I'm about to go to two different churches. Details when I get back. I wonder if I can sneak vodka in with my water bottle...
I'm going to make a prediction: lots of mind-eroding, insanely stupid things will be said, to which the congregation will shout "Amen!" and nod their heads. I will blog those things and explain how an academically-challenged five year-old could know they were the zenith of inanity. Then people with different, though equally ridiculous and evidentially vacuous beliefs will shake their heads at me and whine that the pastors and congregations of those churches are not true Christians.
Anybody wanna bet me on this?
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Depends which churches you're going to. Some churches are like that, others aren't. In a Catholic church, for example, there's not much shouting or loud preaching, they're pretty low-key. But there is a lot of standing up and sitting down. And standing up. And sitting down again. And again.
As for the rest, though -- no bet. No True Scotsman is arguably the one the True Believers(TM) drag out the most. (Either that or Pascal's Wager.)
Most churches are like that. The problem is, they're full of people. Anyways, i hope you find a sincere one.
I wonder what he ^ means by "sincere." The answer is likely to be unsatisfactory, so why bother, right?
JT, your predictions are bound to come true. Yes, perhaps on some churches people don't actually say "amen" after every inane, idiotic thing the pastor/preacher says, but they do accept it all without questioning it.
If you bring wine, maybe people think you just really love Jesus' blood.
@GodlessLiberal - XD!