Do you go to mass

-Corkie-

Simple question. Do you go or not!!!

DarrenGT4

-Corkie- wrote: »

Simple question. Do you go or not!!!

no

lord lucan

Nope,no interest in religion whatsoever.

alwaysadub

Only for weddings/funerals /christenings etc etc.

Havermeyer

nope

bonerm

No. If I did I'd only feel like I was taking the seat of someone who wanted it more.

Gaudizeit

No, I'm not a fan of watching repeats.

tim_holsters

-Corkie- wrote: »

Simple question. Do you go or not!!!

No. Do you go?

-Corkie-

tim_holsters wrote: »

No. Do you go?

No I dont. The reason I asked everyone I know dont go so I wonder who does go!!!

SadieSue

Nope, haven't gone in years.

Mint Sauce

weddings, funerals, christnings, etc, and xmas.

Alter-Ego

Nope. Except funerals, weddings etc...

Also if I have to sit silent for a prolonged amount of time i start to giggle uncontrolably.

Max Power1

Mass what?

Mass orgies? Mass graves?

philologos

I go to church, but I don't go to mass. Which do I pick?

Glenster

went last week for the first time in ages.

Priest said we had to hate our families if we wanted to love god.

Confused.

Glenster

-Corkie- wrote: »

No I dont. The reason I asked everyone I know dont go so I wonder who does go!!!

Little old ladies and parents with young children.

AckwelFoley

I went to mass every week for 20 years and stopped one Sunday when a priest on the alter, lectured us about relationships and womens role in the family.

Im not going to be lectured by someone that will spend nore of his time lecturing to us about something they know nothing about, his time would be better served sppeaking out against why the catholic church is a Haven for pedophiles and why the church refuses to hand up or report these creatures.

I would rather listen to Sinn Feinn giving me a lecture on economic policy than listen to a preist lecture me about morality.

Herbal Deity

mass??

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Chinafoot

Nope.

I will only ever be in a church for weddings/funerals/christenings, and then I stand at the back and do not take part in any way, shape or form.

Its the greatest con of all time.

Son Of A Vidic

Funerals and weddings, otherwise no.

JupiterKid

I haven't been to regular mass since 1993. Only for weddings and funerals since then.

Chinafoot

Chinafoot wrote: »

Nope.

I will only ever be in a church for weddings/funerals/christenings, and then I stand at the back and do not take part in any way, shape or form.

Its the greatest con of all time.

Yeah, I'd be the same as yourself.

Thrill

Nope.

Just for funerals and the like.

-Corkie-

Wow 38 say no and only 1 yes.

GLaDOS

Been nearly 3 years since I've been in a church as far as I remember

Corsendonk

irish-stew wrote: »

weddings, funerals, christnings, etc, and xmas.

Roberries?

tim_holsters

-Corkie- wrote: »

No I dont. The reason I asked everyone I know dont go so I wonder who does go!!!

I don't know anyone who does go either, if somebody I did know went I'd probably think they were a bit weird, but it would be their business not mine.

Aldebaran

Only for weddings, funerals etc. And I usually go to my Grandad's remembrance mass every year but thats just to keep the mother happy.

johnmcdnl

This was hardly the best place to get an accurate result in fairness :P

Up de Barrs

According to the Irish Times poll today 32% of people go to mass weekly, in urban areas its 25% and 52% in rural areas. Only 15% of 18-34 year olds go to mass weekly (12% for 15-34 year olds which I think may even exaggerate the number). That is a massive fall off in a relatively short space of time and is bringing close to the continental European average. Given how rapidly the numbers are falling we may end up with Scandavian levels of religious observance around 2-3%. The strange thing is 89% of people still described themselves as Catholic, only 5% as athiest / agnostic.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0916/1224278995802.html

Biggins

No.

AckwelFoley

Biggins wrote: »

No.

i get the sence of you been unsure by your answer :pac:

theparish

Was on holidays lately and said to myself I would stroll down to the local church having not been to mass in a while.All going through the motions until the sermon when my ears began to cock.He was one of the most frank and honest priests I ever heard.He compared the catholic church to Fianna Fail where every priest was forced to tow the party line and that he was sick of it.He said that the hierarchy needed to wake up to the 21st century,cannon law was secondary to civil law,the need to promote contraception,co-habitation may lead to stronger marriages,respect for gays the whole nine yards.It goes to show that there are alot of good proper thinking priests out there and that they cannot be painted with the one brush.

Agricola

Nope. I went until the age of 14 or so. At first it was pure teenage laziness. Who wants to waste an hour listening to some old fogey talking about God when I could be...... doing anything else.
Then when I got older I put some serious thought into it, read widely, discussed the shít out of it with friends and family and decided, it was all a cod.
Like most people I go for the major milestones in family members lives, purely out of respect to them, nothing else.

Biggins

snyper wrote: »

i get the sence of you been unsure by your answer :pac:

Really? :eek:

NO - Not a hope in hell - not a chance - this dawg don't hunt - like hell I do -

I hope that clarifies my position.

TPD

Weddings/Funerals/anniversary masses. Unless it was a close friends or a siblings child, I probably wouldn't go to a christening. When I do go, it's mostly to keep the folks happy. Unless it's a wedding, I love them for all the free booze.

philologos

Up de Barrs wrote: »

According to the Irish Times poll today 32% of people go to mass weekly, in urban areas its 25% and 52% in rural areas. Only 15% of 18-34 year olds go to mass weekly (12% for 15-34 year olds which I think may even exaggerate the number). That is a massive fall off in a relatively short space of time and is bringing close to the continental European average. Given how rapidly the numbers are falling we may end up with Scandavian levels of religious observance around 2-3%. The strange thing is 89% of people still described themselves as Catholic, only 5% as athiest / agnostic.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0916/1224278995802.html

Be careful. This excludes people who would be otherwise observant.

The adequate way to have done this would have been to ask if you attend a place of worship on a weekly / monthly basis.

This would have included the bigger picture, and indeed it would have allowed a better comparison between the churches / faith groups. Which have the highest attendance, and which have the lowest on a regular basis.

It appears in Irish culture, the choice isn't between the varying faith based groups and none. Rather the choice is between "The Church", and no church. People don't seem too interested in looking around to seeing what other people have to offer. Even atheists on these fora continue to use the term "The Church" which is a bit of an oddity!

Edit: The link is also very telling in another respect:

Catholics – as well as the population at large – are also less likely to view “sins” such as sex before marriage and sexual infidelity as being very serious. They are more likely to rank indiscretions involving politicians or bankers, such as lying under oath or financial fraud, as being much more serious.

That is really a worrying trend. I can understand how people justify sex-before-marriage, but I just don't understand how people can argue that adultery / cheating isn't wrong

admiralofthefleet

mass? is that some new nightclub in town?

PeterIanStaker

Nope. And I hope the mass-going generation dies off soon and that the churches will be empty and silent.

kelle

After a 20-year absence I started going again recently.

As a child and teenager, I felt Religion was forced onto me by my parents - we used to say the rosary every night and go to mass every Sunday and holy days. I dreaded going back to school after Christmas as we'd do nothing else only read the Bible and get asked questions then get a good boll**king if we got any part of the story wrong. Then a priest would call to the school and ask questions at random, God help you if you couldn't answer the question! We were nervous wrecks. I developed a hatred of religion.

So, once I left home to go to college in London I celebrated my freedom by not going to mass. A few years later I started working and lived back home, but I warned my parents I was now working and independent and mass was not on my agenda. They were horrified but had to accept it.

Now I have children I feel compelled to go to mass(by my husband), it doesn't bother me as much as it used to. I wouldn't be as fanatic as my parents were though, and certainly wouldn't force my children to go when they're older.

Lone Stone

no i dont but only for funerals & weddings, myself personal i wont even get married as i dont beleave or care about the opinion of the church.

Littlegirllost

not regularly no

The Highwayman

Not even on christmas day

Herbal Deity

kelle wrote: »

After a 20-year absence I started going again recently.

As a child and teenager, I felt Religion was forced onto me by my parents - we used to say the rosary every night and go to mass every Sunday and holy days. I dreaded going back to school after Christmas as we'd do nothing else only read the Bible and get asked questions then get a good boll**king if we got any part of the story wrong. Then a priest would call to the school and ask questions at random, God help you if you couldn't answer the question! We were nervous wrecks. I developed a hatred of religion.

So, once I left home to go to college in London I celebrated my freedom by not going to mass. A few years later I started working and lived back home, but I warned my parents I was now working and independent and mass was not on my agenda. They were horrified but had to accept it.

Now I have children I feel compelled to go to mass(by my husband), it doesn't bother me as much as it used to. I wouldn't be as fanatic as my parents were though, and certainly wouldn't force my children to go when they're older.

So you're now encouraging your children to partake in an organisation which you hate and haven't engaged with in 20 years?

starlit

Have to go when living under mammys roof otherwise no when living away from home only for the usual weddings, funerals, christenings etc. In the middle at the moment. Given a choice I wouldn't go. Lost all interest, I'm there but not present. What is being said goes over my head and doesn't mean much to me. I really only go to mass cause I'm made go. I've not much else to do so fills the time better otherwise I find saturday too long otherwise its a pain to have to go If wanting to go somewhere else that day or that night etc.

furiousox

Mass my a$$!
Never.
www.countmeout.ie

Joey the lips

Yes i go to mass. My kids go to mass as well.

Diabhal Beag

Yep I do. I'm religious. We don't need another Catholic bashing thread though.

ballsymchugh

i do too.

kelle

Herbal Deity wrote: »

So you're now encouraging your children to partake in an organisation which you hate and haven't engaged with in 20 years?

Maybe I've mellowed in my old age, I don't hate it anymore! And I don't feel there is any harm in bringing them.

starlit

I'm not that religious far from it. Yet I still go to mass. Wish there were other better things to be doing or going to than having to go to mass. I don't understand the whole religious cult that has been shoved down our throats. Why try to understand something you don't understand. It goes around in circles. Its a waste of time. Why go to mass when you can pray when ever and where ever. Haven't been to confession for years. Thank goodness, have managed to escape it for thankful reasons!