“God Hole”
Does anyone remember me complaining about a certain church and their luau, conga line baptisms? Well, they had it again this year. Here is the picture from the paper and a few excerpts from the article. The pastor is one of the two bald men, front and center. He’s the one on the left.
I will refrain from commentary and just give you the excerpts:
“People are desperately trying to fill up the “God Hole” . . .”
“490 believers participated in the annual event”
” ‘What was equally meaningful, was that there was a live cam there taping the event . . . (M)y family and friends can now go to the church website and see me getting baptized.’ ”
“The church sems to have a community appeal beginning . . . with a paltry membership of eight into . . . 13,000 attending every Sunday.”
The church “has been featured in many publications and news outlets including Fox News, NBC, PBS . . .”
The church “is one of the 25 largest churches in America”
The preacher “invites the community to ‘experience a casual and relaxed atmosphere with innovative messages and presentations’ claiming that they will enjoy ‘the best hour of your week’.
Well, that’s all. I will not rant. I will say that the kicker is “the best hour of your week”. Sounds like a commercial for Friends.
Excerpts taken from The Villager, Thursday, June 23, 2005, Wick
One word….ugh.
Comment by bdogg_mcgee — Thursday, June 30, 2005 @ 12:51 pm
as my grandma always says, “That’s not church, that’s theater…and if I want to see theater I’ll get tickets to go see Cat’s”
Comment by epiphany — Thursday, June 30, 2005 @ 3:59 pm
Amen, Piff!!
Comment by bdogg_mcgee — Friday, July 1, 2005 @ 6:42 am
I am in love with your Gma, Piff.
It’s funny because its sad.
Sad and too, too true.
Comment by Smokin — Tuesday, July 5, 2005 @ 11:45 am
What’s really sad here is that so many people are so lost and have nothing to believe in. Some of us are this way and quite content to continue being this way, but others will grasp at anything that allows them to stand in the spotlight. I’ve seen people get so wrapped up in these types of “churches” because of all the “love and attention” that people shower on them that they sink themselves into it and dedicate their lives to it.
There is another word for this type of group/organization: Cults.
Comment by psy_guy — Tuesday, July 5, 2005 @ 6:56 pm
Yes, and the minute you step out of line the “love and attention” turns into judgement and scorn for not being perfect “Christians.”
Comment by bdogg_mcgee — Wednesday, July 6, 2005 @ 1:59 pm
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Comment by testanchor920 — Thursday, November 24, 2005 @ 9:15 pm