tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post4347463504393039277..comments2024-01-12T12:39:47.241-08:00Comments on The Christian Monist: If I Were Superstitious . . . More Thoughts About "Going to Church"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-22001433095151454972010-03-14T14:47:25.510-07:002010-03-14T14:47:25.510-07:00And the interesting thing about liturgical churche...And the interesting thing about liturgical churches, at least for us non-extremist kind, is that the game can't be played.<br /><br />If you don't see someone at Mass, the usual assumption is that they went at a different time. (or place)<br /><br />And as far as your uber-Thought police, were you at my RCIA class meeting today. I, a team member, was a victim of that from the team leader. When even stony faced silence is interperted as rebellion. (I'm having to bite my tongue big time to keep from calling out hypocrisy, and the blank face to keep others from reading it like a book.)Anna Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349723755730969082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-26783304464377949772010-03-12T09:51:28.005-08:002010-03-12T09:51:28.005-08:00GREAT POST!
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MollyGREAT POST! <br /><br />:) <br /><br />MollyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-90462828990274877382010-03-11T09:23:44.511-08:002010-03-11T09:23:44.511-08:00Given a lot of Evangelicals' knee-jerk hostili...Given a lot of Evangelicals' knee-jerk hostility to everything Catholic, this is a hoot.<br /><br />What MJ describes is basically the Catholic rule of Mass Obligation taken to the extreme of Excessive Scrupulosity. <br /><br />A rule that does make some sense in a Liturgical church tradition, where attending the liturgy -- Mass or the equivalent -- has great importance. But for a totally non-Liturgical church? Especially taking it farther into the firewall than any Uber-Trad Catholic I've ever met? <br /><br />All it becomes is a game of one-upmanship, where I'm Holier Than Thou Because I'm In Church More Often (even if I have to lie through my teeth about it). And My Holiness becomes the club to beat you down so I can feel Holier by comparison. "I Thank Thee, LORD, That I Am Nothing Like That Filthy Publican Over There..."<br /><br />As for Chris & Dan's automatic defensive reactions, well, when the zero-sum game really gets going, anything you say can and WILL be used against you, and you get gun-shy of the Thought Police informants everywhere.<br /><br />Headless Unicorn GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-55271527668915912482010-03-11T06:50:20.834-08:002010-03-11T06:50:20.834-08:00Hi MJ, what is your e-mail adress?Hi MJ, what is your e-mail adress?abmohttp://windblownhope.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-54190755346159379922010-03-10T20:20:58.565-08:002010-03-10T20:20:58.565-08:00It's not just the purely evangelical culture. ...It's not just the purely evangelical culture. I grew up in the Churches of Christ denomination, and attendance to worship services was equally as mandatory. We must not <i>forsake the Assembly, as is the habit of some</i>. While I did not leave that denomination over this issue--I have since stopped attending my "current" church--this is one of the biggies that prevents me from re-engaging the corporate system. None of it resembles what seems to be written in the NT, or what Jesus talked about. I can no longer pretend that it does, and I have better things to do with my Sunday morning.<br /><br />In my experience, what I have found is similar to what you mention here. Fellow churchgoers are more interested that you are "present" than they are in you, or your life's struggles. I can have no one care about me doing something else.<br /><br />I feel a kindred similarity to Chris and Dan.Justinhttp://delinquentminer.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com