 |
|
|
|
| It Is Okay To Not Attend Church |
| It is okay not to attend church. If you believe in God and follow his commandments, then it is okay to skip out on going to church every Sunday. You will get in Heaven as long as you follow the ten commandments. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Well as long as you don't have an illegitimate ancestor ...Moses (the one who wrote those precious
10 commandments that you think following will ensure your place in a place no one has seen) said
that bastards and their ten generations won't. See Deuteronomy 23:2 If works got people into
heaven...no one would be there! |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
I do not believe in god however i feel that if someone wants to believe in something they can, i am
for the fact that people can skip church as god is suppose to be everywhere therefore you can pray
in your own home it does not stop you from going to heaven, i feel this as there was suppose to be a
manuscript that has been discovered claiming that you can pray anywhere, the roman catholics don't
like this as they have rich churchs and don't want to lose this money because people do not have to
attend it. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
I agree. God never said he wanted us to go to church anyway. I'm sure even if you don't follow the
ten commandments at times (eg a homeless, starving child stealing bread) then God will forgive you,
so long as you show remorse or it is the only option available to you.
And God didn't write the bible, or build churches. He sent his word via man and sometimes his words
may be tainted through scriptures and writings anyway. If you really believe in God the most
important thing is to feel the connection between yourself and his ethereal being. He is everywhere,
not just in church. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
I think that people don't always go to church for the teachings. I personally don't follow any of
the religions that have erected churches, but I believe that you're right. As long as they follow
the ten commandments (which I find to be reasonable "codes of conduct"), there should be no reason
to feel ashamed for not attending church. You can pray whenever you want and don't need to set aside
one day per week for worship.
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."
This is a passage in the bible. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
If your a non believer than obviously it is okay to not attend Church. Most people are never
actually in Church any way because they day dream or drift off to a far more exciting place.
As for belivers I still say there is nothing wrong with not attending Church. You don't have to go
to Church to be a Christian, as long as you read the bible, follow what it says, be a good person,
then surely your being a good a Christian.
Also belief is a personal thing for believers, being forced to go to Church would be against their
rights. People should be able to express their reliigon in the way they want, as long as it not
harming others. Church is not necessary to being a good Christian. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
I do not understand why people should be unilaterally compelled to attend church. By church, i
presume the initiator meant a christian church with all of the traditional structure .
I'm not a christian, but i thought that Jesus taught that church was wherever people gathered in his
name or to discuss such issues.
Frankly the traditional church structure in many cases is merely a relic of the authoritarian
structure of government, whereby the pastor/vicar/priest would preach the status quo, thus Marx's
quotation religion is the opiat of the people.
In effect what i am saying is that church, and the commandments has nothing to do with God. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Absolutely. There are an infinite variety of ways to worship God (or NOT to worship God), church is
just one way. And no church I've seen or read about is perfect. They're all full of dogma and
routines. Often the majority of a congregation is zoned out and thinking of something else entirely
so what's the point of them being there? And you can attend church every single day but still be a
wicked person on the street, or you can attend church just once every 10 years but live your daily
life like a Mother Theresa. Being physically in a church means nothing unless you make sure it
means something to you. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
One of the requirements for my child's confirmation preparation, is to attend mass every week.
During mass he needs to fill out a mass attendance ticket and put information on it like the date,
the gathering song, the gospel and what the homily was about and the closing song. Then my child
has to sign it and hand deliver this to priest after mass. Am I crazy or is this just unreasonable?
We may be changing our parish because of this! |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Yes and No.
Froggy believes there should be a reason for a person to not got to church but she also excuses them
if they don't.
If a person does not go because it is just boring to listen to it, that's not a good enough reason
in Froggy's opinion.
People may or may not agree with Froggy but she doesn't go not because she doesn't believe in God,
not because she thinks it's boring, but because she doesn't believe in the Church.
There is a difference between believeing the church and believe in Faith and God.
The church has become something much less that it used to be 'waaaaaaaaaaaay' back when. Froggy is
an agnostic person if the church feels that it's wrong to question than Froggy sadly cannot comply
to a journey to the alter every Sunday morning.
So yes Froggy does think it's okay to not attend church.
And
No, Froggy doesn't think a person should skip around it just because they don't like sitting in pews
and hearing a priest speak the word of the Lord. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Like Romains1 said it depends on your interpretation of church. Jesus made it clear, that the church
was the followers, not the building. No where in the Bible were the Christians EVER told to rebuild
the church, and go to a church building, they worshiped in their homes. This is what Jesus came to
do, was to bring religion to a personal relationship not dogma.
The 10 commandments were part of the LAW.
"If you try to get to heaven by way of the law, you become a debtor to ALL THE LAW."
All 10,000 laws. And you have to keep them all or not go to heaven.
By the way, the SABBATH is on SATURDAY, ask any JEW, they were the ones who wrote it.
In any case, no one can keep the law, that's why Jesus came to FULFILL the law. If you could get
there by the 10 commandments, Jesus died for nothing. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
In the beginning, was God, and Adam, later on, Eve, and at some point a serpent of temptation.
Adam, walked with God in the garden in the cool of the day.
Surely, this garden-walking, with God, was Adam's church.....?
Meet with God in solitary, in the garden of your heart.
Obey God in the garden of your mind: Yes, that, if you could accomplish that feat, would be def
worthwhile endeavour.
Surely, as good as attending some church? |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Church is built in your heart. And, it is from your mind, and through your heart you should always
address church issues. |
| |
 joe9  23 Jul 2008 12:06
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Especially if you don’t believe. But within the context of the question I find it hard to believe
a good god worthy of worship would care more for exactly how you worship than how you spend the
other six and a half days a week. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Of course it is. What about Muslims, Sikhs, etc? Of I forgot, since we're not white, straight,
Christian, and middle class, we're going to hell, right? |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
I am a Christian and i believe that you shouldn't have to go to Church to show their love for God. I
have read through the 10 commandments and not one of them states that to be part of God's family we
should go to Church because if it did i suspect that fewer people would believe in him. God is meant
to show love for everyone and so by not allowing someone in to his family just because they don't
attend Church defeats the whole point of God being benevolent!! Churches are simply for people
congregating together and to share prayers together with God, those that don't wish to do this are
within their rights to do so at home alone. Some wish to exploit their prayers in Church and others
may want to just do so to God alone. Church isn't a necessary thing to do as a Christian but one of
choice- remember free will? God gave us that and wanted us to use it!! |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
I'm christian and I haven't been to church in eight year's nothing is wrong with that . |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
It is most defiantly okay not to attend church. I myself do not attend, but I am still very
religious. Besides, there are people who attend church and get nothing from it. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
I think it is fine to not go to church. As long as you have faith an keep it in your spirit, You'll
be fine. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
If you get absolutely nothing out of it, and, repeatedly so, then i see no value in it. If you do,
then go.
Look what it's done for Obama. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
I'm a catholic and I haven't attended church since Christmas, and this is the case with most of my
friends. They only go on special occasions. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Nobody should be forced to attend any church. The government cant control where we go. I'm sure god
is will forgive you for missing church. If you want to get REALLY technical, you could argue that we
didn't need to go to church at ALL to be saved, since Jesus died for ALL of our sins. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
No, in order to serve God one need not go to church every Sunday. In every sphere of our life there
exists God. God is the one and only symbol of faith, sacrifice and love. Thus, to achieve divine
eternity one must help poor, love every creation of God, believe in honesty and should have faith in
God’s teachings. Worshiping God is nothing but service to mankind and we must do so. Attending
church can remind us about holy Bible and its teachings but basic spirituality is always carried in
a person’s heredity and behavior. Moreover instead of contributing money to the priests by
attending church is also not a holy way for achieving spiritualism. Jesus always taught us to love
people to have blessings of God. We must recall - “Always remember my sons that this poor body is
the temple of God”. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Hell yah baby! |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Do not get me wrong, we have a privilege to go to church and I do not think it is a requirement. It
is very good to, though. According to Jesus, all you need to do is to love and believe he is the
savior. You find this all over the Gospel. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
You'd certainly better hope so because the overwhelming majority of so-called Christians don't
attend church, read the Bible, or usually have a clue what it is they're supposed to believe in the
first place. That's usually because most of them don't care about Christianity at all, they just
claim to believe because they think it makes them look good to the neighbors. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
Again, there are 2 different arguments in this post.... So i'll pick this one for overall.
I do not think you have to attend a church to have a relationship with God- afterall, that is the
most important thing when it comes to God- having a relationship with Him. It is not about going to
church. A church is a place dedicated for an organized religion (denomination) to meet for
fellowship with people who believe the same as you do. Since there are numerous denominations
(faiths) out there today, I don't see why it's important to attend to church to get into heaven.
All you are doing is agreeing with your pastor that he is correct and everyone else is wrong.
Anyone can have a personal relationship with God in the privacy of themselves- be that home, work,
your car, walking down the street, etc. Anyone can have faith in a higher power and believe as they
wish. A Bible (or other book) is something that is studied by a certain denomination (faith) and
everyone has an opinion as to whose is correct. That being so, how can anyone pick the church that
would get them into heaven?
I also don't know if only living by the 10 commandments would get you into heaven. I believe that
if you treat people the way Jesus would have treated them, you are true to yourself and positive
towards others, keep a healthy open relationship with God and believe that He died on the cross for
our sins, and ask forgiveness for what you consider your own sins, then you have a good shot of
going to heaven. So many people (esp. Church goers) frown upon people and treat them as crap
because of what they are learning or told in their organized religion. They are also more
hypocritical of others, more so than the non church goer.
Therefore, I do not believe in organized religion, and I don't think you have to go to church to get
into heaven. |
| |
|
| |
| | | | |
