The children are bored, the parents frustrated and the entire congregation distracted. I'm secretly convinced that even the priest sometimes wants the kids to just shut the hell up or leave! So much for the holy environment and all that...
I know some parents have the idea that if children go to church from a young age, they develop a reverence for the place and become accustomed to the traditions of their religion.
Perhaps they're right.
Then again, my sister and I went to church when we were young and all I remember from those times was that my mum's lap was very comfortable to take a nap on until the whole singing, praying, bowing heads bit was over. I don't think that quite equates a reverence for Catholicism. Then again, that's just me.
In a perfect world, and by that I mean the world where I ran things the way I wanted to, anyone that did not understand volume control could not enter a church.
We can all agree that children have no concept of appropriate voice modulation (some adults don't either, but lets not deviate from this present subject). Therefore, until such time that they do, church is a no go.
Unfortunately, the church I frequent does not subscribe to this theory.
I believe it is time to look for another parish.
4 comments:
umm...maybe you should reconsider church-going on the whole. It's the only logical solution to your problem.
Haha, I can't wait until my mum reads this and then asks me who you are and I tell her what your dad does for a living! :)
Another fundamental flaw: giving your folks the url to your blog. Can you imagine my folks reading mine?
Haha, I didn't do it on purpose! My dad found it. And yes, I can imagine yours having a heart attack... right around the time where they read the post on you renouncing religion!
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