Why are church services usually boring?

[possibletarian]

If you don't find them boring, you have the right to have your own opinion. Most christian churches tend to have boring services. Why? I understand they were made thousands of years ago, when the population was mostly illiterate and have very little if any scientific knowledge and very little entertainment. I also understand that prejudice and herd mentality were a lot stronger. But wasn't this kind of service boring even for their standards? Not that I hate the boring part that much, it makes it at least for some people - including me - unappealing to resort to their childish superstitious practices and beliefs. Even if I didn't want to accept the fact that death is eternal, even if I wanted to fool myself to get happiness, I would've at least chosen a more interesting option. 
Why are the priests talking so monotone? Religion bases itself on feelings.
Again, I don't wish to change it, I just wonder why this is the case.

Because a few thousand years of made up excuses for why no god and god looks exactly the same gets tedious

[Belacqua]

I just wonder why this is the case.

I attended a church service once, when I was five. I remember wondering why the benches were uncomfortable. And I was a little put out that the neighbor who took me didn't let me drink the grape juice. Looking back, it may have been wine.

So I'm not speaking from experience, here.

But I wonder if being entertaining is in itself a virtue. I mean, if they tried to liven up the service with fun stuff, maybe that would take away from what it's supposed to do. Sometimes modern churches are criticized by the traditionalists for including pop-style guitar music, and I can sort of understand that. Timeless truth (as they see it) is not supposed to be made radio-friendly. 

The Zen slogan goes: if something is boring for an hour, try it for two hours.

Haven't you ever read a book which was boring, but which would have been less good if it were aimed at the best-seller market? 

The medium is the message. If the medium is easy, so is the message.

[Succubus]

Why are church services usually boring?

Name something, anything, 'exciting' about Christianity.

[chimp3]

I was raised Catholic which is boring as hell. When my family switched over to to Pentacostilism the potluck dinners were awesome.

[Fake Messiah]

I was raised Catholic which is boring as hell.

You think that girl on the video is referring to Catholic churches?

[The Valkyrie]

I heard that latin is a dead language because they'd frequently accidentally summon demons during every day conversations.

[Succubus]

Why are church services usually boring?

Name something, anything, 'exciting' about Christianity.

No, wait...

It is a dogma of faith that demons can produce winds, storms, and rains of fire (lightning) from heaven

Tommy Aquarium.

Churches in Germany shunned Franklin's new invention for three decades, during which time some 400 church towers were damaged by lightning and 120 bell ringers killed.

In one church a bolt of lightning struck the tower and melted the bell, electrocuted the priest, deprived a parishioner of her sensibilities and destroyed a painting of the Savior.

The tower of St. Mark's in Venice had been struck again and again by lightning, sometimes with such disastrous effects that it had been almost destroyed.

The church of San Nazaro, at Brescia in the Republic of Venice had stored in the vaults of this church over two hundred thousand pounds of gunpowder. In 1767 it was struck by lightning and the powder in the vaults was exploded, one sixth of the entire city destroyed, and over three thousand lives were lost.

Definitely no conflict between Science and the church

[chimp3]

I was raised Catholic which is boring as hell.

You think that girl on the video is referring to Catholic churches?


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I don't care. Not in the OP!

[Drich]

If you don't find them boring, you have the right to have your own opinion. Most christian churches tend to have boring services. Why? I understand they were made thousands of years ago, when the population was mostly illiterate and have very little if any scientific knowledge and very little entertainment. I also understand that prejudice and herd mentality were a lot stronger. But wasn't this kind of service boring even for their standards? Not that I hate the boring part that much, it makes it at least for some people - including me - unappealing to resort to their childish superstitious practices and beliefs. Even if I didn't want to accept the fact that death is eternal, even if I wanted to fool myself to get happiness, I would've at least chosen a more interesting option. 
Why are the priests talking so monotone? Religion bases itself on feelings.
Again, I don't wish to change it, I just wonder why this is the case.

Because the current church model is designed around praise and worship. most of you don't go to church for that. you go to be entertained. and as very little is geared for you or your entertainment you find it disinteresting.


That said not all church services are the same. Christ said where two or more come together in his name he will bless that meeting/he will be there. Meaning so long as someone like me anchors the discussion in the God and Christ of the bible, what we do here can indeed be considered church.

In fact some may say this exchange we have here is more attuned to how church use to work in the time of jesus and paul.

[arewethereyet]

When Scalia's funeral was held and televised my husband stopped on it for while when scrolling through the TV channels. I hadn't been to a Catholic mass in decades. I was sort of taken aback at how completely I remembered the layout of the mass. The responses came automatically to mind. Boring and burned into my brain.

@Drich

Who in your twisted little world goes to church to be entertained?

You don't know what you are babbling about.