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Post by general313 on Jul 30, 2017 22:51:12 GMT
I'm curious how often RFS'ers attend services. I know there are faithful that don't go much, as I know some.
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Post by clusium on Jul 30, 2017 22:54:20 GMT
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jul 30, 2017 23:03:08 GMT
Never. I worship the Lord wherever I happen to be.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jul 30, 2017 23:23:19 GMT
Every week, not counting volunteer times
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 30, 2017 23:58:41 GMT
I have never been to a temple to pray but only been there for 2 reasons:
1) The Temple is considered a historic site/ beautiful place (a visit as tourist).
2) With my grandmother or mother as they will buy me chocolates and milkshakes while returning home.
I have never been religious.
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Post by general313 on Jul 31, 2017 14:53:56 GMT
I have never been to a temple to pray but only been there for 2 reasons: 1) The Temple is considered a historic site/ beautiful place (a visit as tourist). 2) With my grandmother or mother as they will buy me chocolates and milkshakes while returning home. I have never been religious. You are a practicing Hindu though, no? |
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Post by Moviefan on Jul 31, 2017 14:56:16 GMT
I go every Sunday, unless I have to work or am sick.
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 1, 2017 3:59:31 GMT
I have never been to a temple to pray but only been there for 2 reasons: 1) The Temple is considered a historic site/ beautiful place (a visit as tourist). 2) With my grandmother or mother as they will buy me chocolates and milkshakes while returning home. I have never been religious. You are a practicing Hindu though, no? I have never been a practicing Hindu and never believed in god/rebirth/soul/karma. My mother is a practicing Hindu. I am an apatheist in terms of explaining my position regarding god. I do however believe that I am a cultural Hindu in that I do follow culture of India/Hinduism. Like cow is loved and respected in Indian society so I don't eat beef. Respecting one's parents is an important part of Indian culture so if my parents are doing some sort of religious ceremony I wouldn't disassociate with that ceremony because I don't believe in those stuffs. I will just participate for 2 minutes in order to please them. Even they know I don't believe in any thing religious but they are just happy that I didn't disrespect them or their lifestyle. |
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Post by althea on Aug 1, 2017 4:53:20 GMT
I only attend Mass when there are weddings or funerals or baptisms in my Catholic family...so I voted less than once per year, but on occasion.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Aug 1, 2017 4:53:47 GMT
You are a practicing Hindu though, no? I have never been a practicing Hindu and never believed in god/rebirth/soul/karma. My mother is a practicing Hindu. I am an apatheist in terms of explaining my position regarding god. I do however believe that I am a cultural Hindu in that I do follow culture of India/Hinduism. Like cow is loved and respected in Indian society so I don't eat beef. Respecting one's parents is an important part of Indian culture so if my parents are doing some sort of religious ceremony I wouldn't disassociate with that ceremony because I don't believe in those stuffs. I will just participate for 2 minutes in order to please them. Even they know I don't believe in any thing religious but they are just happy that I didn't disrespect them or their lifestyle. My mother is a practicing Christian, but I don't participate in any religious services. I don't disrespect her faith, but she does not respect my worldview; it's been a long-standing issue with my parents. Because I was taught to trust anyone that said they were Christian, I got used and manipulated by people who figured out that my faith was blind. So when the faith went away, and fact became the desired input, I just couldn't fake the faith anymore. In some ways I wish I could have, for my late father's sake. But my mother is constantly pressuring me to come back into the fold, and I will not do that. Most major Christian sects prostheletize (sp?); no Hindu has ever shown up on my doorstep trying to convert me to Hinduism, so if I was amongst Hindus conducting a ceremony, I would probably participate out of respect. By the way, I don't eat beef, either. I'm lacto/ovo vegetarian, just because I love animals so much, I can't eat them. Edit: I do attend weddings and funerals, regardless of the religion being practiced, but my attendance doesn't mean I believe in the religion being practiced. When I was a kid, I got to attend a bar mitzvah; the food was awesome and I asked my mother if we could become Jewish. That didn't go over well... |
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 1, 2017 5:07:18 GMT
I have never been a practicing Hindu and never believed in god/rebirth/soul/karma. My mother is a practicing Hindu. I am an apatheist in terms of explaining my position regarding god. I do however believe that I am a cultural Hindu in that I do follow culture of India/Hinduism. Like cow is loved and respected in Indian society so I don't eat beef. Respecting one's parents is an important part of Indian culture so if my parents are doing some sort of religious ceremony I wouldn't disassociate with that ceremony because I don't believe in those stuffs. I will just participate for 2 minutes in order to please them. Even they know I don't believe in any thing religious but they are just happy that I didn't disrespect them or their lifestyle. My mother is a practicing Christian, but I don't participate in any religious services. I don't disrespect her faith, but she does not respect my worldview; it's been a long-standing issue with my parents. Because I was taught to trust anyone that said they were Christian, I got used and manipulated by people who figured out that my faith was blind. So when the faith went away, and fact became the desired input, I just couldn't fake the faith anymore. In some ways I wish I could have, for my late father's sake. But my mother is constantly pressuring me to come back into the fold, and I will not do that. Most major Christian sects prostheletize (sp?); no Hindu has ever shown up on my doorstep trying to convert me to Hinduism, so if I was amongst Hindus conducting a ceremony, I would probably participate out of respect. By the way, I don't eat beef, either. I'm lacto/ovo vegetarian, just because I love animals so much, I can't eat them. Edit: I do attend weddings and funerals, regardless of the religion being practiced, but my attendance doesn't mean I believe in the religion being practiced. When I was a kid, I got to attend a bar mitzvah; the food was awesome and I asked my mother if we could become Jewish. That didn't go over well... I think each one of us has a different situation. My parents have never asked me to be religious. Most of the current generation Indians who are not from financially poor families are only token religious and follow religion out of cultural reasons than religious interest. Mainly Hare krishna sect (which originated outside of India and is slightly modeled on Christianity) invites people to their cult but most other sects have no concept of inviting others to follow their religion. Once or twice someone showed interest in Hinduism and asked me how to become Hindu then i explained them that almost all regions have same message at the core so there is not really much in conversion. |
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Aug 1, 2017 5:12:28 GMT
My mother is a practicing Christian, but I don't participate in any religious services. I don't disrespect her faith, but she does not respect my worldview; it's been a long-standing issue with my parents. Because I was taught to trust anyone that said they were Christian, I got used and manipulated by people who figured out that my faith was blind. So when the faith went away, and fact became the desired input, I just couldn't fake the faith anymore. In some ways I wish I could have, for my late father's sake. But my mother is constantly pressuring me to come back into the fold, and I will not do that. Most major Christian sects prostheletize (sp?); no Hindu has ever shown up on my doorstep trying to convert me to Hinduism, so if I was amongst Hindus conducting a ceremony, I would probably participate out of respect. By the way, I don't eat beef, either. I'm lacto/ovo vegetarian, just because I love animals so much, I can't eat them. Edit: I do attend weddings and funerals, regardless of the religion being practiced, but my attendance doesn't mean I believe in the religion being practiced. When I was a kid, I got to attend a bar mitzvah; the food was awesome and I asked my mother if we could become Jewish. That didn't go over well... I think each one of us has a different situation. My parents have never asked me to be religious. Most of the current generation Indians who are not from financially poor families are only token religious and follow religion out of cultural reasons than religious interest. Mainly Hare krishna sect (which originated outside of India and is slightly modeled on Christianity) invites people to their cult but most other sects have no concept of inviting others to follow their religion. Once or twice someone showed interest in Hinduism and asked me how to become Hindu then i explained them that almost all regions have same message at the core so there is not really much in conversion. Yes, each and every one of them have some version of the Golden Rule in their religious texts, as I posted on another thread; too bad so few of them follow it. |
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