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Anyone here go to church?
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2016-03-08 at 4:40 AM UTCI plan on going to church soon. That feel when catholic, made my confirmation when I was like 13 or something.
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2016-03-08 at 4:40 AM UTC
I plan on going to church soon. That feel when catholic, made my confirmation when I was like 13 or something.
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2016-03-08 at 8:53 AM UTC
I've been to church at least 1500+ times in my life. Last time was over Christmas when I didn't want to be rude and stay back while all of the rest of my family went. Lo and behold, it was the same fucking Christmas service I've ever heard. Literally the exact same. They don't come up with any type of originality or variance… some short video about Jesus, Christmas song, read some key bible verses, another 2 Christmas songs, Christmas story from the pastor, another Christmas song, pass out the candles, light them all while singing Silent Night, end service.
Most all the non-Christmas services are the same too. Being in a Christian treatment program led me to dozens and dozens of different churches and services throughout my state, and again, each Sunday is all the same- worship/songs, boring ass message from the pastor, another song and a call to the altar for those who want to accept their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into their heart and find peace and happiness and eternal life, all that good stuff right. The more you go to these things, and invest time into it, the more committed you subconsciously become and it gets harder and harder to ever accept the possibility that the things you're convinced you believe in could possibly be false. It's embarrassing to believe in God for years and years and then have to admit to yourselves or others that you were probably wrong. But, it's worth it.
The so-called "peace and joy" that religious people have is quite strictly placebo in its purest form. There is comradery that comes with being in a large group and singing songs and sharing fellowship together, much like what you might experience at a music concert. You develop bonds with people and friendships, all with the underlying theme that you are lovers of God and He is the reason for everything. Nothing else matters. You convince yourself that prayer is effective and is one of your strongest weapons against the evils of the world. "Just pray about it," "Just pray for them." It's one of the greatest deceptions of all time in that there isn't a single shred of evidence to support prayer having ANY type of effect on an outcome. The closest it comes is again sort of the placebo effect someone in a difficult time might feel, knowing that a bunch of people are praying for them, they might feel a sense of peace or happiness. To me, that has nothing to do with the prayers themselves and isn't dissimilar to people sending their 'thoughts' or 'good vibes.'
So for me, no, I don't go to church anymore. It is far too cringey even for the likes of me, and I don't believe in what they're teaching. I won't even get started on Catholicism, just another mindless ritualistic, pious form of idolatry that people keep passing on to their children because they're too fucking stubborn to let their children think for themselves.
lol your christian treatment program experience is [FONT=arial]Simultaneously one of the funniest and saddest things I've read in a long time.
I went to church for the first time in ten years a lil over a year ago when I was dating this fat plumper bitch, my friend "man titties" from rdfrn text me while i was at church asking what I was doing and I said at church, and he said "at this butt fucking o'clock hour?" and i started laughing for the rest of the service and the girl I withs family kept looking at me and she asked me "is there something wrong?" [/FONT]
[FONT=arial]But anyways Catholicism is great
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2016-03-08 at 9:08 AM UTCi went to a church once when i was like 7, looking back at it, i feel like some vietnamese peasant at a nlf indoctrination ritual
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2016-03-08 at 9:16 AM UTCI know EasyDoesIt went to seminary (along with being a vet, a college professor, a psychologist, god, and lived camping in a cabin for a year) so we could all ask him to finish his study and we can have the first online church of Niggasin.space. Looks like we have enough people interested in attending and I think we would have a lot more fun and get even more rowdy than those southern black churches.
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2016-03-08 at 9:19 AM UTC
I know EasyDoesIt went to seminary (along with being a vet, a college professor, a psychologist, god, and lived camping in a cabin for a year) so we could all ask him to finish his study and we can have the first online church of Niggasin.space. Looks like we have enough people interested in attending and I think we would have a lot more fun and get even more rowdy than those southern black churches.
you should make a church on tinychat -
2016-03-08 at 9:29 AM UTCNigga i just might.
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2016-03-08 at 9:29 AM UTCBut be warned we Orthodox space niggas nao.
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2016-03-08 at 9:33 AM UTCThis thread is mega-win
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2016-03-08 at 9:35 AM UTC
But be warned we Orthodox space niggas nao.
im ukrainian/russian so im on board -
2016-03-08 at 9:39 AM UTCI wasnt sure about you but now that I know this information I like you friend.
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2016-03-08 at 4:08 PM UTCGods creations are so wonderful, like Ephedrine and cannabis for example. And coca
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2016-03-08 at 6:58 PM UTCwe get it you tweak
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2016-03-08 at 9:16 PM UTC
we get it you tweak
Wait really? SCronaldo does amphetamines? That doesnt sound like him from his post history. -
2016-03-08 at 9:23 PM UTC^shuddup!
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2016-03-08 at 10:02 PM UTCBest way to battle porn addiction is to listen to that dumb bitch for a few sentences. Erectile dysfunction guaranteed.
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2016-03-08 at 10:22 PM UTC^calm down
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2016-03-09 at 6:05 PM UTCI go to church related functions at churches 5 times a week due to court ordered stuff. Churches tend to be crutches and most people only turn to religion as a last ditch effort to rectify a horrific situation. A particular one I go to called "strong tower" is full of mostly heroin/pain killer addicts and we all gather in a circle and talk about how satan is attacking us now that we are "good" and I'm being dead serious here...these people actually say shit like that. I'm not saying no external factors or advice whatsoever is futile but if you're looking for self improvement church is literally the last group of people I'd talk to about that. There are no supernatural creatures weaving a Machiavellian web in your life in order to slowly and subtly destroy you no matter what any one or thing tells you.
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2016-03-09 at 8:17 PM UTC^ long time no see amigo. Anyways damn thats fucking harsh you're made to go to that bullshit 5 times a week. As a condition of my legal bs I was asked to attend a baptist church (whatever happened between seperation of church and skate?) I went over a year ago and basically got chewed out by this black church lady (dragon lady) who was throwing around her arms and screeching so hard she literally knocked her own cross spinning around her neck in a fury. She calmed down adjusted her cross and told me if I came back with 50 dollars she would write the law officials that I don't need to see her anymore. Fastward a year and a couple months I still haven't paid her the 50 dollars or gone back to see her, I get threatened that things are going to get worse If I don't go back and get it done. I call up the church shitfaced and someone working there not knowing that I'm a convicted felon ends up giving me her own personal cell number, she doesnt pick up. I call the local officials and bitch about how I work nights and dont have time for this shit and they end up letting me off the hook. I guess it was never that big of a deal at all.
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2016-03-11 at 4:44 PM UTC
Wait really? SCronaldo does amphetamines? That doesnt sound like him from his post history.
I've actually been clean all year. I did coke and morphine on Christmas tho.
