tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post1602164018352927808..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: Mean-Spirited Church RantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-65603831424537497862008-04-24T20:20:00.000-07:002008-04-24T20:20:00.000-07:00I have seen numerous oints systems and numerous re...I have seen numerous oints systems and numerous rewards. The best prizes was from a particular baptist church in alabama - they gave out some BIG prizes.Thoughts From Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658741692973255432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-43824692643728929812008-04-24T19:26:00.000-07:002008-04-24T19:26:00.000-07:00When I was eleven, my brother and I rode the bus t...When I was eleven, my brother and I rode the bus to Bible Baptist Church in Savannah, GA. I can't remember why, but it's probably because they knocked on the door and my mom thought she could use a little time to herself. Oh, and they brought us back. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, every week there was a contest between the girls and the boys: who had brought the most money, by weight. They had a couple of giant plastic buckets on a balance. So we'd all pack our pockets with pennies every week to try to win the contest. That's all I remember about that church, which is pretty darn sad. Fortunately, the next year, my friend Sara took me to the Lutheran Church of the Ascension, and I haven't been the same since.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08759619684562203348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-48801343168605913822008-04-23T17:37:00.000-07:002008-04-23T17:37:00.000-07:00That is unbelievable! I can hardly believe it. P...That is unbelievable! I can hardly believe it. Points for people? Saving souls for the Lord?jadedjabberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01272465064257849993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-36550421873424431652008-04-23T12:24:00.000-07:002008-04-23T12:24:00.000-07:00Onward Christian soldiers..."Look! There's a non-b...Onward Christian soldiers...<BR/>"Look! There's a non-believer!" *bam* *splot* (2 points)<BR/>"Alternative lifestyle at 3 o'clock!" *bam* *miss* (that'll cost ya come judgment day)<BR/><BR/>Un-be-lievable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542931247957198888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-2237005826940982762008-04-23T10:42:00.000-07:002008-04-23T10:42:00.000-07:00Reminds me of the "Confraternity of the Blessed Sa...Reminds me of the "Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament Girls Drill Team." I'm not kidding. Saw them, in Massachusetts at a Memorial Day parade years back. Marching in below-the-knee skirts, twirling white-painted wooden rifles.<BR/><BR/>KINDA SURREAL, I thought at the time.Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-66074505716347329792008-04-22T11:25:00.000-07:002008-04-22T11:25:00.000-07:00Paintball rocks. That having been said, I'm total...Paintball rocks. That having been said, I'm totally with you on this. What the fireplace are these people thinking?Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00157331552693781962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-30130068311023095752008-04-21T19:40:00.000-07:002008-04-21T19:40:00.000-07:00Back in the day when I was a youth minister, I ref...Back in the day when I was a youth minister, I refused to take the kids to a paintball place, despite both the kids and their parents beggin for it. I couldn't in my mind make the leap from proclaiming Jesus as the "Prince of Peace" during worship to "Lets go shoot each other for fun!" right afterward.Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047910532698169213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-23339215056424632242008-04-21T14:43:00.000-07:002008-04-21T14:43:00.000-07:00It's ok to encourage inviting people to church, bu...It's ok to encourage inviting people to church, but not for POINTS, for G*d's sake. (or heaven's sake.) <BR/><BR/>One of the kids in my former youth group got a terrible eye injury in paintball (at another event, not thru church), so I have opinionof about this.Diane M. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-20404432329065987412008-04-21T11:37:00.000-07:002008-04-21T11:37:00.000-07:00Paintball guns? Nice. Must be the First United M...Paintball guns? Nice. Must be the First United Macheavellian Assembly of Chirst.Karen Sapiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952041607368514856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-49748799008232680292008-04-21T08:41:00.000-07:002008-04-21T08:41:00.000-07:00It's beyond - I can't even say!But I do know a loc...It's beyond - <BR/>I can't even say!<BR/>But I do know a local Methodist church that has a Treasure Chest of little prizes and stuff, that a child can pick an item from if they bring a friend to church.<BR/>Bribery in church? It goes beyond all sensibilities and what kind of faith are we teaching our children?<BR/>Or am I totally behind the times?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-68769430088990471192008-04-21T07:54:00.000-07:002008-04-21T07:54:00.000-07:00The baptists in our town encourage the kids to bri...The baptists in our town encourage the kids to bring others by giving points of some kind. At least they are encouraging that; I doubt it is ever mentioned in our church. However, it does bring up some issues for me.<BR/><BR/>Our former youth director used to take the kids to paintball matches, wars, whatever. I thought that was really odd, to say the least. <BR/><BR/>I've always cringed at church names or church signs that sort of imply some sort of short cut to God or imply his extra blessing. Or perhaps those that imply that other churches don't have the right stuff. Some things I've read on the web have implied that certain branches of the American Christian church don't have a sense of church history, so that is probably part of the problem.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-44366395028192818532008-04-20T23:36:00.000-07:002008-04-20T23:36:00.000-07:00A paintball gun? Geez, when I was a kid, all the f...A paintball gun? Geez, when I was a kid, all the fundamentalists gave away was a frisbee for bringing the most kids to their vacation Bible school. <BR/><BR/>I won that. I was like...eight or nine, and totally didn't understand what they were all about. It was just something free to do for a few hours during one week in summer.Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047910532698169213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-91554542628809606712008-04-20T17:01:00.000-07:002008-04-20T17:01:00.000-07:00damn. that's the only word i can think of to say....damn. that's the only word i can think of to say...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-82233986628120845032008-04-20T12:36:00.000-07:002008-04-20T12:36:00.000-07:00oh my, that is thoroughly effed up!oh my, that is thoroughly effed up!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117461119651369877noreply@blogger.com