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Forced To Go Church .
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What must it be like to be forced to go to church every week and have to profess/practice your faith again and again.? Even if you hate it.
I'm thinking of the Queen , all the royals and to a lesser extent senior MPs.
For some it must be a life sentence. How do they cope ?
I'm thinking of the Queen , all the royals and to a lesser extent senior MPs.
For some it must be a life sentence. How do they cope ?
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Well most of what she says in the Christmas messages is a giveaway. I mean, yes it's going to come in large part from a scriptwriter's pen. But she's hardly going to say anything she strongly disagrees with. No way she'd be saying any old rubbish that was put down without at least partially agreeing with it.
No, she's a Christian all right. Seems cynical to say otherwise.
No, she's a Christian all right. Seems cynical to say otherwise.
I played in the Salvation Army band until I was about 12 and went to their services 3 times on a Sunday and twice during the week for band practice, I hated it but I went because nearly the whole of the Salvation Army in my town consisted of my family, from the officers to the entire band and band leaders. I didn't want to stop attending because I felt I was letting my family and traditions down, my Grandfather even played in the band at the funeral of William Booth. It wasn't until I started Bible study that I really started questioning these beliefs and tolerated it no longer and told my Bible teacher (my Cousin) that none of it makes sense and I couldn't believe it and I wanted to stop Bible classes, that went down like a lead balloon!! I never went back, I was out for good, best thing I ever done, I am however very proud of my roots, not so much for the religious side but for the immense good the Salvation Army does for so many people and mostly unpaid.
Given the rewards of the life I'm not sympathetic. in any case she could also change things by royal decree can't she ? Life sentence my foot, not even the cushiest open prisons come close. I have more sympathy for me. For far less wealth I have to work five days a week even if i hate it. i don't know how I cope.
Isn't the Church of England still described as "the Conservative Party at prayer" ? No wonder that the openly atheist MPs are Labour; it's not a requirement of Labour candidates that they should profess a religion.
To appease my religious grandmother, my parents had me go to church with her. That was bad enough (I noticed that they had an excuse not to go). I was rumbled as not a regular when , at some point in the service, my grandmother curtseyed and I , watching her for clues, did the same. Ah well. It must be a living penance to be compelled to go by parents when you are bored or have doubts about the religion.
To appease my religious grandmother, my parents had me go to church with her. That was bad enough (I noticed that they had an excuse not to go). I was rumbled as not a regular when , at some point in the service, my grandmother curtseyed and I , watching her for clues, did the same. Ah well. It must be a living penance to be compelled to go by parents when you are bored or have doubts about the religion.
