While Hugh was yapping below about the potato blight and stuff… he did actually ask a valuable question… Do you know anyone that goes to mass anymore?
I know I had this conversation with the lads before. I was of the opinion that the Church was dying out and only kept alive by those die hard ol’ ones and ol’ lads that from their childhood were forced to go to church or face hell in the after life.
The lads didn’t agree with me that the reason the ol’ ones still go to mass is simply because they were forced and brain washed when they were younger into believing it was a mortal sin if they didn’t go. Well I’m sorry, but you just have to look around. As Hugh says, ask yourself the question, how many of your friends are regular church goers. Now I don’t mean funerals, weddings, communions etc, I mean constantly go to mass every sunday and holy day. I would say you would be able to count the number of people you know on one hand.
Lets face it, we don’t take christianity as seriously anymore. And personally I feel this is because of the damage the church did to itself. The catholic churches in Ireland are a thing of the past only kept alive by the polish and ol’s ones. If you took those away tomorrow, most churches across the country would be empty.
Then you just have to look at other religions that are growing in congregation numbers, such as evangelists, born agains etc. The youth are flocking to these modern churches simply because they haven’t lost touch with the youth. These churches are interesting, fun and most of all – isn’t the same old poxy sermon each week. Oh and women have a place…
The catholic church needs to open its eyes and be more dynamic to attract people back…
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