Things to do on a Sunday (or Friday if you're an ex-Muslim)

[The Magic Pudding]

Take a loudhailer to the churchyard.  Hide behind a gravestone and bellow, "Come forth, ye sinners, for I am the lord your god and ye are doing it all wrong...."

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to hide on the roof?
Though a hidden ledge below a cliff has a wicked appeal.

[Sandra Craft]

So what do ex-(insert name of institutionalised superstition)'s do on the sabath they used to observe?

On a cold winter day, stay in bed and read, possibly with a cup of hot tea or cocoa at hand.  On warmer days, go out and get the grocery shopping done and then tidy the apartment (which I find a very zen activity).  If it's been hectic at work, zip in for a few hours of OT.  And sometimes drop in at the local UU church, if there's an interesting topic scheduled.

[Pharaoh Cat]

And sometimes drop in at the local UU church, if there's an interesting topic scheduled.

I wonder if anyone else does that.  I almost started a thread to ask, then realized this very thread serves that purpose, as evidenced by your post!

[squidfetish]

I was all motivated for good surf this afternoon but the wind ruined any chance.  White water as far as the eye could see. Gah... 

What with the rain and your mountain bike your not having the best of days are you?

No. I tried though... *shrug*   

[Sandra Craft]

And sometimes drop in at the local UU church, if there's an interesting topic scheduled.

I wonder if anyone else does that.  I almost started a thread to ask, then realized this very thread serves that purpose, as evidenced by your post!

Our local UU recently got a new preacher, and I'm seriously considering getting up early on Xmas to go hear her.

[Enrique]

Sleep, sleep and sleep. Go to the movies, to a restaurant and more things with my girlfriend.

[Sweetdeath]

There are never any good movies on t.v. I usually sleep in, eat a late lunch, then do whatever the day takes me.

[Happy_Is_Good]

As a young man, long after I gave up on Religion, I used to sing in a Church Choir.  I like singing the hymms, and I liked all the pretty girls.  When girls get that so-called "Holy Spirit" in them, they often become quite friendly - if ya' know what I mean (and especially after the evening services). 

My father, an Atheist, soon caught on and said he did the same thing when he was a young man.  Dad said it was, "...one of the advantages of being a Choir Boy".

[The Magic Pudding]

As a young man, long after I gave up on Religion, I used to sing in a Church Choir.  I like singing the hymms, and I liked all the pretty girls.  When girls get that so-called "Holy Spirit" in them, they often become quite friendly - if ya' know what I mean (and especially after the evening services). 

My father, an Atheist, soon caught on and said he did the same thing when he was a young man.  Dad said it was, "...one of the advantages of being a Choir Boy".

Are you sure you're not a believer, come to lure us back to church?
I have to admit this is the best argument I've heard for it so far.

[Tank]

As a young man, long after I gave up on Religion, I used to sing in a Church Choir.  I like singing the hymms, and I liked all the pretty girls.  When girls get that so-called "Holy Spirit" in them, they often become quite friendly - if ya' know what I mean (and especially after the evening services). 

My father, an Atheist, soon caught on and said he did the same thing when he was a young man.  Dad said it was, "...one of the advantages of being a Choir Boy".

I used to know a chap who played the organ at church for years while not a believer simply because he liked playing the organ, he never told them he wasn't a believer and stopped going. Which I thought was a daft really as he didn't give them a chance to say it was Okay for him to continue even if he was an atheist. AFAIK they hadn't found a suitable replacement within a year of him leaving.

[kimberlyfaith81]

As a young man, long after I gave up on Religion, I used to sing in a Church Choir.  I like singing the hymms, and I liked all the pretty girls.  When girls get that so-called "Holy Spirit" in them, they often become quite friendly - if ya' know what I mean (and especially after the evening services). 

My father, an Atheist, soon caught on and said he did the same thing when he was a young man.  Dad said it was, "...one of the advantages of being a Choir Boy".

I used to know a chap who played the organ at church for years while not a believer simply because he liked playing the organ, he never told them he wasn't a believer and stopped going. Which I thought was a daft really as he didn't give them a chance to say it was Okay for him to continue even if he was an atheist. AFAIK they hadn't found a suitable replacement within a year of him leaving.

I'm thinking if they'd found out he was an atheist without his direct admission, they probably would have kept him a while.  The church my family belongs to had a homosexual music minister for years.   Southern Baptist church, definitely anti-homosexual. Most knew he was gay, but half of them didn't care.  I thought the church would split before they finally got the nerve to fire him.  But really, he was the best music minister they could have asked for.  Excellent music, gorgeous decorations, fun activities.  He'd planned a cruise with the elderly ladies in the church.  After they fired him, the elderly ladies still went on the cruise with him.  I think what did him in was using the church van to 'pick up' Hispanic men as part of the "Hispanic Outreach".  Otherwise, I have no doubt he'd still be there.  He's "ministering" in another church about 40 miles away now.  Maybe they put in his contract to only pick up men in his own vehicle. 

I kinda miss him.  The few times I've been, it isn't the same without him.  His purple suits, his peppy music.       

[unholy1971]

Read the bible, and make a make a list of all the contridictions you encounter, you'll need a lot of paper though. 

[Asmodean]

That's already been done more times than an Asmo could count, and Asmos, they can count all the way to plenty.

[Light]

I usually catch some football on TV.  Well, course you'd have to be in the U.S. and it's this time of year.