Do You Attend Religious Services Regularly?

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:11 am

Do you attend any kind of religious service at least weekly and if so, do you enjoy it or go because of force of habit?

[love]light · Post by **[love]light** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:16 am

I think that my years as "Catholic School Girl" rid me of any desire to attend church. Organized religion is oppressive, and my psyche really does not deal well with that. That's probably why, ultimately, I was kicked out of the Catholic school system.

My church is in life. I find my spirituality in the beauty of my surroundings and the people that I am so blessed to have in my life. I really don't need a pew, an altar, and a claustrophobic confession booth to tell me there is something greater.

::amen::

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:27 am

'[love wrote: light;678602']

My church is in life. I find my spirituality in the beauty of my surroundings and the people that I am so blessed to have in my life. I really don't need a pew, an altar, and a claustrophobic confession booth to tell me there is something greater.

::amen::

that's how I feel, too. :-6

Lasgo · Post by **Lasgo** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:28 am

i only go to church for weddings/funerals and christings

neffy · Post by **neffy** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:33 am

nope i think you can pray anywhere,it should always have to be in a church

Mia · Post by **Mia** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:41 am

I think that my years as "Catholic School Girl" rid me of any desire to attend church. Organized religion is oppressive, and my psyche really does not deal well with that.

I feel the same as you love light.I went to a convent school, and the nuns were evil.

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:47 am

I used to go on a regular basis, everytime the doors were opened...And I would love to go now, unfortunately I don't MAKE myself get up on Sunday mornings and a lot of times I have migranes on Sunday from over-doing it on Saturdays and no caffeine...anyway the answer is NO, but I would like to very much.

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:48 am

Only for Hatching , Matching and Dispatching

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:42 am

I grew up in a religious family (my grandfather is a retired Methodist hell fire and brimstone preacher) my parents forced us to go to the Church of Christ which makes Catholics seem like Mardi Gras partiers. We don't attend regularly and are the only ones on my side of the family who doesn't. I basically have constant guilt feelings about not going but really don't feel the need. I have always studied and been interested in the afterlife but organized religion has put me off.

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:14 am

No no I do not, I was raised within the catholic beliefs for about 12 years, and I maintained only one thing from that, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" and that has sufficed. I lost more and more faith over time as I watched many great friends and family members struggle and perish with no intervention from a greater being. I could never wrap my head around, pray for a miracle when I did so for many years and nothing happend. And over a span of 18 months I lost 5 people who were very dear to me. I lost faith completely then.

hmmm TMI sorry

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:30 am

As a buddhist, I chant twice a day and go to meetings at peoples houses and to quarterly district meetings.

We have 3 main Centers ....2 in London and 1 at Taplow....too far for me to go to chant but I have been for open days and to recieve my Gohonzon.

http://www.sgi-uk.org/index.php/buddhism

http://www.sgi-usa.org/

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:34 am

Bez;678755 wrote: As a buddhist, I chant twice a day and go to meetings at peoples houses and to quarterly district meetings.

We have 3 main Centers ....2 in London and 1 at Taplow....too far for me to go to chant but I have been for open days and to recieve my Gohonzon.

http://www.sgi-uk.org/index.php/buddhism

http://www.sgi-usa.org/

hi Bez good to see you posting again tooo, Oooooo it's nice seeing old friends today.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:53 am

Hi Angel...Hi Minks.....It's good to be here more often....my new home is 'livable in' now so I have more time on my hands to 'play'. :-4

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:59 am

Bez;678793 wrote: Hi Angel...Hi Minks.....It's good to be here more often....my new home is 'livable in' now so I have more time on my hands to 'play'. :-4

good to hear I look forward to your posting again glad the new place is working out for you :-6

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:32 pm

I don't go nearly as often as I should. But I do go and help with the youth organizations at the church.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:05 pm

I used to go a lot. One bit of me would still love to be part of the community I grew up with. But then I look at all the latest church scandals, the hypocrisy, the politics - and what people do to other people in the name of their religion, preaching hatred and murder and hell fire for anyone who doesn't agree with their worldview.

These days I try to take time out, go somewhere quiet, sit on a rock maybe or walk in the bush and just marvel that in all the bad stuff, Goodness does still exist.