As a kid? Come here to CT and you can see that every night at 9 PM. Just the past couple of years you can buy it on Sunday for a few hours.
Pope Francis is dragging them up into the 18th century so I guess there is hope for modernization.
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I grew up in central CT (but haven't lived there in ~40 years). I thought they had changed those laws? We used to run up to make quick jaunts up to Springfield when the packy's closed.
Marriage among the clergy is just a "rule", not dogma. E.g., Peter (as in "upon this rock I will build my church") was married. I.e., Like a used car salesman, "everything is negotiable" :>
Elsewhere (one of these threads) I mentioned a book regarding the prices we pay for things. One of the points made in the text was something along the lines of religions (or other things) that *require* more of their "customers/devotees/followers" tend to have more *intense* (devoted) followers. (note that this isn't talking about absolute quantities but, rather, the intensity of their "devotion" -- for want of a better word). The explanation (loosely speaking) was that these folks have "invested" a fair bit in the product and, thus, have more to lose (figuratively) by abandoning it.
So, make time to pray 6 times a day and, the theory goes, you'll cling to that practice more than "show up for Easter Sunday mass".
If this argument is valid, then *changing* can be seen as a bad strategy as it "cheapens" the product and the investment those have made in it.
By way of a silly analogy, most folks would consider a $1000 item more precious than a $50 item -- regardless of the actual cost/value embodied in the item. Spending 3 hours "at services" each Sunday probably leads to stronger ties than spending 45 minutes (the length of a mass when I was a kid) "whenever you CHOOSE to go".
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I figured I'd do it before Don Y did. ;-)
Is the RC membership or donations level dropping? Might be making a larger tent, and more inclusive?
I don't remember reading in the New Testament, about Jesus seeing empty pews, and whiting out a couple of the commandments.
Have any of you figured out which religion is the 'official' religion?
I'm favoring any church that serves chocolate milk and chocolate chip cookies for sacrament.
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On 10/25/2015 6:11 PM, Don Y wrote: [...]
I think religion has more to do with perspective than "everything to do with right vs. wrong".
So, are the things the secular world consider to be wrong by virtue of having to do with right vs wrong also a form of religion based on your statement that "RELIGION HAS *EVERYTHING* TO DO WITH RIGHT AND WRONG"?
Religion is the outward expression of our inner need to acknowledge something greater than ourselves.
There's always an outer cause that is responsible for the conclusions and decisions we make. Some people recognize that as being a greater being than themselves. Others may recognize the influence of something greater than themselves, but just not give it a name like God.
Okie dokie!
I know. ;-)
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