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« on: April 04, 2011, 11:36:14 pm »Message ID: 335673
Ok, so I grew up in pretty tight-knit Catholic family and community. I was a good little girl, went to Church every Sunday, said my prayers, I even was an alter girl for a period of time. As I got older though, I felt that going to Church was rather pointless. My parents, of course, found this upsetting. But here's my view on this: I still follow my religion, I still believe and pray to God, but why should I have to do all this in the presence of other people? Honoring the Sabbath does not mean attending Church. Why is it that just because I stopped going to Church, I'm "forgetting" all the things that God has done for me? That's bull, because everyday that I wake up, I thank God. And I'll be damned if I am told that I have to thank Him by waking up at the *bleep*-crack of dawn on one of my only days off from school and work to spend an hour in a place full of people who don't even belong there!! I have vowed that when the time comes, and I have children of my own, I will give them the choice as to whether or not they want to attend Church services. I feel that the major reason I don't want to go to Church anymore is because it was more or less forced on me as a kid, and it became more of a pain in the butt than anything else. Anyway, didn't mean to go off on a tangent...but what do you guys think? Whatever religion you follow, do you think it should be mandatory to attend services?