Is respect for religion doggone?
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Last weekend we went to a different church from our usual place .It was a real eye opener for me. The church service was “Hellish” for me. I was greatly sadden at how the fellow worshipers were being irreverence in GOD’s sanctuary. During the mass they were busy chatting among themselves on unrelated issues , replying to text messages on their mobile. I could close an eye if it was a young child asking questions about the sermon that is being preached or parts of the mass he didn’t understand, but these were teenagers, adults and even the elderly!!
What BAD Attitude and examples are they showing my impressionable toddlers?
First of all aren’t we all in church to pray and worship the LORD? Instead of taking in the word of GOD and pondering on how to improve your spirituality. I frown upon such ” Sunday Christian” who can’t even commit themselves to the 1 hour worship session.
I strongly feel if you,the parent, have decided to introduce your child to your religion the least you could do is show by example how you pay respect to the GOD that you have chosen to follow. If you are unable to show respect to Higher Authority how can you expect your child to understand and learn to appreciate this spiritual being when you are blatantly behaving otherwise? It is even stated by the church the importance of being silent during mass. There are even announcements made on screen to remind church goers to turn off their mobile or switch it to silent during service.
Talk about the breakdown of the proper church etiquette.