I will never understand the purpose of these megachurches, especially the types I went to when I was growing up. My parents and the church I went to filled my head with the most horrible concepts regarding Christian life. Our church and even the current church my parents go to are entertainment supercenters. They have cafes now, gift stores, classes for aerobics, etc. Wouldn't Jesus be mortified to see these places? I mean he went to the Temple and went apeshit over the vendors all around his church.I've told my parents and everyone I know flat out that the only occasions I will step foot in a church is for weddings and funerals anymore. Just going near them anymore makes me physically ill, because everyone there is mainly donating their money to support a building, a staff of people to run it, and various other programs.
All churches aren't bad. A lot of them do reach out and help the homeless and needy, but for the most part, the money is going to all the wrong places. Instead of giving to a church, it would be much better to spend your time helping at a homeless shelter, or going to a nursery home and being with the elderly, or volunteering or donating stuff to a food pantry.
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Megachurches- literally- make me ill. I can't put it any better than you have, Colleeny. It's just sad and so misguided.
Sometimes you can spend so much effort and money dedicated to spreading a message that the message itself gets lost. And once that ship is off course, it's really hard to put it back right.
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