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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Archdiocese of Arlington is why our kids are being raised Episcopalian. I was not going to raise my kids in the same panicky state of dreading church because we were afraid [b]someone would find out that we had skipped church one week/were behind on confession/ate the wrong thing on a fast day etc. [/b]And when I arrived at church here, we were greeted with a bulletin that essentially said “don’t even think of approaching the altar unless you have (massive laundry list of things). And the envelopes. Questions why there was a missing envelope. Stop the madness! [/quote]

These kinds of rules have been established for centuries in the church.  Everyone knows the rules without having them spelled out in a church bulletin.  I understand that customs/expectations change, but the church itself changes slowly, if at all.  Those who can't handle it should do exactly as pp's family above has done.

What pp calls "skipping church" is a mortal sin that needs to be confessed, which surely pp knows.  If this is too much to bear, getting out is the best thing.[/quote]

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