Why don't you come visit our church on Sunday?

[Prometheus]

The service was highly religious, and they mentioned how he loved animals (AND hunting!)

That's how you know he loved animals. He loved em so much he just had to eat em up. :brick:

[Hat]

I suppose I'm a little bit lucky. My family is pretty laid back when it comes to going to Mass, so Mum wasn't too bothered when I told her I felt uncomfortable going. I'll admit, at first I was being silly and acting all "Yay, I don't have to go!" like a little kid but then I remembered that no one else outside my parents and me knew about my whole "Hey guys, I'm not a Catholic anymore lol" thing, so I kinda sorta freaked out a little when I realized that there will be Weddings, Christenings, Funerals and the like in the future. Go me.

But me and Mum sat down and we made a little deal that I would go to Mass for all important family events but I'd be a witness. Mum said that I wouldn't have to do any singing, praying, what have you, just be there. She told me that just being there makes her happy, so I'm cool with it. So far I've only been to a Christening and it wasn't as bad as I thought. I just sat there listening, occasionally taking pictures of the baby, family and stuff like that. No one asked why I didn't participate so I just kept quiet. I have more Weddings and Christenings in the future to go to, but I'm not looking forward to going to a Funeral. I think that it'll be pretty upsetting to hear the people say things that conflict with my own views on things, but we all have to face that bad moment sometime, right?

The only thing I've been asked to do is whether or not I wanted to go to Lourdes again this year. Every 1 or 2 years, a little group in our town goes to Lourdes on a Pilgrimage, see. This year I'll probably be the only non-religious person there. Before, I've only ever thought about the Pilgrimage like the others, but when you take a step back and take time to look at things, the place is really beautiful and interesting. I've also already agreed to go to the Masses to avoid being questioned by all the relatives and Mum keeps reassuring me that there'd be nothing to worry about but maaaaan I haven't a clue why I'm scared. Could be the fact that one of the priests is an old friend of mine and we now have conflicting views but hey I could be just being silly and paranoid like always fffffffff :x

[Psalm23]

Modern Churches are too "judgemental" upon their fellow brothers.

I do NOT attend Church. I found God on my own..

I could walk into a Church with Jesus himself,
and they would tell him to leave because the blood and dirt might stain their pretty carpets!

[Heretical Rants]

I pretty much memorized a bunch of prayers at my Grandpa's funeral(Catholic).  I doubt I could recite them now, though.

Several of the protestant churches I've visited weren't really that bad.  The less ritual involved in the service, the less bored I got    Actually, I remember some really lousy death metal band that played at the church on the edge of town.  The lyrics kept saying something about "Jebus," I couldn't really tell.