilgrimage to Kauai in March.

Go Pathers!

Tipsy · 02-01-2004, 11:13 AM

No for reasons stated. However as with many I DO go for events such as the odd marriage and death. This has fuck all to do with religion and 100% to do with respect for the people concerned. If either of those events happen elsewhere then all to the good.

Lord_Austin · 02-01-2004, 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by spunky1
Yes I do..I pray to god all you sinners will repent and allow Jesus in your hearts

Amen Brother !!!

Donny · 02-01-2004, 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by Fletch XXX
No, and I feel very uncomfortable being anywhere near one.

That's because you're possessed by demons.

Angie · 02-01-2004, 11:22 AM

My mum used to take me when I was little every week but now that I'm older I only go for wedding, funerals, christenings, etc.

I'm catholic but when I do go to church I never take communion, I don't feel I deserve to coz I don't go!

m00d · 02-01-2004, 11:26 AM

That's incredibly disrespectful. I hope you are joking.

AaronM · 02-01-2004, 11:28 AM

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Originally posted by GonePhishing
I used to attend church every Sunday. I then determined that most of the people that went to church were not good people in their day to day life. I then decided to try to be a decent human every day of the week instead of hoping that 45 minutes every Sunday would do it for me.

Perfection!

myjah · 02-01-2004, 11:29 AM

a few times a year when i go to visit my parents

beemk · 02-01-2004, 11:37 AM

only for funerals and weddings

beemk · 02-01-2004, 11:38 AM

besides people who think they are "washing their sins away" church is mainly a place for people to go and gossip

latinasojourn · 02-01-2004, 11:39 AM

religious dogma does not stand up to any intellectual scrutiny.

religion is a cultural artifact. what you believe depends on where, and when you were born in the world.

if the human timeline is the length of a yardstick, our contemporary experience is about .0001 inches.

just a few hundred years ago people thought the earth was flat, today we've walked on the moon, water may probably be on mars, and man has created complex mammals through asexual reproduction.

religion does have plenty of benefit for many people---it relieves human stress and suffering, and makes people feel better, it can "cure" much psychosomatic illness, though it does nothing for organic disease. just once i like to see the faith healer curing people of cancer at the civic auditorium get in his mercedes and drive over to the community hospital and work his magic on the oncology ward

if you put religion in a balance and asked whether it is good for mankind or bad, it would probably be a wash.

while the salvation army is housing homeless in warming centers in the winter, camel jockeys are trying to figure out how to steal airplanes and destroy buildings---all in the name of their "god".

nothing changes much, from the crusades to the beefs in ireland, to the beefs in israel and palestine---it's always my god is the only true god, and you are an infidel if the don't believe in my god, and are not worthy or life.

so, to answer the original question:

no, though i was raised in a "god-fearing" family, i do not go to church.

religion and morality are not the same thing.

Tipsy · 02-01-2004, 12:04 PM

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Originally posted by latinasojourn
religious dogma does not stand up to any intellectual scrutiny.

religion is a cultural artifact. what you believe depends on where, and when you were born in the world.

if the human timeline is the length of a yardstick, our contemporary experience is about .0001 inches.

just a few hundred years ago people thought the earth was flat, today we've walked on the moon, water may probably be on mars, and man has created complex mammals through asexual reproduction.

religion does have plenty of benefit for many people---it relieves human stress and suffering, and makes people feel better, it can "cure" much psychosomatic illness, though it does nothing for organic disease. just once i like to see the faith healer curing people of cancer at the civic auditorium get in his mercedes and drive over to the community hospital and work his magic on the oncology ward

if you put religion in a balance and asked whether it is good for mankind or bad, it would probably be a wash.

while the salvation army is housing homeless in warming centers in the winter, camel jockeys are trying to figure out how to steal airplanes and destroy buildings---all in the name of their "god".

nothing changes much, from the crusades to the beefs in ireland, to the beefs in israel and palestine---it's always my god is the only true god, and you are an infidel if the don't believe in my god, and are not worthy or life.

so, to answer the original question:

no, though i was raised in a "god-fearing" family, i do not go to church.

religion and morality are not the same thing.

Just to say basically the above is everything I could not be bothered to type.

SykkBoy · 02-01-2004, 03:42 PM

I often wonder who are the bigger sheep...christians or athiests...

Nikoleta · 02-01-2004, 03:50 PM

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Originally posted by davecummings
Only for funerals, weddings, baptisms

same here

Sneka · 02-01-2004, 03:51 PM

I do not have any business with churches.

TheMaster · 02-01-2004, 03:57 PM

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Originally posted by unconnected
The Church has to be one of the most evil things on the planet which coincidentally probably think we are some of the most evil people on the planet..

but then again what people who represent an organisation which is responsible for however many 10 of millions of deaths in the past 2000 years don't really mean a whole hell of a lot to me..

don't forget about the people, who will die of aids in Africa, South-America and Asia, they still follow what the vatican says, some of their bishops even said "our scientists have proven that the aids virus goes through the pores of the condom"

isn't this person liabel for murder? seriously, one day I would love to sue the vatican

also, they didn't object the nazi's, even worse they made priests preach that people should go fight together with the germans against the russians, bastards, traitors

Joe Citizen · 02-01-2004, 04:14 PM

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Originally posted by SykkBoy2
I often wonder who are the bigger sheep...christians or athiests...

Christians are the bigger sheep because atheists share no common belief system or moral code. The only belief that atheists necessarily share is a disbelief in a creator/supreme being.

Sarah_Jayne · 02-01-2004, 04:20 PM

only when there is some reason that I would be insulting someone I care about if I didn't go (mostly my parents). These are mostly weddings and funerals.

I was so brainwashed as a child in church that I do sometimes get uncomfortable going into them but I also feel like I am strong enough to know that just because I go in doesn't mean i am part of the religion.

In some small towns, such as the one where my grandparents live the church building serves just as much function as a town hall..everyone has to go there eventually.

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02-01-2004, 09:11 AM	#51
Head Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Starship Enterprise Posts: 8,278	I used to go all the time but i had a look around me in the churdh noticed a bunch of rerards listening to an idiot that didn't shit about the gospel. And also the church was very anti everything i was! __________________

02-01-2004, 11:08 AM	#53
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02-01-2004, 11:13 AM	#54
Tipsy Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: See sig Posts: 6,989	No for reasons stated. However as with many I DO go for events such as the odd marriage and death. This has fuck all to do with religion and 100% to do with respect for the people concerned. If either of those events happen elsewhere then all to the good. __________________ Ignorance is never bliss.

02-01-2004, 11:29 AM	#60
myjah Back in the harbor Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,482	a few times a year when i go to visit my parents __________________ VP of Marketing AVN Media Network Skype: AVNJill [email protected]

02-01-2004, 10:32 AM	#52
davecummings Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,922	I love many of these responses--they state how I feel. Thanks! Dave www.davecummings.com

02-01-2004, 11:22 AM	#57
Angie Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: In The Sun Posts: 460	My mum used to take me when I was little every week but now that I'm older I only go for wedding, funerals, christenings, etc. I'm catholic but when I do go to church I never take communion, I don't feel I deserve to coz I don't go!

02-01-2004, 11:26 AM	#58
m00d So Fucking Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 3,129	That's incredibly disrespectful. I hope you are joking.

02-01-2004, 11:37 AM	#61
beemk CLICK HERE Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 20,829	only for funerals and weddings __________________ I host with Vacares

02-01-2004, 11:38 AM	#62
beemk CLICK HERE Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 20,829	besides people who think they are "washing their sins away" church is mainly a place for people to go and gossip __________________ I host with Vacares

02-01-2004, 11:39 AM	#63
latinasojourn Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,191	religious dogma does not stand up to any intellectual scrutiny. religion is a cultural artifact. what you believe depends on where, and when you were born in the world. if the human timeline is the length of a yardstick, our contemporary experience is about .0001 inches. just a few hundred years ago people thought the earth was flat, today we've walked on the moon, water may probably be on mars, and man has created complex mammals through asexual reproduction. religion does have plenty of benefit for many people---it relieves human stress and suffering, and makes people feel better, it can "cure" much psychosomatic illness, though it does nothing for organic disease. just once i like to see the faith healer curing people of cancer at the civic auditorium get in his mercedes and drive over to the community hospital and work his magic on the oncology ward if you put religion in a balance and asked whether it is good for mankind or bad, it would probably be a wash. while the salvation army is housing homeless in warming centers in the winter, camel jockeys are trying to figure out how to steal airplanes and destroy buildings---all in the name of their "god". nothing changes much, from the crusades to the beefs in ireland, to the beefs in israel and palestine---it's always my god is the only true god, and you are an infidel if the don't believe in my god, and are not worthy or life. so, to answer the original question: no, though i was raised in a "god-fearing" family, i do not go to church. religion and morality are not the same thing.

02-01-2004, 03:42 PM	#65
SykkBoy Jesus loves bacon Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Sin City, Motherfucker Posts: 19,969	I often wonder who are the bigger sheep...christians or athiests... __________________ Support my new movie “The Second Coming”

02-01-2004, 03:51 PM	#67
Sneka Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 413	I do not have any business with churches.

02-01-2004, 04:20 PM	#70
Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	only when there is some reason that I would be insulting someone I care about if I didn't go (mostly my parents). These are mostly weddings and funerals. I was so brainwashed as a child in church that I do sometimes get uncomfortable going into them but I also feel like I am strong enough to know that just because I go in doesn't mean i am part of the religion. In some small towns, such as the one where my grandparents live the church building serves just as much function as a town hall..everyone has to go there eventually.