Angel,
Another pet peeve of mine is hearing someone, use the excuse of not 
going to church by saying, "I worship God in my own way."  My 
question back is always, "but how do you know that your way is God's 
way?"  It is important to do things His way, in my opinion.
Kathy





Angel,At 12:50 PM 4/30/2007, you wrote:
>Another thought.  I have heard people who don't go to church at all 
>say "God is everywhere.  I can worship him just as easily at home 
>because he is everywhere.  So why should I go to church at all." I 
>think this is because they have fallen out with their church and 
>rather than either going to that church and worshiping God there, or 
>taking time to iron out the difficulties found there, or going to 
>another more compatible church altogether they use God's 
>omnipresence as an excuse not to go at all.  Dressing down may be a 
>few steps above that, and may well lead to that kind of thinking.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:44 AM
>Subject: Re: Churchianity Today
>
>
>>Angel,
>>Very well said.Kathy
>>
>>
>>
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>>At 09:03 PM 4/29/2007, you wrote:
>>>I was disappointed to discover in my church those who go dress 
>>>casually as well.  I use to force my son to ware a suit.  He told 
>>>me once of all his school friends who attended he was the only one 
>>>wearing a suit.  What is this world coming to when what we ware to 
>>>obtain a job interview is better than what we wear to worship the 
>>>Lord of our lives, the one who gave his life for us that we might 
>>>not parish.  I can fully well understand the person who truly has 
>>>no better to ware, but I say these individuals are rare.  Even at 
>>>our lowest we can go to the salvation army or to good will and 
>>>find something suitable.  We don't go to church for our own 
>>>comfort, rather we go to worship.  Worship means stepping out of 
>>>our comfort zone and showing others our Lord means enough to ware 
>>>our very best.  If our heart doesn't reflect this sentiment than 
>>>our Lord knows this and we humans aren't to judge.  I continued to 
>>>force my son to ware a suit which displeased him constantly.
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:03 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Churchianity Today
>>>
>>>
>>>>Kathy,
>>>>
>>>>I prefer wearing my suit to church every time.  I need to lose 
>>>>about 8 to 10
>>>>more pounds before it will fit again.  I learned that in bible college.
>>>>Every guy had to wear a suit and tie and I never minded it.  I was at my
>>>>son's church down in Castle Rock, a rich, or well to do, bedroom community,
>>>>25 miles south of Denver.  this was a big mega type church with 3 or 4
>>>>services per day.  I wore a suit.  My son said, out of the 300 in the
>>>>service we happened to attend, of the three, I was the only 
>>>>person wearing a
>>>>suit.  I said, "What about the pastoor.  He wears a suit doesn't he?"  My
>>>>son said, "No.  In fact, he looked like he was wearing slacks and literlly
>>>>a t shirt today.
>>>>
>>>>I wore suits when I was eight years old to church.
>>>>
>>>>Phil.