- 14 Jan 2022 19:03
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I don't really want to talk about God here. That's not the point.
The point is why people don't go to church because they're sick and tired of cliquey congregations. They're sick and tired of people jockeying for status, interpreting scripture the way they want, and making mockeries of others from language arts.
It's like going to school. It's a LOT like going to school, but people never grew up... kind of like social media these days with so many 13 year olds going on 30, 14 year olds going on 40, 15 year olds going on 50, and 16 year olds going on 60.
Just... why... why bother going to church these days? Nobody has a serious take on faith, piety, or grace anymore. It's all just about going through the motions, doing what's "expected" of you, and keeping up with appearances.
It's a club. How do clubs work? You're either compatible with the membership and fit in, or you don't. If you don't, then... the members tell you to go find another club...
...except in church, people tell you that you're not faithful if you don't persist. It's your fault for not being faithful according to them. You're obviously out of touch with God if you don't do what they say when it comes to their interpretation of the word.
It's literally just like language arts teachers giving you bad grades because you didn't read the book the way they wanted, and you get in trouble in school because those teachers know the lawyers in town who know the staff and they all have a culture on what it means to be unruly.
I don't mind authority. You need authorities to make organizations work, but what I do mind is when people play games with the authorship behind authority. The words can be interpreted this way, so you have to interpret them this way... unless you manipulate those around you to interpret them otherwise.
AREN'T WE NOT SUPPOSED TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE?
Just so much ugh... it's all a joke. Literally, that manipulation is all about making people laugh, and if you don't, then people in church tell you to fall in line or go away...
...just like school. Teaching, preaching, same thing.
The point is why people don't go to church because they're sick and tired of cliquey congregations. They're sick and tired of people jockeying for status, interpreting scripture the way they want, and making mockeries of others from language arts.
It's like going to school. It's a LOT like going to school, but people never grew up... kind of like social media these days with so many 13 year olds going on 30, 14 year olds going on 40, 15 year olds going on 50, and 16 year olds going on 60.
Just... why... why bother going to church these days? Nobody has a serious take on faith, piety, or grace anymore. It's all just about going through the motions, doing what's "expected" of you, and keeping up with appearances.
It's a club. How do clubs work? You're either compatible with the membership and fit in, or you don't. If you don't, then... the members tell you to go find another club...
...except in church, people tell you that you're not faithful if you don't persist. It's your fault for not being faithful according to them. You're obviously out of touch with God if you don't do what they say when it comes to their interpretation of the word.
It's literally just like language arts teachers giving you bad grades because you didn't read the book the way they wanted, and you get in trouble in school because those teachers know the lawyers in town who know the staff and they all have a culture on what it means to be unruly.
I don't mind authority. You need authorities to make organizations work, but what I do mind is when people play games with the authorship behind authority. The words can be interpreted this way, so you have to interpret them this way... unless you manipulate those around you to interpret them otherwise.
AREN'T WE NOT SUPPOSED TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE?
Just so much ugh... it's all a joke. Literally, that manipulation is all about making people laugh, and if you don't, then people in church tell you to fall in line or go away...
...just like school. Teaching, preaching, same thing.