I need major help with my Christian Family

[coolfunkDJ]

-Pentecostal
-To pray before every meal (which I thought was stupid when I was religious), To go to church every sunday and attend week long conventions, which is as tiresome as it sounds
-The exact same, which is killing me!

It will drive you insane but four years will go by quickly, I promise. Come here and complain or make fun of them.

I have been to a couple of Pentecostal services. They are entertaining and good fodder for mockery. My grandmother liked to keep track of her third and fourth cousins. She grew up in a small community and so knew who her extended family were. One day she was invited to see the daughter of one of her cousins' sing in church. Because I was a weird 14 year old who actually liked hanging out with my grandmother and her sister, I begged to go also. We went to this teeny tiny church and everything seemed normal until the services started. Growing up Baptist, I was used to a few Amen and Hallelujahs during the sermon but the congregation were screaming so loud that I couldn't hear either the preaching nor my cousin's singing. To this day, I have no idea if she could sing well or not. I just heard people yelling. My eyes must have been big because my grandmother and great aunt both apologized for unknowingly taking me to a Pentecostal service. LOL

When I was an adult, I went with a friend a few times to her Pentecostal service. At first I liked the music but I noticed that it repeated a lot, almost like chanting. This was not as wild a service as the one my grandmother took me too in Western NC but it still had dancing and praising. A woman in the front row had some sort of long scarf that she waved in the air.

As a sixteen year old, I also attended a friend's Pentecostal church where the members were 'slain in the spirit' The pastor touched some of them and they fell backwards. It was weird but interesting.

Do you have any clothing restrictions? When I was young, a lot of Pentecostal women had long hair and wore long skirts. Do they still do that?

I agree so much with the repeated songs! It gives me a headache each time they use songs because it is repeated so much, like every week

About the clothing restrictions, no, not really! We can wear whatever we want aslong as it is not "against God"

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From what i've read, the pentecostal congregations are very close-knit, so they probably wouldn't allow you to disbelieve and lose your soul. It's better to pretend to believe like others have suggested.

Okay, thank you my friend!

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Welcome OP.

Is this what goes on in your church? They could sell tickets, and I might even buy one. Look for the entertainment value. Some of these people probably need medical care after their antics for the Lord. He sure is mysterious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2CezWts6oU

OMG, Thank you for this! No they're not, but i wish they were! Ty for the barrel of laughs!

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Thanks DJ You're most welcome. Hopefully joining this community can make things more bearable for you, whatever path you choose.

I'll try and work more on my blog soon, I'm happy you like it! I've been doing my wife's website today so I should be able to make it look less like a white pit of despair.

Okay, I reccomend making an RSS feed if you know how, they can really help people keep up with your blog

Thanks for the help robvalue!