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well, I know this: in the construction/real estate business, if someone has a jesus fish on his business card, you better hold on to your wallet, because you're about to get ******.
 
About the only time I walk into a building of worship is for funerals, but when I do I get there early, I stay late, I don't wear orange, I'm loud and I stand the entire time.

Actually, I suppose dkr-rm is a place of worship and I wear orange when I attend that church.
 
Catholic here. I don't mind that the church is packed on Christmas and Easter. I wish it was packed every Sunday. I'd be happy to stand if I didn't get there early enough.
 
Seems that Longhorny630 has now become "the least of these"... at least in this thread. So I'm going to turn the tables of "judge not" and stand in the line of fire with the OP. That makes me the better person, right? Because that's what I'm looking for.
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Honestly, I didn't have such a harsh reaction to LH630's post. This is a damn Quackenbush forum. LH630' just took the chance to vent some frustration about an experience. I found it interesting... a perspective that not everyone has.

Sure, the real issue seemed to be that LH630 felt inconvenienced by the crowds on Christmas and Easter. And people of just about every faith tradition would say that inconvenience ought not be a driving factor for why they practice what they practice. I think the OP would even agree with this.

But I didn't take LH630's words to mean that he was assuming horrible things about the crowds. He never referred to his place of worship as a club. He never implied that those who were seeking a meaningful religious experience weren't welcome. He just vented. That sounds pretty healthy... especially in regard to religion.

And yes, I completely agree that inhospitable religious snobs contribute greatly to the complete apathy that many others feel toward church in general. In fact, I think all of us agree on that point. But it doesn't mean I have to force the "hypocrite" title on someone at the first sign of them not being just like Jesus.
 
Many times our Church is so crowded that people (me included) have stood the entire time in the aisle. Other times I have stood in the back and leaned on the back wall. We always try to let the older folks get seats first. It's just common courtesy.
 
Tithing is not required of Catholics. That was an Old Testament law. We should provide for the needs of the Church though.

As Paul says in 2 Corinthians 9:7, "Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."(NRSV)
 
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