Very quiet this morning. Are you all in church?

CeeCee

CeeCee

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How many of you go?

I don't unless it's Christmas Eve and that is just tradition.

I am looking for a church though but for the wrong reasons...looking to meet new people. We have a cool non denominational church nearby. Went there once before years ago with the Jerk. We were looking for a church we could agree on as he was religious. He didn't like that one but I did. So different from catholic church, it had a place you could buy coffee and take it in with you and at the beginning of that particular day tney put on a production of the beginning scene of "Lost". There was even smoke, it was fantastic.
 
I am just wondering whether to have a nap on the settee.

No, I don't go to church.....I just can't believe in it very much....though I do see your point.
 
I don't go to church and I don't believe in any gods. I'm more inclined to believe that visitors from another planet were called gods because they were so much more advanced than earthlings.
I know this may be stretching the imagination but not as much a stretch as believing some supernatural being created the entire universe.
 
rkunsaw said:
I don't go to church and I don't believe in any gods. I'm more inclined to believe that visitors from another planet were called gods because they were so much more advanced than earthlings.
I know this may be stretching the imagination but not as much a stretch as believing some supernatural being created the entire universe.
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In 6 days; 4000 years ago..
 
rkunsaw said:
I don't go to church and I don't believe in any gods. I'm more inclined to believe that visitors from another planet were called gods because they were so much more advanced than earthlings.
I know this may be stretching the imagination but not as much a stretch as believing some supernatural being created the entire universe.
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Hey me too Larry, I believe that very strongly, it just seems to be the only thing that makes sense to me, that is if I feel I do need to have some sort of answer or belief, but it seems very plausible to me. Misunderstood technology and perhaps a bit of tinkering with our DNA along the way. I believe in Creationism, but our creators came in spaceships.
 
Yes, I go to church.............for weddings and funerals.

I tend to go along with what Lenin once said, "God didn't make man; Man made God."

I don't need a crutch to help me through my everyday life.
 
The problem with aliens creating us is simple - where did the aliens come from? Who created them?

You could go on and on with that kind of thinking, chasing your own tail into the cosmos.

I've never attended church as a member, only a guest. Several weddings and too many funerals to remember.
 
rkunsaw said:
I don't go to church and I don't believe in any gods. I'm more inclined to believe that visitors from another planet were called gods because they were so much more advanced than earthlings.
I know this may be stretching the imagination but not as much a stretch as believing some supernatural being created the entire universe.
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Are you crazy?? Dont believe in God??? Im telling the Pope what you said.All those year I spend praying for some help and...and...and

OH wait...I dont believe in that stuff either....carry on.
 
rkunsaw said:
they're back on their home planet having a good laugh at what they did to this planet.
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Or...having a good cry at what we did to this planet.

I don't go to church at all, did as a young child because I had to. These churches and structured religions are just another business, IMO. I have no respect for them, and have no need to participate in their support. If I ever felt the need to pray, I can do it with no effort in the privacy of my own home. And when I see those preachers on TV, sporting their expensive suits and Rolex watches, it turns my stomach to observe them and their followers.
 
SifuPhil said:
The problem with aliens creating us is simple - where did the aliens come from? Who created them?
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Aliens ??? I donno,let me ask her about that.
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I'm probably going to give church another try soon. I used to take my mom to church sometimes. But it was made up of people closer to her age than mine so when she passed away last year, I got away from going.
 
My Mum goes to church regularly; and most of the people there are her age; when I go I lower the average age by about 10 years...
 
I was raised to believe in God, do my best to treat everyone with consideration and compassion, and went to church most Sundays. I still try very hard to live the "love thy neighbor as thyself" lifestyle; but I haven't been to church for the last year or so. I miss going, and have always loved the praise and worship part of church the very best.

As far as believing in an actual 6-day creation, I don't think that is what happened, but I can't see evolution explaining things any better.
And, pretty much, promoters of either belief do not even consider any other possibilities than their personal beliefs.
Since, by definition, a God who comes from Heaven, would be someone coming from another planet somewhere, I don't see any reason that this is not at least a viable possibility.

Of course, that does leave us with the question Phil raised, of "then where did the aliens come from, and who/what created them, and the planets they arrived from ?".
It also begs an answer to the other question of "if they were here, what became of them ?".
Are they still here, and we see them the same as us ? Maybe they ARE the same as us, if we were created in "God's image", and they are the "Gods" ?
There are too many questions that we just don't have answers for. We are kind of like the blind men trying to describe an elephant, and each one touching a different part of it.

I watched a youtube video by Lloyd Pye, called "Everything you believe is wrong", and he has some interesting theories, and started me off down the rabbit trail of the Intervention Theory.
Here is the link to his video, but be sure to get a cup of coffee, and settle down in a comfy chair before watching it, it is a long video, but worth the time it takes to see it.

http://youtu.be/pe6DN1OoxjE
 
I don't go to church, just after hubby died i felt the need to go OMG they kept calling in to my home and whenever they were there you could see them checking out my belongings, they obviously thought i was good for a big donation,they kept dropping hints along those lines too so i gave them the shift, they had a full band in the church which had me wondering right from the start.
Spoilt it for me as i just felt i needed to be in church for some peace...:kissmy:
 
Church is the last place I'd find peace. A deserted beach is the epitome of peace to me. I always found Churches creepy. Like riding the Ghost Train when you were a kid. You know it's all bullsh*t smoke and mirrors but it still creeps you out. It's not the religious aspect, it's the people who invented it that bother me I think, the thinking and history behind it all. It symbolises something I don't need to think long on.

I mentioned to an acquaintance once jokingly, that I must have been burned as a witch in a previous incarnation as Churches were creepy to me.

He did the whole palm and aura reading spiel and assured me that there was no mark of the witch in my aura which btw was bright blue, WTF's that about?

Problem with that is I don't believe that paranormal psychic crap either.. :cool::playful:
 
I appreciate churches as architectural gems; I just don't follow their religions.

Unfortunately my most vivid memories of churches are tied to funerals, whether it was my father's and sister's one month apart, or the dancer that was murdered, or any of the dozens of other services I've attended. I remember my mother practically comatose and being literally commanded by the priest to stand up and sit down, stand up and sit down like a bloody jumping jack, until I told her to stay seated and glared at the priest.

I wasn't very welcome in that church after that. Suited me fine.
 
Most ghastly 'Church' image I carry from the many funerals was one of the last few I attended in Singleton.
As the coffin was being carried out the music played Wind beneath my Wings and the poncy priest was doing a little shuffle and dance behind the coffin up the aisle in time to the music. What a loathsome creature to treat the congregation's dignified and heartfelt farewell to an old friend, a well loved and much respected man, with such contempt!
If even I could overcome my loathing of Churches in general and the RC in particular out of respect for the deceased and his family then surely their own 'professional shaman' could have managed to make an effort?

It was just a job to him. His dedication to the beliefs his career is based on must have been at around "do you want fries with that?" level.

I don't mind that people are frauds so much as long as they at least try to do it well!
 
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