Sunday, July 25, 2004
Do I have your faith?
In less than two weeks I've attended the Melbourne Hope Christian Church. Well I'm pissed now because (dunno what blogger has done) the article I've been typing for so long has effectively disappeared, unsaved unpublished. So religion will have to put up with the ill-grace of being written curtly, unfavourably on.- It's Charismatic-Pentecostal
- I attended with strong preconceptions
- I've already discussed religion with Christian and non-Christian friends and if they can't sway me, this definitely can't
- I find pastors touching people's forehead and praying for them while the rest wait in queues, odd
- I find people hugging each other for emotional and physical support odd. Come on it's all done in unison, like it's some church ritual
- I find the raising of palms and going down on knees in praise of the Lord, unusual
- So I'm a conservative stick-in-the-mud.
- They all talk about accepting God and welcoming Him into your heart and putting complete faith in Him
I never wanted to attend today's sermon because it's the first invitation and accepting it almost means telling the rest, "Hey I'll be coming regularly from now on!" I dislike such obligations.
Okay I'm thoroughly pissed with this entry. Can't believe my well-thought out initial draft disappeared just like that. They said getting angry for the wrong reasons is sinning. I don't think I'll polish this entry up. Let it be. Religion (which means God, the church, the people and the faith here) now is not for me.
lux at 5:19 pm