RE: Altar Calls
April 4, 2012 at 10:07 pm
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2012 at 10:08 pm by libalchris.)
(April 4, 2012 at 9:37 pm)mediamogul Wrote:(April 4, 2012 at 9:24 pm)libalchris Wrote: My old church in particular was real big on group thinking. There would be entire sermons on how you needed more than just Jesus, you needed the church too. And talks, of not whole sermons, on how you have to always give your 10% tithe no matter your circumstance, and how God would always take care of you. Even if you don't agree with the church leaders, still pay your tithes, because it's your duty to God, and he has control over where the money goes.
Made me sick to listen to.
No business would ever tell people not to buy their product. For a long time the church made it clear that you could not be saved without their direct intervention. Pockets emptied first, of course. Great strategy to keep them coming back and dependant on the services of the church. Power and wealth.
yes once my old church even handed out pamphlets to everyone talking about the church's free will program(like will when you die). In the announcements, they said something along the lines of "so you can keep giving to the Lord after your death"
(April 4, 2012 at 10:00 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: At my youth group it's pretty chilled. No pressure at all from anyone to go up. Everyone is quite independent in thinking when it comes to the altar call. Out of a group of ~150 only up to 10 might go up?
I agree though, everytime I went up was when I was full of adrenalin from an emotional sermon.
It does depend on how fundamental and extreme the religion is. Mine was quite fundamental.
