When I was still living at home as a young adult I managed to attend mass every Sunday, mostly out of guilt, for the Catholic church was good at making you believe that not attending mass without a valid reason was a mortal sin - an offense that would send you to hell for certain. I usually went to the church in the next town over since it had the latest scheduled mass in the area. One particular weekend my sister and her husband were visiting and on Sunday they drove to that neighboring city to go to mass, so they declared. I followed them in my own car, and was surprised when they made a right turn instead of a left turn at an intersection, so I followed them to see where they went. Turns out they went to a little restaurant to have brunch instead. When I walked in we all had a good laugh, shared 'communion' together and congratulated ourselves on escaping another boring ritual. So that's how I really spent my church time after that, and my parents were none the wiser.
How about you - where did you really go when you said you were going to church?
I told them I was going to church, but in reality I...
by poppers 2 Replies latest jw friends
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poppers
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pennycandy
To the kingdom hall. Always the kingdom hall. Every . . . single . . . boring . . . time.
To think of all the blueberry pancakes I've missed!
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Mamacat
The last District Convention I even went to...I was 16, and it was held in Philly. I met a nice brother there during lunch, and we were having a great, friendly conversation. His family didn't care where he was, but I had to sit with my mom and grandma. I picked a stupid fight with my mom after lunch and told her I was going to go sit by myself. HA HA
Him and I skipped out and took a nice walk in the city. Then, we hopped on the subway and went over to where Lollapalooza was playing. We couldn't get in, but we could hear the music. Then, we went back at the very end of the session, and of course, I acted like I had been there the whole time. My mom kept asking me question about the different talks, and I faked it. lol
I bet if I told her that, even now, she'd be mad at me about it. lol