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Originally Posted by markolas
And I'm not trying to defend the Catholic church in any way, but I've always thought their services were really beautiful, if just from an aesthetic POV. I grew up Baptist, and it's just sitting in hard pews for two hours listening to the preacher bellow at you for two hours, and some untalented hack playing the organ while everyone sings (badly) awful hymns. And there's nothing much to look at - maybe an ugly wooden cross stuck to the wall. Catholic Mass, on the other hand, always appealed to the art fag in me. Thankfully, the tradition of Buddhism I converted to has most of the ritual and none of the guilt. Or cockamamy theology.  |
they are pretty services - particularly at christmas time. i just think it's a bit much to go through all the motions just to sit down in the freakin pew. i guess it's the rituals that i don't really like. the episcopalian church is much the same way. singing every verse of every hymn... it takes like, 30 minutes, my shoes are uncomfortable, and i just.want.to.sit.down.
4 denominations later.. i don't go to church anymore.
