RE: So, you're sitting in a tea shop, quietly reading a book...
April 22, 2017 at 8:44 am
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2017 at 8:46 am by emjay.)
I find that video creepy. I get that it was probably started as a parody, since it says it was founded by two British comedians (who I've never heard of), and that it may still be, but it sounds like some people are starting to take it seriously in the name of community etc. I have no issue with community but does it need to be deliberately associated with everything that is boring and cringeworthy about a church (eg singing songs, waving your arms in the air, and worshipping the ceiling)? If I went there then no matter how interesting the 'sermon' was I wouldn't be able to get those deep-rooted associations out of my mind... that a church like that is a place to go be bored and feel like an idiot on a Sunday. I realise that it may have some deeper significance in that regard, perhaps like an extension of FSM thinking and with the aim of undoing some of those associations, but still... for me, those are associations they can keep, because there's no need for me to ever set foot in a church again (or at least not very often)... so no need to deprogram them... ie it's not a bad thing that church has those associations, indeed it just provides further reason not to go.
