What religious rituals could be modified to adjust to times?

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Anonymous wrote:So a minister could look after more than one congregation.
You could have y bishop write the sermon, the lay people take turns reading it, or have video conference for the speaker

The current set up is extremely expensive. Just imagine if church budget could include 50% charity

Some ministers already do handle more than one congregation, when the churches involved are small. At some point, when the congregations get larger, this becomes unfeasible because one minister can’t handle all the personal counseling, funerals, visiting the sick, etc.

My experience is that you are on your own when you get sick, become unemployed, go through divorce
The church is not there for people like that. It is a business.
Only select few who are very well connected get visits from the priest

I’m guessing you never reached out to your minister/priest to let him/her know what was going on in your life. I know priests who spend a lot of the week visiting people in hospitals and taking communion to those who are home-bound. It’s true they probably won’t visit you for the flu though—no time to do that for everybody.

Really?
Wait until you are really in need

I have been in need and they were there for me. I’m sorry about your experience.

Depends on the church, I guess

Have you had a bad experience, or are you just hypothesizing?

reflecting on the various comments here.

The “various experiences here” have been positive. It’s just you trying to put a negative spin on them.

[Anonymous]

I've got a list but one that has always bothered me (because my DH is Catholic and I am not), the pre-cana requirement before marriage. How a forever unmarried man can explain to me how to be a good wife and have a good marriage in the eyes of God seems utterly ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:I've got a list but one that has always bothered me (because my DH is Catholic and I am not), the pre-cana requirement before marriage. How a forever unmarried man can explain to me how to be a good wife and have a good marriage in the eyes of God seems utterly ridiculous.

A physician doesn't have to have your disease to know how to treat it.

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Anonymous wrote:I've got a list but one that has always bothered me (because my DH is Catholic and I am not), the pre-cana requirement before marriage. How a forever unmarried man can explain to me how to be a good wife and have a good marriage in the eyes of God seems utterly ridiculous.

A physician doesn't have to have your disease to know how to treat it.

Yes, Male oBGYN can know nuts and bolts

But only another women who gave birth really understand what you went through
and how does it feel. Very differ t level of knowing.

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Anonymous wrote:I've got a list but one that has always bothered me (because my DH is Catholic and I am not), the pre-cana requirement before marriage. How a forever unmarried man can explain to me how to be a good wife and have a good marriage in the eyes of God seems utterly ridiculous.

A physician doesn't have to have your disease to know how to treat it.

Dumb caparison. A doctor is still trained in medicine. If you've never been married nor will ever be married you have zero experience to give advice on marriages.

[Anonymous]

The atheist ritual of trolling religion forums with lame pseudo-wit. Definitely past it’s sell-by date. Not to mention, trolling is an unhealthy mental state and bad for the poor trolls who could otherwise be doing something productive with their lives.

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Anonymous wrote:The atheist ritual of trolling religion forums with lame pseudo-wit. Definitely past it’s sell-by date. Not to mention, trolling is an unhealthy mental state and bad for the poor trolls who could otherwise be doing something productive with their lives.

^^ its

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Anonymous wrote:The atheist ritual of trolling religion forums with lame pseudo-wit. Definitely past it’s sell-by date. Not to mention, trolling is an unhealthy mental state and bad for the poor trolls who could otherwise be doing something productive with their lives.

Come to think of it.. there are way more atheistic rituals then religious rituals. For every non religious ritual is atheistic one per sheer logic of exclusion Take washing hands for one.. brushing hair.. drinking wine.. going on vacation.. We are swamped by them and somehow religious people do not attack the atheistic rituals. A-theistic.

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Anonymous wrote:I've got a list but one that has always bothered me (because my DH is Catholic and I am not), the pre-cana requirement before marriage. How a forever unmarried man can explain to me how to be a good wife and have a good marriage in the eyes of God seems utterly ridiculous.

A physician doesn't have to have your disease to know how to treat it.

Dumb caparison. A doctor is still trained in medicine. If you've never been married nor will ever be married you have zero experience to give advice on marriages.

And this is why there are that many divorces in the church communities. If the church gave a hoot they would get seriously involved in the help. The Jewish communities have so much more support.
I guess the prevention is not the focus, it is the suffering that is.

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Anonymous wrote:The atheist ritual of trolling religion forums with lame pseudo-wit. Definitely past it’s sell-by date. Not to mention, trolling is an unhealthy mental state and bad for the poor trolls who could otherwise be doing something productive with their lives.

Come to think of it.. there are way more atheistic rituals then religious rituals. For every non religious ritual is atheistic one per sheer logic of exclusion Take washing hands for one.. brushing hair.. drinking wine.. going on vacation.. We are swamped by them and somehow religious people do not attack the atheistic rituals. A-theistic.

You mean, like, getting on with your life whether you’re religious or atheist? You totally missed the point. The subject here is the specific atheist ritual of pointlessly/futily trolling the Religion forum.