people do strange things for family...

[dancingleaf]

ugh.

so I need to not only find 'church appropriate' clothing but get up and be at church in Harrow for 8:30 tomorrow morning.  OMG.  Seriously.

Why?

My brother & his wife are still fairly religious. and my niece is making her first communion tomorrow morning.

I think I found an outfit but the pants are low rise and every time I sit down I feel like my butt is a little over exposed, good thing I never got that tramp stamp.  Hopefully the sweater I've chosen will cover it.

Comments

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Haha!

Aren't you worried the place will catch on fire? I always suspect a voice will go GET OUT when I go into a church.

[dancingleaf.livejournal.com]

wouldn't there need to be a God in order for there to be a voice to boom displeasure at my presence in church...

Whenever I go into a church -extremely rare occurrence- I try to remember that organized religion has occasionally done good and if this is a way for people to build and feel a sense of community it can't be all bad. And that all those people are better off with their joint delusion than on prozac etc.

I might have my personal disagreements with the Catholic Church AND monotheistic & patriarchal religion in general but some people find comfort in it and it's not up to me to judge their failings.

And I always check the forecast for lightening before I go.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

I say meh. Religious people are on just as many medications. And I bet they don't donate more.

I'm not in the mood to be "open minded" and "accepting" this week. If it offends any of your friends (I have no doubt religious people can be as open minded and accepting as I'm supposed to be) so I'll mince words.

[dancingleaf.livejournal.com]

My brother went through a bad time when he was 19-21 or so and some of the Christian Bikers association helped him through it. Ultimately that is how he met his wife.

He's a believer and probably always will be. I'm not. I attend church only for him because it is important to him & his wife/his daughters. I hope that they'll grow up make their own decisions about religion one day and I hope that I can show them that you can be a good person without subscribing to a particular faith.

He doesn't try to convert me and I don't tell him I think religion is one of the biggest con's ever.

*mwah*

guess you aren't having the big church wedding then... stand, sit, kneel, stand, sit, kneel, oooh cookie time! stand, sit, kneel.