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Will you be going to mass at Christmas?

  • 19-12-2016 05:08PM
    #1
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I'm not a Catholic by any stretch of the imagination but this question was asked in the Catholic Forum. - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057683323
    And how many of those that go to mass at Christmas attend the rest of the year??

    So I thought a better way of getting this answer is to put it to the general public in the good old After Hours forum.

    Just how important is the mass stuff to you and will you go?

    Will you be going to mass at Christmas? 368 votes

    Yes, but I don't go to any mass the rest of the year.
    0% 1 vote
    Yes, but I don't go to mass the rest of the year except for births, death and marriages
    2% 10 votes
    Yes, I go to mass every week
    12% 45 votes
    Yes, I also go to mass now and then
    8% 30 votes
    No, I'd rather do something else
    10% 38 votes
    No, but I attend mass for births, deaths and marriages
    25% 95 votes
    I'd rather honor the winter solstice
    29% 110 votes
    Atari Jaguar
    10% 39 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    tigger123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,815 ✭✭✭tigger123


    No.

    Love Christmas, I'm not a Christian though.


  • #3
    Bubbaclaus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,460 ✭✭✭Bubbaclaus


    I normally went with the family on Christmas Eve to keep the mother happy, but she said last week she can no longer be arsed going herself. Happy days.


  • #4
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    I expect so.


  • #5
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    Will be too busy celebrating Santas birthday to go to mass on Xmas day...


  • #6
    Sleepy
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    LOL. no, weddings and funerals only.

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  • #7
    Turtyturd
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    Not unless there's a funeral.


  • #8
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,937 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    I'll have to go to mass twice over christmas for personal family reasons, but I have zero belief in any god. I'd prefer to not have to go, but it is by far the better choice to go in my specific circumstances (which I won't go into) for the sake of my mother in this case. I wouldn't normally go for anything except weddings/funerals.


  • #9
    readyletsgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,276 ✭✭✭readyletsgo


    Nope.

    I'll spend it with my atheist family and partner.


  • #10
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    I can't believe people even post things about Mass in 2016. I can understand old people going, but anyone who can use the internet at this stage should have more sense ffs.
    Then again I see the OP is Mod of Waterford City, maybe it's still a bit backwards outside of Dublin when it comes to religion etc.


  • #11
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    It's about as secular a holiday as they get to be fair. Mass has no business being involved.


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  • #12
    Kichote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭Kichote


    There's always something to be said for another mass.


  • #13
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Bubbaclaus wrote: »
    I normally went with the family on Christmas Eve to keep the mother happy, but she said last week she can no longer be arsed going herself. Happy days.

    That used to be me but at the age of 16 I stopped doing it to keep my family happy and did my own thing, made Christmas day so much better

    Ironic thing is my parents only do mass at Christmas and births, deaths and marriages and have always done this. :pac:


  • #14
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    Kichote wrote: »
    There's always something to be said for another mass.

    HAHAHAHAHAHaqhsahdsHAdfpSU90AT=,';FZ


  • #15
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Yes, looking forward to it.

    Will probably do Christmas Eve at 9pm with family and then drop into the local afterwards.


  • #16
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,885 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    I can't believe people even post things about Mass in 2016. I can understand old people going, but anyone who can use the internet at this stage should have more sense ffs.
    Then again I see the OP is Mod of Waterford City, maybe it's still a bit backwards outside of Dublin when it comes to religion etc.

    Old people can't use the internet?

    How patronizing .


  • #17
    Parchment
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Parchment


    No way. The catholic church needs to sling its hook as far as I am concerned.


  • #18
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    Allinall wrote: »
    Old people can't use the internet?

    How patronizing .

    Sure they can. But people I know in their 70s who use the internet tend to be more open minded, therefore don't believe in hocus pocus like Catholicism.


  • #19
    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    I will be going this year whether I need to or not.
    Would not voluntarily go any other day though.


  • #20
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    I can't believe people even post things about Mass in 2016. I can understand old people going, but anyone who can use the internet at this stage should have more sense ffs.
    Then again I see the OP is Mod of Waterford City, maybe it's still a bit backwards outside of Dublin when it comes to religion etc.

    Might be :p
    Nah, seriously I'm not from Waterford, though I did live there for a period of time.

    While I'd love to agree with you about the people not pushed about mass and that is technically reflected in mass numbers as only around 30% of Catholics go to mass on a weekly basis many, many people still do the Christmas mass stuff even though they don't believe in any of the core catholic beliefs and values.

    It boggles the mind sometimes why people do this,

    The aim of the poll is to get a better picture of modern day Ireland then the same question being asked in the Catholic forum.

    On a side note,
    While many old people tend to be very religious, just as many old people have no interest in the church and what it stands for anymore, they believe in a god but not the catholic church. So its sort of unfair to tar all old people the same.


  • #21
    TheIrishGrover
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    I go the night before. No a believer but some in my family are so I think of it as just part of the tradition. No problem with people going or not going just as long as they don't enforce their beliefs on others: "Oh you MUST go because it's the core meaning of Christmas/What kind of sheep are you to go to listen to those peados"

    I think it's just a nice tradition and part of the whole package.


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  • #22
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,885 ✭✭✭Allinall


    I'm going to go now out of spite.


  • #23
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    The way I look at it is if you go to those Churches at any time, you're basically forgiving these f**kers for sexually abusing and murdering generations of our kids. They tried to cover it up, right up to the top of the organisation, and yet you'll go into their dens and pay respect to all of their bullsh*t. Ridiculous.


  • #24
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    There are no mince pies or mulled wine, there's nowhere to do a bit of shopping, nobody exchanges gifts. Churches don't have any chimneys for Santa to get down and on that note, they don't even have any Santa pictures or decorations. They don't even stick Die Hard on a projector. What has mass got to do with Christmas really?


  • #25
    realdanbreen
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    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    I can't believe people even post things about Mass in 2016. I can understand old people going, but anyone who can use the internet at this stage should have more sense ffs.
    Then again I see the OP is Mod of Waterford City, maybe it's still a bit backwards outside of Dublin when it comes to religion etc.

    Yeah I mean Dubs are so progressive and smart. A bit strange though that dubs pay more for houses, drink, insurance, spend hours per week in traffic jams, have high crime rates, than the 'backward' folk in the country do.


  • #26
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,311 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    The way I look at it is if you go to those Churches at any time, you're basically forgiving these f**kers for sexually abusing and murdering generations of our kids. They tried to cover it up, right up to the top of the organisation, and yet you'll go into their dens and pay respect to all of their bullsh*t. Ridiculous.

    You sound desperately bitter.


  • #27
    TheIrishGrover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,778 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    Was a nice thread while it lasted Cabaal. Surprised it lasted as long as it did


  • #28
    realdanbreen
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    Sleepy wrote: »
    LOL. no, weddings and funerals only.

    Is that not a bit hypocritical? If you are a non believer you should'nt go near a church at all.


  • #29
    Renegade Mechanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,928 ✭✭✭Renegade Mechanic


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    The way I look at it is if you go to those Churches at any time, you're basically forgiving these f**kers for sexually abusing and murdering generations of our kids. They tried to cover it up, right up to the top of the organisation, and yet you'll go into their dens and pay respect to all of their bullsh*t. Ridiculous.

    Jesus, don't buy any fuel so, half the money there tends to go to countries that have raped and killed more kiddies than the Catholic Church could dream of raping and killing, lol. And I sure hope you're not wearing anything from Primark! :D


  • #30
    Lux23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭Lux23


    Nope, I have very few memories of attending mass at Christmas. Even when I went as a child I don't think I went to mass at Christmas.


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  • #31
    Turtyturd
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    realdanbreen wrote: »
    Yeah I mean Dubs are so progressive and smart. A bit strange though that dubs pay more for houses, drink, insurance, spend hours per week in traffic jams, have high crime rates, than the 'backward' folk in the country do.

    The original comment was fairly stupid but well done you topped it.


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