I am an Atheist and always have been.

To me the interesting thing about this thread is the diversity. It's good. It is very informative to me.

Those who go to church will hear a sermon. Agree or not agree in their own minds and go on about their lives. Next Sunday they will be in church. They, again, will agree or not agree and go on with their lives. Next Sunday they will appear again. The question in my mind is why do they continue to go to church??
It's what we have always done may be the answer.
It is what draws the family together for at least one day? It matters because it is right? Tradition?? Comfort in knowing that everything is right in your life?
Do the words spoken in the sermon have an effect? Do they matter?
Is belief and denominational preference just a matter of upbringing and tradition?
So many questions. Not just for you but for me. I believe in God. I believe he talks to me. I believe he knows me better than I know myself. I know he is there.
Does anyone else feel the same?
 
My favorite is when and if they have members get up and do testimony. Not many do I think. I love hearing those
personal stories and how it effected them. I think when the sermon is really hitting close to something you are going through
or grateful about at the time, you focus in a bit better. In so doing that, if the next sermon doesn't catch your focus you can bet
it does for someone else.
To be honest the main thing that will turn me off of a church is if they have strong cliques that leave
you out of being a part of a project. I had that happen at two I was trying out to see if I felt they were the one.
All churches don't fit for every one and they sure aren't the same even if they carry the same name.
My family didn't attend church, none since moving to California in the 1940s. I am the only one that has attended regularly when
I found the one that helped me with love, compassion and acceptance. I keep Him with me everyday, I need Him every day to block
that other voice whispering in the other ear. You know what I mean :rolleyes: Sometimes I fail but it's not long before I know it.
 
rbtvgo said:
To me the interesting thing about this thread is the diversity. It's good. It is very informative to me.

Those who go to church will hear a sermon. Agree or not agree in their own minds and go on about their lives. Next Sunday they will be in church. They, again, will agree or not agree and go on with their lives. Next Sunday they will appear again. The question in my mind is why do they continue to go to church??
It's what we have always done may be the answer.
It is what draws the family together for at least one day? It matters because it is right? Tradition?? Comfort in knowing that everything is right in your life?
Do the words spoken in the sermon have an effect? Do they matter?
Is belief and denominational preference just a matter of upbringing and tradition?
So many questions. Not just for you but for me. I believe in God. I believe he talks to me. I believe he knows me better than I know myself. I know he is there.
Does anyone else feel the same?
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I've seen hypocrisy in church. I don't go these days but i will say despite the hypocrisy, I don't think it's what is taught or one is used to, when I DO go despite the other stuff or the sermon I feel HIM. I don't care if it's a wedding I don't really feel like going to or a holiday or a Sunday, by the time I leave I feel something beyond all of it. That strikes in a MAJOR way. Even if hypocritical, somewhere I did not want to be, it just takes over ME and it isn't because I am looking for it either...

Such is one of the many reasons I believe. There isn't any describing some things...
 
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