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 Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:24 am
It really doesn't bother me as an Atheist to go to church with one of my friends or a family. I usually keep quiet and try not to comment on any sermons of the sort. I just keep to myself and think about things, the opposite of what a majority of people do in church. xD Kidding, but that seems to be the truth in most of the churchs I have been at.
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:49 pm
Well, if I invite someone to church it is because I think they are already Christian or at least pretty familiar with Christ. If someone tells me they do not believe in Christ or the Bible as their faith, I will apologize for my presumption.
Normally I somewhat over-zealously start trying to understand what they believe, or where they are coming from, which will put them off a bit sometimes. I just get excited to learn about new points of view, and to find someone who openly claims a religion other than Christianity is just really rare around here. When I explain that, normally I end up with a brand new world opening up to me. I just don't think you can confine God to one train of thought, it is just too small of a box to contain the Source of all things...
I don't believe church is for those who don't believe. People shouldn't drag non-believers to church to save them. The assembly is for those who already believe. It is the part of Christians to be a light to the world, not the conscience of the world. Christ said to take the light into the world, not bring the world to the light. Yet we are not supposed to judge either, and as soon as you make the presumption someone is on their way to Hell for some reason or another, you have judged them. It is God's place to condemn a person if that is really how it is going to be, it is a Christian's place to be loving and accessible, like Christ, not pushy.
...oh, and sorry for the sermon...
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:03 pm
Eltanin Sadachbia
Normally I somewhat over-zealously start trying to understand what they believe, or where they are coming from, which will put them off a bit sometimes. I just get excited to learn about new points of view, and to find someone who openly claims a religion other than Christianity is just really rare around here. When I explain that, normally I end up with a brand new world opening up to me. I just don't think you can confine God to one train of thought, it is just too small of a box to contain the Source of all things...Precisely has I feel about it, though I'm not a Christian. Out here, it's kind of a mix between Christians and Atheists. It's rather rare to find someone who's undecided about their faith.
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:55 pm
i remember when i went to church with my parents; id just talk s**t about all the readings and how they didnt make sense.
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:54 pm
When I was younger, I went to a Unitarian church for quite some time. I went mostly to hang out with my friends and to meet new people. I enjoyed their philosophy that no one religion was "higher up or more important than another". I had a lot of fun there.
Sadly, as school got harder, and more extra-curricular activities came up, I started not going to services. I slowly waned out of my faith and became involved with sports and community service. I haven't gone since.
Let's come back to the present. I'm a proud athiest with two different religious sides of the family. My friends and peers respect me for my decision, but more than once I've had to explain myself to my friend's parents why I don't go to church. Recently, I was involved in a discussion with my family that somehow ended up talking about religion. When I brought up that I didn't believe in God, one of my family members said that it "wasn't a good time to talk about it," but they had been discussing it moments before! It seems like religion is slowly becoming a part of daily life as much as eating and sleeping.
Now, I have a question of my own: Was this right of my family to say that? I certainly don't think so. I have attended some religious ceremonies (like my friend's bat mitzvah) out of pure respect and courtesy, but that doesn't make me Jewish. I admit I felt so out of place there. I just hope that my family will accept my non-belief and respect my decision as much as I respect theirs.
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:49 pm
It is not our duty as a christian to pressure you to going to church but however it is our duty to spread the gospel to a non- believer because the bible says that's all we can really do. And besides forcing someone to go to church means nothing. Church cannot redeem your soul. Going to church is something you do when you are a believer in the Gospel.
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:41 pm
I'm in a bit of an awkward situation. I live in America, in the Midwest, in a tiny town where almost everyone attends one of the four churches we have, and one of those churches is literally across the street from my house. Fun.
I'm not a Christian, but I voluntarily go to church on my own, on occasion, just because it's right there, and sometimes I'm up early on Sunday and I just feel like going. So if someone asks me to go with them, it's the same principle. If I feel like going, I say yes. If I don't, I politely decline. And if they pressure me, then it's definitely no.
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:19 am
Honestly, it doesn't bother me all that much, considering I go...twice a year? Once a year, but if I stay with my aunt, uncle, and cousins for the weekend they go and I just go with them. If not, we just go on Christmas which..also doesn't bother me. It's very Christmasy.
I mean, I'm not going to go religiously (lolpun), but, if I had a Jewish friend that wanted me to go to a synagogue with him, I'd probably say Okay for the experience, just like if I'd a Muslim fried, I'd go with them to a Mosque if they asked.
If push comes to shove I'd go maybe more than once, but it's doubtful. After I leave home, I probably won't go to Church at all, and eh, that thought doesn't bother me too much either.
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