If this person was friendly with you and you liked them a lot and they wanted you to visit their church, say for Christmas or Easter services, would you go as a gesture of friendship?
2006-11-09 02:58:22 · 24 answers · asked by a_delphic_oracle 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
oh i love going to churches anytime ... so yes
i have been to different christian churches and chapels and they are all beautiful
and i plan to visit a Buddhist temple .. a mosque and as many as i can
just to listen and understand what happens in each
2006-11-09 03:13:12 · answer #1 · answered by Peace 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I used to go to Metropolitan Community Church (a gay-friendly church for otherwise theologically/liturgically conservative Christians) with friends whenever I visited them. It meant a lot to them. One really wanted me to come up for the eucharist, which I wasn't comfortable with. What she wanted was to be able to pray over me, so we just did that. It was really touching.
This was a friendship based very much on mutual respect for each other's religious beliefs. It sounds like you might not know this person very well -- it that's true, be careful, they might keep after you to go more than once or twice.
2006-11-09 03:06:44 · answer #2 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is extremely a no-brainer incredibly. do not deliver her to Sunday college. you have considered how she's dealt with, you have considered how they have manipulated her. i'm having a puzzling time understanding why you despatched her interior the 1st place. i will in basic terms think of which you needed her to check approximately spirituality in her very own way. even with the undeniable fact that, you nevertheless have a duty to maintain her risk-free from psychological harm. meaning not greater Sunday college. Why do you're able to desire to tell the Church something? they don't want a reason or clarification why you at the instant are not permitting your toddler to be psychologically broken with the help of them. i will appreciate you graciously accepting presents, yet needless to say that is not a modern. Your daughter is merely too significant and too youthful to affix your expression of grace to this Church. they're manipulating her and that i will assure they're going to study not something out of your grace in continuously accepting the invitation. Buddhist thought is rather diverse from Western ideas on spirituality. whether or not they are conscious of it or not, the individuals of the church have been appearing out of egocentric desires extremely than something non secular. through fact of that, I doubt your toddler will in any respect spiritually income from her persevered attendance.
2016-11-23 12:35:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have done that, but my friend got offended when I asked questions about the differences in beliefs, so I would say it depends on how strong the friendship is and how open minded you both are
2006-11-09 04:12:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess that depends! There are some churches of different faith that I have gone to that were inviting and others I just couldn't believe the arrogance and ignorance, that I would never attend again!
2006-11-09 03:04:46 · answer #5 · answered by peace2all 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I"ve gone to churches not of my beliefs (a had a mormen best friend and went to a service at her church) and I've had friends come to mine (a pagan friend went to mass with me once and has agreed to come to the mass celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe some year). I have no problem with going to another church to see their masses.
2006-11-09 03:05:47 · answer #6 · answered by sister steph 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I would not go because a good friend of mine would know my beliefs. It happened to me about 2 years ago, I was invited to a Catholic baby christening (which I do not agree with), I politely declined and my so-called friend quit talking to me. I guess she was not my friend after all, huh!
2006-11-09 03:18:36 · answer #7 · answered by Elsa M 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would.
I have gone to a synagogue to meet a Jewish Rabbi. I have fellowshipped with Catholics.
I have had friends over the years who were Wiccan, Muslim, Hindi, and all sorts of brands of Christianity. I showed an interest and respect for their beliefs, and made them feel comfortable to talk about it with me.
Honestly, though, very few of them have invited me to fellowship with them. I guess they were so afraid of "shoving their religion down my throat" they never made the first step of offering to show me at all.
2006-11-09 03:06:42 · answer #8 · answered by cirque de lune 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No! Because my friends know that I do not attend church services for any reason.
2006-11-09 03:12:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well as a Hindu I have all the respect for churches, gurudwaras and mosques.
I will go provided they allow me inside
2006-11-09 03:28:47 · answer #10 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋