How to start going to church as a family

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Anonymous wrote:When I was a kid and things at school got complicated in MS, as they do for many students, it was a relief to have a separate set of friends at Sunday School.

+1. This is why a strong youth group is so important

Too bad that you have to believe, or pretend you believe, in God to be a member of the youth group.

I sure wish this statement made a modicum of sense.

What don't you understand? PP thinks that it's too bad that people have to believe in God, or pretend to believe, in order to have a separate set of friends. Maybe the kid could find a separate set of friends at the playground or somewhere where you didn't have to believe in God or pretend you believe in God, like Sunday school, which is affiliated with church.

Are you suggesting that there are Sunday schools that don't teach about God? Maybe in the unitarian church.

No PP said that it’s too bad you have to believe in God to go to youth group. Which is oxymoronic in the highest order, given that the purpose of church youth group, by definition, is to associate with others who worship and learn about gods love.

PP here and what I meant was that it's too bad that "youth groups" are currently associated with churches. There should be other youth groups that are not associated with churches so it was not assumed that belonging to a youth group meant believing in God.

Have you never heard of Girl Scouts or Bot Scouts?

Don't they push Christianity too?

I have 2 Buddhist colleagues who are very active in Boy Scouts.

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Anonymous wrote:When I was a kid and things at school got complicated in MS, as they do for many students, it was a relief to have a separate set of friends at Sunday School.

+1. This is why a strong youth group is so important

Too bad that you have to believe, or pretend you believe, in God to be a member of the youth group.

I sure wish this statement made a modicum of sense.

What don't you understand? PP thinks that it's too bad that people have to believe in God, or pretend to believe, in order to have a separate set of friends. Maybe the kid could find a separate set of friends at the playground or somewhere where you didn't have to believe in God or pretend you believe in God, like Sunday school, which is affiliated with church.

Are you suggesting that there are Sunday schools that don't teach about God? Maybe in the unitarian church.

No PP said that it’s too bad you have to believe in God to go to youth group. Which is oxymoronic in the highest order, given that the purpose of church youth group, by definition, is to associate with others who worship and learn about gods love.

PP here and what I meant was that it's too bad that "youth groups" are currently associated with churches. There should be other youth groups that are not associated with churches so it was not assumed that belonging to a youth group meant believing in God.

Have you never heard of Girl Scouts or Bot Scouts?

Don't they push Christianity too?

I have 2 Buddhist colleagues who are very active in Boy Scouts.

Guess there's no pushing of Christianity in that Troupe. Maybe they push Buddism.

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Anonymous wrote:When I was a kid and things at school got complicated in MS, as they do for many students, it was a relief to have a separate set of friends at Sunday School.

+1. This is why a strong youth group is so important

Too bad that you have to believe, or pretend you believe, in God to be a member of the youth group.

I sure wish this statement made a modicum of sense.

What don't you understand? PP thinks that it's too bad that people have to believe in God, or pretend to believe, in order to have a separate set of friends. Maybe the kid could find a separate set of friends at the playground or somewhere where you didn't have to believe in God or pretend you believe in God, like Sunday school, which is affiliated with church.

Are you suggesting that there are Sunday schools that don't teach about God? Maybe in the unitarian church.

No PP said that it’s too bad you have to believe in God to go to youth group. Which is oxymoronic in the highest order, given that the purpose of church youth group, by definition, is to associate with others who worship and learn about gods love.

PP here and what I meant was that it's too bad that "youth groups" are currently associated with churches. There should be other youth groups that are not associated with churches so it was not assumed that belonging to a youth group meant believing in God.

Have you never heard of Girl Scouts or Bot Scouts?

Don't they push Christianity too?

They are not monoliths. Different troops focus on different things. Some troops are sponsored by a church, others are not. We know many UU scouts.

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Anonymous wrote:When I was a kid and things at school got complicated in MS, as they do for many students, it was a relief to have a separate set of friends at Sunday School.

+1. This is why a strong youth group is so important

Too bad that you have to believe, or pretend you believe, in God to be a member of the youth group.

I sure wish this statement made a modicum of sense.

What don't you understand? PP thinks that it's too bad that people have to believe in God, or pretend to believe, in order to have a separate set of friends. Maybe the kid could find a separate set of friends at the playground or somewhere where you didn't have to believe in God or pretend you believe in God, like Sunday school, which is affiliated with church.

Are you suggesting that there are Sunday schools that don't teach about God? Maybe in the unitarian church.

No PP said that it’s too bad you have to believe in God to go to youth group. Which is oxymoronic in the highest order, given that the purpose of church youth group, by definition, is to associate with others who worship and learn about gods love.

PP here and what I meant was that it's too bad that "youth groups" are currently associated with churches. There should be other youth groups that are not associated with churches so it was not assumed that belonging to a youth group meant believing in God.

Have you never heard of Girl Scouts or Bot Scouts?

Don't they push Christianity too?

They are not monoliths. Different troops focus on different things. Some troops are sponsored by a church, others are not. We know many UU scouts.

That would explain it. We didn't have any UU's in my home town.