Do you attend religious services?

[Brazen]

Not religious and do not attend religious services.  But my old school was a religious school and every student had to attend morning assemblies.  We sang a hymn every day and recited the Lord's prayer.  Also did church services twice every year, just before Christmas and Easter.  The majority of students and teachers were atheists but everybody went along.

That's pretty much the same as my school. Though I did have additional obligations due to singing in the choir.

[The Brain]

Not religious, occasionally.

[Valmy]

Yes and yes.

[viper37]

I thought about making a US/non-US split, but I didn't want to inflate the options even more.

Me: Not religious, not attending services.

I usually don't attend services, unless it is for funeral, marriages and other stuff like that.

[Zanza]

Not religious. Weddings and funerals. I used to go to the Holy Eve mass as there was organ music and the boys choir to listen to and sing along. That gave a festive mood, but somehow we did not go in the last few years.

[11B4V]

No and no

[DontSayBanana]

Not religious, no.  I'm not particularly opposed to going for things like weddings or funerals, but the majority of the ones I attend are either non-religious or only tangentially religious (as in, say, a token religious officiant offering a prayer or two as part of a vastly secular ceremony).

[MadImmortalMan]

Parents brought me constantly as a kid, but I don't go now. I don't get anything out of it. Some people like the group dynamic, and that's fine for them I guess. Plus, you can tell they tailor the services toward a particular demographic for business reasons and I am not in that demo.

Once in a great while, usually on vacation, I find an empty catholic church with the doors open and sit in there for a while. I like that about the papists. Our churches lock the door as soon as service is over.

[MadImmortalMan]

Oh this is funny: The last church service I attended was while visiting my sis in law in Phoenix. It's a huge church with five or so different campuses. One pastor. We went to the place, a huge auditorium with adjacent event facilities, playgrounds and whatnot. Maybe a school. They had their own bands and everything, but when it came time to hear the sermon, the dude came up on a screen.

He was preaching his sermon to all the campuses via videoconference. I don't think he was actually at any of them. I asked my sis why she needs to go to church when you can just log in to the webcam and hear the service. "For the experience." The audience was 85% female. So I guess if you're a single religious dude there could be a point to it.

[Valmy]

Sad to see the Church of Jaronianity has faded so much over the years.

[Valmy]

Oh this is funny: The last church service I attended was while visiting my sis in law in Phoenix. It's a huge church with five or so different campuses. One pastor. We went to the place, a huge auditorium with adjacent event facilities, playgrounds and whatnot. Maybe a school. They had their own bands and everything, but when it came time to hear the sermon, the dude came up on a screen.

He was preaching his sermon to all the campuses via videoconference. I don't think he was actually at any of them. I asked my sis why she needs to go to church when you can just log in to the webcam and hear the service. "For the experience." The audience was 85% female. So I guess if you're a single religious dude there could be a point to it.

Though I have to say religion is partially a social experience. For some reason it is more intense when you are part of a mob. Burning heretics alone is just not the same.

[DGuller]

It can still be fun by yourself.

[The Brain]

It can still be fun by yourself.

[Hamilcar]

I worship at the Temple of Reason.

[Valmy]

I worship at the Temple of Reason.