It is not pushing my religion on to them. This is a simple question. Going alone to church is fine too. To me, going to church on Christmas Eve is celebrating Jesus' Birth and giving him all the glory. I do not believe it is a selfish thing to do since I put God first instead of me.
2007-12-18 02:28:26 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If the family is celebrating Christmas it would be a normal and natural question....many people also go to holiday movies as a family group too....
a church that I went to years ago had many people who played musical instruments...they formed a brass group and did chamber music and such over the holidays...a small concert that sold tickets and the $ went to a local charity....it was in the church but not church....
being kind and including others is not being rude..
2007-12-18 02:41:19 · answer #1 · answered by coffee_pot12 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I suspect this question hides a deeper problem!!!
Just going out for an hour or two would not be a problem would it? I bet other family members do.
I suspect the real problem here is that you are flouting your Christianity in their faces.
I knew a man in the forces who never went to church but disappeared for several hours each Sunday with a small case. Everyone thought he was not christian. Truth was the case held a bible and other religious books and he went off to pray alone not wanting to associate with people who bragged of being Christian!!!!
2007-12-18 02:40:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's not rude or disrespectful. But don't put pressure on them about feeling the "glory" or anything. They may just want to come out of curiosity or to do you a favor. If that doesn't appeal to you, don't ask them then!
You know, wouldn't it be better to ask someone to go to church on a day OTHER than Christmas Eve? That way, the Christmasy stuff doesn't interfere with the religious stuff.
2007-12-18 02:32:36 · answer #3 · answered by luxurywatchery 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I don't see it as a negative to ask people if they'd like to join you. So long as you don't harp on religion with them or berate them if they don't go, I can't see how it's any ruder than saying, "The Smiths invited us over for a BBQ. I want to go, do you?"
If you think you'll interest them in your church, however, I'd say Christmas and Easter are two of the worst times to take people. It's crowded, the services are longer, people who only go to church twice a year are there--not representative of traditional churchgoers, etc. If you're Catholic, they can't take Communion if they don't believe that is the REAL presence of the Lord.
2007-12-18 02:34:12 · answer #4 · answered by heyteach 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is true that your family should respect your wishes, but at the same time you should respect theirs. That is the Christian thing to do isn't it. God comes first in your life, but not in their so to make them go somewhere where they would feel unfomfortable would be wrong. You can always ask them, but never pressure. Pressure would turn them away more. Would you really want to go to church with a bunch of people who don't really want to be there. That is why Easter and Christmas are so crowded -- all the people that were pressured into going in one form or another. It's sick really. If you don't really go to church, why crowd it up for people that do.
2007-12-18 02:35:37 · answer #5 · answered by bleh 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Going yourself because it is what means something to you is not selfish. It is in no way selfish, rude, or disrepectful to go do what is for you the way to celebrate. Asking them to go with you although they don't share your beliefs may or may not be selfish. If you just invite them along because you want to share something and don't place an expectation on them they must that is fine. If you expect them to go and are rude or upset they don't wish to that is selfish and rude. Just as if they told you that you couldn't go to church that would be selfish and rude on their part.
2007-12-18 02:39:15 · answer #6 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It could work the other way just as well. Selfish and disrespectful of them if they didn't let you go. That is if you are of age. Children should honor their parents. God accepts worship right there in your bedroom if you are not of age - 18 yrs. old and living away from home.
2007-12-18 02:34:49 · answer #7 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Is asking to go to church on Christmas Eve to an unbelieving family selfish or rude or disrespectful?
None of the above; it's just useless.
2007-12-18 02:31:44 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 6⤋
an invitation to any function where people are celebrating most anything is always a good thing. unless you are insisting or harrassing them about it, i don't think they'd mind. i am a deist and would not be offended if you invited me...and just because they don't go to church regularly doesn't necessarily mean they don't believe.
2007-12-18 02:32:47 · answer #9 · answered by Heather Honey 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
i does not say it is rude to go away the occasion, if Church is important to you ,and your loved ones comprehend this, then they ought to comprehend why you need to go away. And, a minimum of you will the occasion for a speedy time, this is larger than unlikely in any respect.
2016-10-02 01:22:53 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋