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Ah, Christmas Mass....

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  • #52
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    No way am I sitting in a church listening to non nonsensical babble for upwards of an hour.
    Screw Catholicism and it's primitive ways.


  • #53
    highlydebased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,470 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Midnight mass is nice enough. Usually tired enough to enter into micro-bursts of sleep. Hence it all passes very quickly...

    Pity midnight mass is not on in many churches anymore


  • #54
    thefinalstage
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    My the hell do people go to mass at Christmas and not any other time of the year. It should be either go all the time or not at all. Lazy bastards.


  • #55
    skelliser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    well im just back from mass, pretty drunk goin in there, if i didnt go the old pair would be annoyed.
    i have to say it goes alot faster when your pi$$ed!!! ;)


  • #56
    Webmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    skelliser wrote:
    i have to say it goes alot faster when your pi$$ed!!!
    That must be why my local priest goes in pi$$ed as well then.


  • #57
    daveirl
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  • #58
    Taters
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    I have to. :'[ Pretty much everyone in the family does.
    But I'm not going to let those priests brainwash me! :mad:


  • #59
    thefinalstage
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    daveirl wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Fair enough.


  • #60
    JC 2K3
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    A quote from my dad when we were walking in: "Sit in the middle of the row so you won't have to give up your seat for any old people".

    Ah Christmas, the time of charity and goodwill :p


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  • #61
    Dudess
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    :d Ah damn, why does the green smiley sometimes only show as ":d". No meaning can be deduced from ":d"!


  • #62
    mise_me_fein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 668 ✭✭✭mise_me_fein


    Mossy Monk wrote: »
    I never go during the rest of the year. Why would I or anyone like me go tonight or tomorrow? I find it all to be a bit hypocritical to attend.

    Hypocritical, do you celebrate Christmas?


  • #63
    Cheeky_gal
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    aaah I suppose it could have been worse. I did have a good old laugh at the "if you are interested in trying out for the choir" bit at the end though...i'm sorry but old people cannot sing. :D


  • #64
    smemon
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    Have mass over with myself now :D

    Now i can focus on the things that make Christmas what it is..

    Presents, drink, food and laziness.

    No way would i give up Christmas day for mass, it would ruin the day for me.

    Bandwagon catholic here myself. I go to weddings/funerals/confirmations etc.. Christmas mass is just another one of those things that has to be done.

    I was just thinking there in mass, how about the church introduces performance related pay? That way there's an incentive for the priests to put in more energy and get the crowd onside...

    I'd go for the entertainment/atmosphere is a knew one of those singing and dancing american guys were performing :D


  • #65
    projectmayhem
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    mise_me_fein wrote: »
    Hypocritical, do you celebrate Christmas?

    that question was put to me recently.

    yeah, i do celebrate christmas, in that i buy presents for loved ones, and receive them. enjoy a nice hearty meal etc. etc.

    but i don't go to mass.

    i celebrate christmas, the national holiday. not the birth of jesus.


  • #66
    P_1
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    Haven't been inside a church in years, now hopefully I can enjoy my day off tomorrow in peace complete with lie in and a lack of annoying relatives


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  • #67
    TPD
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    I'd rather disect my own testicles.

    Thats a bit extreme, I'd sit through an hour of boredom sooner than cause intentional pain on my family jewels. More than just pain, basically crippled for life. Jaysus you dont value your little round men very much.


  • #68
    Gran Hermano
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    Must say I'm shocked at the number of people here who go visit the church
    on Christmas day just to keep their parents happy. I seriously can't understand
    why anyone over the age of 18 would do so, reckon there's a few Boardsies
    who'll have to add "Grow a pair" to their New Year's resolutions. ;)


  • #69
    Soby
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    i didnt find it to bad year[celbridge]priest did a nice version of "hes got the whole world in his hands" with da kids,got a phone call of santa and spoke of a boy who drew a picture of a man in a plane flying over the the crib where jesus is being born.who is the man?none other than Pontius the pilot(Pilate):D..Was infact also the only thing that made it feel like xmas for me..Havent had much to get excited about tbh


  • #70
    JC 2K3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,794 ✭✭✭JC 2K3


    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    Must say I'm shocked at the number of people here who go visit the church
    on Christmas day just to keep their parents happy. I seriously can't understand
    why anyone over the age of 18 would do so, reckon there's a few Boardsies
    who'll have to add "Grow a pair" to their New Year's resolutions. ;)
    Sitting through an hour of muttering and singing is hardly something worth taking a stand over. I for one respect the fact that my parents enjoy benign traditions and wouldn't kick up a fuss that could cause them to be upset.

    I mean, if you didn't feel like eating when Christmas dinner was being served and didn't really believe in eating with people at set times, would you vehemently oppose eating at at that time?


  • #71
    mise_me_fein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 668 ✭✭✭mise_me_fein


    projectmayhem wrote: »
    that question was put to me recently.

    yeah, i do celebrate christmas, in that i buy presents for loved ones, and receive them. enjoy a nice hearty meal etc. etc.

    but i don't go to mass.

    i celebrate christmas, the national holiday. not the birth of jesus.

    Ok, fair enough. A lot of people do what you do, but it is still hypocritical.


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  • #72
    mise_me_fein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 668 ✭✭✭mise_me_fein


    JC 2K3 wrote: »
    Sitting through an hour of muttering and singing is hardly something worth taking a stand over. I for one respect the fact that my parents enjoy benign traditions and wouldn't kick up a fuss that could cause them to be upset.

    I mean, if you didn't feel like eating when Christmas dinner was being served and didn't really believe in eating with people at set times, would you vehemently oppose eating at at that time?

    Totally agree with this comment. I don't mind going to Mass at all on Christmas, and as it pleases my parents and my grandmother I don't see what the problem is.

    The view on the boards here is predominantly from people that are either atheists or at least non Catholics. Some of the comments are pretty offensive to anyone that is a strong Catholic. I guess anything goes on some things and on other issues, even other religions it's like walking on eggshells.


  • #73
    Nightwish
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    My mother asked me to bring my brother to mass. He doesnt want to go any more than I do, so we'll probably drive around town for half an hour or so.


  • #74
    Ciaran500
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    mise_me_fein wrote: »
    Ok, fair enough. A lot of people do what you do, but it is still hypocritical.
    No its not, our winter celebrations just happen to fall on the 25th December. Theres nothing religious about it at all in our house.


  • #75
    JohnCleary
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    does watching it on tv count?


  • #76
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    I've got better things to do than go to mass. Like scratching my arse or picking my nose.


  • #77
    Pythia
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    Well I'm not Catholic, so no Mass for me.
    Was thinking of going to a service but up too late!


  • #78
    l3rian
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    i think i was 14 when i finally grew a pair and refused to go

    jesus is a myth anyway :p


  • #79
    projectmayhem
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    mise_me_fein wrote: »
    Ok, fair enough. A lot of people do what you do, but it is still hypocritical.

    why is it hypocritical? i'm not celebrating the birth of jesus. i'm celebrating a public holiday. lets face it, christmas isn't about christ anymore...
    Nightwish wrote: »
    My mother asked me to bring my brother to mass. He doesnt want to go any more than I do, so we'll probably drive around town for half an hour or so.

    would you not go somewhere cool? granted nothing's open... except spar...


  • #80
    daveirl
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #81
    LegacyUser
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    I'm just shocked by how disrespectful people are towards the Catholic religion in this thread...regardless of whether you believe in it or not.

    Are you that unhappy with your physical appearance/the size of your nose/your pathetic life in general that makes you so bitter towards something that is there if you choose to accept it? Don't be so rude as to say "i'd rather scratch my arse" or "cut my balls off" than go to mass because it just reflect badly on you as a human being.


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  • #82
    MagicMarker
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    cheesedude wrote: »
    I'm just shocked by how disrespectful people are towards the Catholic religion in this thread...regardless of whether you believe in it or not.

    Are you that unhappy with your physical appearance/the size of your nose/your pathetic life in general that makes you so bitter towards something that is there if you choose to accept it? Don't be so rude as to say "i'd rather scratch my arse" or "cut my balls off" than go to mass because it just reflect badly on you as a human being.
    My god you spout an awful lot of bollox.


  • #83
    Webmonkey
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    cheesedude wrote: »
    I'm just shocked by how disrespectful people are towards the Catholic religion in this thread...regardless of whether you believe in it or not.

    Are you that unhappy with your physical appearance/the size of your nose/your pathetic life in general that makes you so bitter towards something that is there if you choose to accept it? Don't be so rude as to say "i'd rather scratch my arse" or "cut my balls off" than go to mass because it just reflect badly on you as a human being.
    ha ha! :rolleyes:


  • #84
    LegacyUser
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    My god you spout an awful lot of bollox.

    I'm convinced your secretly a manic depressant...don't take it out on a religion just because you hate your life.


  • #85
    Cheeky_gal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Cheeky_gal


    cheesedude wrote: »
    I'm convinced your secretly a manic depressant...don't take it out on a religion just because you hate your life.

    ha ha! Too funny....


  • #86
    GhostInTheRuins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    cheesedude wrote: »
    I'm just shocked by how disrespectful people are towards the Catholic religion in this thread...regardless of whether you believe in it or not.

    Are you that unhappy with your physical appearance/the size of your nose/your pathetic life in general that makes you so bitter towards something that is there if you choose to accept it? Don't be so rude as to say "i'd rather scratch my arse" or "cut my balls off" than go to mass because it just reflect badly on you as a human being.

    :rolleyes:

    yeah that's all - :rolleyes:


  • #87
    Webmonkey
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    D.T. Jesus wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    yeah that's all - :rolleyes:
    yep +1


  • #88
    MagicMarker
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    cheesedude wrote: »
    I'm convinced your secretly a manic depressant...don't take it out on a religion just because you hate your life.
    I wouldn't be a very good manic depressant if I stopped now would I? Don't wanna let the side down ya dig?


  • #89
    cooperguy
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    I actually enjoy the christmas mass believe it or not. Mainly because the Choir are AMAZING. Some serious work must go into it for that day. Its definatly not like most choirs where if you have a note in your head you can join!


  • #90
    Cheeky_gal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Cheeky_gal


    cooperguy wrote: »
    I actually enjoy the christmas mass believe it or not. Mainly because the Choir are AMAZING. Some serious work must go into it for that day. Its definatly not like most choirs where if you have a note in your head you can join!

    ha ha ha....are you gay by any chance?


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  • #91
    thefinalstage
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    Cheeky_gal wrote: »
    ha ha ha....are you gay by any chance?

    Direct hit, critical damage!


  • #92
    daveirl
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #93
    LegacyUser
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    daveirl wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Because some people believe in it and it's courteous and correct to respect people and their beliefs maybe?


  • #94
    Webmonkey
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    cheesedude wrote: »
    Because some people believe in it and it's courteous and correct to respect people and their beliefs maybe?
    Fair enough. Keep it to yourself so.

    I don't see any problem with someone saying they would rather scratch their arse than go to mass. They're his beliefs so don't go disrespecting them by saying they reflect badly on him as a human being.

    Anyways this is gone off topic enough.


  • #95
    JC 2K3
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    cheesedude wrote: »
    Because some people believe in it and it's courteous and correct to respect people and their beliefs maybe?
    The right to believe in whatever you like should be respected, there's no reason the beliefs themselves should be respected.


  • #96
    LegacyUser
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    Webmonkey wrote: »
    Fair enough. Keep it to yourself so.

    I don't see any problem with someone saying they would rather scratch their arse than go to mass. They're his beliefs so don't go disrespecting them by saying they reflect badly on him as a human being.

    Anyways this is gone off topic enough.

    It's disrespectful and rude to be honest...but that's not my problem if your ignorant.
    JC 2K3 wrote: »
    The right to believe in whatever you like should be respected, there's no reason the beliefs themselves should be respected.

    Yes but people believe in mass and attend if they want to, for someone to come in and start mouthing off about any religion is ignorant and that person should go live in a pig sty.


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  • #97
    MagicMarker
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    cheesedude wrote: »
    It's disrespectful and rude to be honest...but that's not my problem if your ignorant.



    Yes but people believe in mass and attend if they want to, for someone to come in and start mouthing off about any religion is ignorant and that person should go live in a pig sty.
    Is the air thin up there on your high horse?


  • #98
    LegacyUser
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Is the air thin up there on your high horse?

    Dude i'm not into men...leave me alone


  • #99
    herbieflowers
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    yeah he's into cheese, he's a cheesedude :rolleyes:


  • #100
    LegacyUser
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    herbieflowers wrote: »
    yeah he's into cheese, he's a cheesedude :rolleyes:

    Thanks for that herpies...so do you go to mass or do you think you'd rather scratch your arse?


  • #101
    herbieflowers
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    no I don't go to mass (I used to many moons ago), but I don't resent the Catholic church or their beliefs...wouldn't say I'd rather scratch my arse, maybe play Pro Evo or watch Twin Peaks...


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