Churches
Throughout my life, my association with the Church has been very casual. I daresay I must have been christened in one, but I don’t remember anything at all about that. As an adult, it seems difficult to avoid churches altogether; lucky, in deed, is the man who has never been required to attend a christening, wedding or funeral. In my experience, the goings-on in churches can only be described as dreary.Given what I have said so far, one might reasonably conclude that I don’t very much like churches, but nothing could be further from the truth. I love churches. Not all of them, of course, some are ugly and uninviting, but most are interesting. I very rarely pass a church without giving it a similar degree of attention as many men give to a shapely young female walking along the pavement. Although I like to think my reaction to the view is less unwholesome.
I like older churches that stand in graveyards the best. Particularly if the graveyard is slightly neglected, and the gravestones are all leaning in various directions, at various angles. I can’t say I usually give much thought to what might be beneath the stones, just as I don’t give much to what might be happening inside the church; it’s all about aesthetics, really. I just like the way it all looks.
Comments (53)
Churches always seem to be more interesting on the outside.
Maybe it's due to the fact that I've been living abroad?
Just as well!
Daniela
I like churches, inside and out. It's the brainwashing that I detest.
I worked at a church/grave yard when I was 13 or 14...cutting the grass and burying bodies.
though disfigured, in more ways than one.
if you think you feel an earthquake, fret not ....
it's just me shaking in me boots
Hi, Merc.
Hello, Itchy.
Come on, you two, no fighting in church.
Do you wish to be buried or cremated?
I don't like the thought of being buried, but as long as they double check that I'm dead, I don't really mind.
What a waste of space...and money!
If people feel the need to worship some god or deity, they can do it from their own home.
craft courses
keep fit for older folks
badminton for oldies,
talks and authors come
festivals
All this is much more than anyone else offers. and the invite atheists too that's me we are all made welcome
so some old churches serve a good purpose.
Also the graves off history down the ages, you can tell when there has been a plague whole families together ect.
I will never be a convert into a God worshiper but do see the good in people in a church and what they try to do
I've often spend hours wandering around old graveyards reading the fascinating epitaphs.
But when I attend church for a mass, I am not calm.
I saw a man drive a vehicle that looked like the picture on his grave...
True story...
One Sunday when I was 13 my mother gave me about 45 cents to put in the collection basket and sent me off to church. Nothing unusual about that except on this day when I got to the church I remember standing at the front of the church looking at the 2 huge solid wooden doors which had to be at least 8 feet tall and about 3" thick with polished brass hinges and doorknobs. For some reason I thought "I wonder what these doors cost?" How many times would one have to deposit 45 cents into the basket to pay for just one of these doors? I thought about what I could do with the coins my mother gave me. Finally I turned to me left and walked to the corner, made a right and headed to the movies. That was the last time I ever even came close to going into a church (Barring attending a few weddings).
I think my mother felt that by sending me and my brother to church it would somehow earn her an invite into Heaven in spite of the fact that she hardly ever set foot in church.
Perhaps the man in the grave was an imposter.