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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject: Are you a churchgoer? |
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I haven't been inside a church since, well, over a decade. Then I was forced. My new boss asked me if I wanted to go. I politely declined.
As a teenager I had to question, and I still do. What's the point? I figure it's like going to the movies, and the rituals are like shaving and taking a dump, which does make one feel better. As a lonely man church might have some appeal. Nah. It's too arbitrary. I was born a whatever. Mumsy cared, dadsy did not.
Oh, Allah. |
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Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit
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| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Nope. I'm an athiest. Although, I went with my gf a couple months ago just to see what a Korean church service was like. |
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gang ah jee
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: city of paper
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| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
| Nope. I'm an athiest. Although, I went with my gf a couple months ago just to see what a Korean church service was like. |
Was it awesome? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject: Re: Are you a churchgoer? |
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| Wait, your boss forced you to go to church? |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:15 am Post subject: Re: Are you a churchgoer? |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Wait, your boss forced you to go to church? |
No. Just asked. Over a decade ago when I did a teacher internship I had to go. When they had communion, giving out that little round thing to eat, I declined and got nasty looks from old women.
My boss has an awesome poster I wish I could show here for a laugh. It's a big "feelings" poster. It has pictures of people angry, sad, happy, bored... and then one of "Jesus." What a mood that must be! |
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jaderedux
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Lurking outside Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:28 am Post subject: |
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Yes, Catholic. Not the best Catholic but I am christian and that my choice in faith.
Jade |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:44 am Post subject: |
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| Nope. Not since I started thinking and was confident enough to challenge my mom. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| It comes up a lot so I usually know how to answer when Koreans ask me about religion. I have no problem telling other atheists what I think of religion, but if a religious person or someone I don't know asks, I give them a very sugarcoated answer, explaining that Christianity is too much BS in the west (without mentioning Korean Christianity). |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:12 am Post subject: |
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| Not me. What's the Korean for "not a believer"? |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:14 am Post subject: |
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Yes.
I was raised in a church and spent a lot of time growing up studying about it to see if I thought it was right. I concluded that it is, so I go to church. |
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gang ah jee
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: city of paper
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:42 am Post subject: |
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| Bramble wrote: |
| Not me. What's the Korean for "not a believer"? |
Well, 무신론자 is 'atheist'; 불가지론자 'agnostic'. Or you could try like a friend of mine and tell proselytisers '예수님 싫어'. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| Yes I go to church. |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: |
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| gang ah jee wrote: |
| Bramble wrote: |
| Not me. What's the Korean for "not a believer"? |
Well, 무신론자 is 'atheist'; 불가지론자 'agnostic'. Or you could try like a friend of mine and tell proselytisers '예수님 싫어'. |
Thanks. That last one is probably the easiest for me to remember and pronounce. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| gang ah jee wrote: |
| Bramble wrote: |
| Not me. What's the Korean for "not a believer"? |
Well, 무신론자 is 'atheist'; 불가지론자 'agnostic'. Or you could try like a friend of mine and tell proselytisers '예수님 싫어'. |
I doubt it. If Jesus had been born in 1980 and was a poster on the board you'd probably get along just fine. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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Christian here. I look forward to going to church every week. It took me nearly ten years to decide and I explored just about every option out there, including paganism and atheism, but then what else are your twenties for? 
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