Do you go to church?

[Rufus]

Just wondered, our congregation is full of faces never normally seen during the rest of the year.

[Rufus]

Realised the question was poor, sorry to those who have already voted.

[limpsfield]

I have never been a church goer but it is an interesting one so I thought I would google the numbers.

Here's something from the Telegraph earlier this year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religio...

Christmas church attendance has fallen by 11 per cent in a year, new figures show.

Statistics published by the Church of England disclose that 2.66million people went to services on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day in 2007, down from 2.99m the previous year.

[Blue Meanie]

Nope.. I have no desire to go somewhere, be cold, and get told I am going to hell, or whatever by a bronze age superstition.

[pgilc1]

Rufus said:

Just wondered, our congregation is full of faces never normally seen during the rest of the year.

Because people like carols?

[drivin_me_nuts]

I was bought up a Catholic. I will not step in any religious building except for to celebrate other's marriages and funerals. Some opinions are best kept private.

[Bing o]

Rufus said:

Just wondered, our congregation is full of faces never normally seen during the rest of the year.

New intake of choir boys maybe?

[davidspooner]

I put never - but the only time is for funeral related stuff. I see that as a 'thing' that happens to take place in a building which is a church.

Nother whatsoever against the Churchies though, seem like a nice bunch whenever I come across them, just not for me at this time in life. If people want to get together and have a sing song - great.

Also approve of them because generally in villages where you find a church, you find a good village pub.

ETA - as with Mr Nuts above I do wedding related stuff as well.

Edited by davidspooner on Sunday 20th December 19:09

[shirt]

i put never, but there should be an option for 'not out of choice'

my mum took us every sunday as kids, and have been to a few memorial services when i was with ATC and RNR. religion - not for me thanks!

[Justayellowbadge]

Used to love it, but they buggered about with the venue too many times.

Haven't been for a couple of years.

Thanks for reminding me though, dodgy strippers and plastic bags full of stubbies are not a bad way of spending the occasional Sunday afternoon.

[whitechief]

The words of Homer Simpson......

"I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?"

[B'stard Child]

You missed an option

Weddings and Funerals

Can't say I like either much

[OnTheOverrun]

limpsfield said:

Christmas church attendance has fallen by 11 per cent in a year, new figures show.

Sounds like we are evolving.

[Mobile Chicane]

Perhaps as the recession bites / Christmas spent crying into one's cat food beckons, people turn to their imaginary friends for solace.

[mattley]

I was bought up CoE and was even confirmed, strange thing being that it was my confirmation class, which was designed to increase my understanding of the faith, that caused me to examine it and then obviously reject the Christian faith.

Fair play though, Christianity did a pretty good job of maintaining an oblique fear based taxation system for a couple of centuries. It's lucky for most current governments that MMGW rocked up when it did or we might have had to revert to a more transparent system of taxing and spending.

[rocksteadyeddie]

Nope, not for me. Doesn't stop the happy clappers round here banging on my door periodically and trying to persuade me of the error of my ways.

But that they could be solved so simply.

[Cock Womble]

Mobile Chicane said:

Perhaps as the recession bites / Christmas spent crying into one's cat food beckons, people turn to their imaginary friends for solace.

No, it's because it's the done thing. It's Christmas, we should go to church.

[Don]

Don't go often. The usual events. And occasionally whenever I feel the need.

[R60EST]

No , never , avoid like the plague. I can't believe people still fall for it

[speedtwelve]

I don't worship an imaginary friend in the sky, although I respect the choice of those who do, despite it being the 21st century and not the middle ages anymore.

I particularly like the hypocrisy of those grown adults who 'aren't religious', yet go once or twice a year and bow their heads, pray, then mime along to the hymns like some kind of socially-conditioned sheep. You're not at primary school anymore...