Bar mitzvahs are more indicative of what music you'd hear in a service. I like it. A good cantor can get the whole congregation in tune and since many of the songs are sung in a minor key, the effect can be haunting.
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Do Catholics have most boring churches/ liturgy?
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I'm kind of curious about the tradition of the chair twirling. Kind of off-topic (well, really off-topic), but it stuck with me.
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I have no idea, actually.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
Man, I was raised Catholic and I never realized how much it sucked until I stopped going to church. The talking in unison gives me the heebie-jeebies now... sounds like a creepy cult (well it is)
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If you're in a grand, especially in Italy, Catholic cathedral you have lots of pretty art to examine. Most boring is entirely subjective and I've not been in every denomination so I couldn't say. Also depends heavily on the speakers if they try to make things "fun"; again subjective. Two Catholic priests aren't going to be exactly alike.
RE: Do Catholics have most boring churches/ liturgy?
October 3, 2016 at 6:36 pm
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2016 at 6:37 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You just don't feel the drama of mass play out where it's intended and applied, which is in the minds of near and post pubescent children.
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I personally do think mass is pretty boring, but I come out of it with a sense of peace and a sense of closeness to God. I have been to several protestant churches where they do the whole up beat singing and clapping, cracking jokes, making slide shows, etc etc.
It's fine, but definitely not my thing and not something I come out of feeling close to God or spiritual. I prefer the Catholic mass.
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