Reply #13: I don't go to church but

[OriginalGeek]

I did when I was a kid and into my late teens. We wore 3 piece suits and did not clap. I think we could get away with just a tie and shirt-sleeves for the Wednesday night service but it's been a long time so I don't remember well.

But on sundays now the route I take to visit my grandpa or mother in law or other places takes me right past one of those giant, new-fangled multi-non-denominational houses of worship - it's so big they have their own traffic cops out front acting as crossing guards for the worshipers to cross the street from the parking lot (and they better damn well be paid by the church - my taxes don't belong there) so there has been many a time when I was forced to stop and wait for a gaggle of them to get across the road. And it irritates me to no end that they are going to church dressed in cut-off jeans shorts and flip-flops and t-shirts mini-skirts and leggings just general non-churchy wear.

My wife laughs at me as I gripe about the way these people are dressed since I don't believe in any of it anyway and I certainly have no right to complain about a church I have never been and never will be a member of but I guess some things get ingrained deep into your psyche anyway and it just aggravates me. GOD DOESN'T LOVE YOU YOU ILL-DRESSED SLACKERS! PUT SOME DAMN CHURCH CLOTHES ON! MY GOD, YOUR BELT DOESN'T EVEN MATCH YOUR SHOES! MANDALS!?!?!?! ARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHH<stroke>

And I will bet you my next pay-check they are in there just clapping up a storm. Heathens.