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Gayle · 06-04-2008, 09:55

Interesting question! As a 'random' Catholic I often feel uneasy in the actual mass itself. I watch people chanting and repeating the words without really giving much thought to them and wonder if the only way it gets away with it is because it's 2,000 years old. If someone (as often happens with cults) sets up a similar process/service/structure they are vilified and the authorities try to shut them down.

A few months ago I went to a 'happy clappy' service at a non-denominational Christian church and absolutely hated it. It's was too over the top with the amount of singing rock songs, blind repetition and chanting but in fact, everyone else looked incredibly happy. A week or so after that I went to the normal Catholic service and there was still singing (albeit choral), blind repetition and chanting but the difference was that most people were miserable looking. So who's to say which is right and which is wrong?

06-04-2008, 09:55	#2
Gayle God Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Relaxville Posts: 6,866 Blog Entries: 69 Liked: 13 times Rep Power: 2867	Re: is a Latin mass voodoo religion ? Interesting question! As a 'random' Catholic I often feel uneasy in the actual mass itself. I watch people chanting and repeating the words without really giving much thought to them and wonder if the only way it gets away with it is because it's 2,000 years old. If someone (as often happens with cults) sets up a similar process/service/structure they are vilified and the authorities try to shut them down. A few months ago I went to a 'happy clappy' service at a non-denominational Christian church and absolutely hated it. It's was too over the top with the amount of singing rock songs, blind repetition and chanting but in fact, everyone else looked incredibly happy. A week or so after that I went to the normal Catholic service and there was still singing (albeit choral), blind repetition and chanting but the difference was that most people were miserable looking. So who's to say which is right and which is wrong? __________________ The views expressed within this post are mine and mine alone.