Church

I've been.

Some drum stuff into you, some don't. Depends on the religion, the people, the church...
 
dunno where getting married in a church and i like to belive in something . dunno if though the buddist teachings are more me
 
They have brainwashing machines on every isle & the bible is ground up and fed intravenously to the churchgoers.
 
Hmmm.

You're getting married in a church and you like to believe in something.

That doesn't sound like a convert to me.

Have you had the church OK'd? Is your SO a churchgoer?
 
I'm a Bible basher.

It really does depend on the church as too the type of teaching they use, but my Church does vary a bit but that is due to us not having a pastor at the mo, so we have lots of visiting preachers.

I wouldn't say that they try to force you though.
 
church is ok'd
yeah to be honest im quite open minded and that like to belive insomething after death. if that makes sence.
 
id like to go some where subtle if that makes sence.
Squark i have read some of the buddist teaching and that and they sound good. but i think that you can incoporate them in to christianity
 
The priest at our church is fantastic, in a melodramatic kind of way. He yells at the congregation like an ANGRY man. I have only been twice, and the second time was just to see this furious priest shout at everyone. Great stuff.
 
hargi said:
Any of you people go to church in here?
Whats it like? do they sort of drum it in to you or is it much lighter?
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Only way to find out really is to go, contrary to the popular belief of GD, you won't go to one church service and come out a rabid wannabe suicide bomber.

Most CofE churches will be "light" as you'd put it - all we do really is sing a few hymns, say a few prayers, exchange the peace (where you shake hands and say "peace be with you" to people around you). No fire and brimstone really. Depending on which Sunday you go, there may be communion - I'm assuming you won't have been confirmed, in which case you can either stay in your seat while everyone else goes up, or if you want, go up with everyone else to receive a blessing, just bow your head when the priest comes near you and keep your hands by your side.
 
I wouldn't say ours drums it into you, anti-religion people come and leave as anti-religion people, but the teaching is very strong/forceful (whatever the right word is).
 
Gilly said:
I've been.

Some drum stuff into you, some don't. Depends on the religion, the people, the church...
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Couldn't of said it better. It totally depends on the religion and the actual church. even within the same religion, churches can be very diffrent from each other. Usually the younger populated churches are far better. As they question it more and are more relaxed. The older churches(churches which contain more old people). Are very much stuck in there way. And everything is gospel they don't ask questions or challenge the faith.
 
I stayed at a Catholic friend's house once and his family took me and the other people staying over to Church with them.

It wasn't bad, but I think the priest was a nutter. He kept going on about aeroplanes and heaven.

I had to change my first sentence to say the religion, otherwise people would probably think it was Islam...
 
I think what a lot of people don't realize is that a lot of these churches are unchanged fragments of history, that are basically frozen in time. When I went to the church, I couldn't help but marvel at the architecture, the religious practices, the layout, themes and art direction, etc. It's pretty much unchanged in the last hundreds, maybe thousands of years for many places of worship. Something to consider next time you go to church and you want to view it from a non-religious perspective ;)

As an atheist(bordering on Agnostic), I'd say all places of worship hold significant importance in that way.
 
psyr33n said:
If you're not Christian why would you get married in a church?
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Although technically I'm a Christian, I have not been to church since I was very young (well over 15 years ago), but would still want to get married at a Church as to me it would be traditional.
 
IMO (certainly with my local churches) they do drum the readings of the Bible quite heavily into you. It is very much - love god or you will perish - type of messages.

As with most religions, it is plain and simple brain washing. My In-laws talk about God and Christ etc but they don't know any of the history of their religion and simply refuse to believe in reason when you try to talk to them about it (i.e. that logically Jesus was not a white-man as portrayed by the Church).

My Mother-in-law once told me that calling Christmas by the name of x-mas is like taking the Christ out of Christmas.. I didn't have the heart to tell her that chrimbo was actually a Pagan festival that the Christian Church swallowed up.
 
I love church buildings but hate the church as an organisation. I never contemplated 'converting' or pretending to be able to get married in a church, but know several people who have done so. None of them have attended following the wedding.
 
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