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		<title>Religion, Worship, and Disco Balls</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, my father and I went to Minnesota this past weekend, visiting friends of the family. Out of respect to them, we went to church with them on the Sunday we left. The church we went to appears to be the new focal point, a HQ if you will, for the five congregations they have. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, my father and I went to Minnesota this past weekend, visiting friends of the family. Out of respect to them, we went to church with them on the Sunday we left. The church we went to appears to be the new focal point, a HQ if you will, for the five congregations they have. I felt nothing especially &#8220;holy&#8221; upon approaching or entering this building. In fact, the circulation and other non-worship areas felt not unlike a Holiday Inn. The only real unique characteristic of the building is that it&#8217;s <em>big</em>. It&#8217;s massive. It&#8217;s like someone dumped a crapload of bricks there. Moving on to the Great Hall, this is where most of my beef is had. Before I start discussion, let&#8217;s start with <a href="/media/nh2.jpg">Two</a> <a href="/media/nh3.jpg">pics</a> of the interior. Notice on the first pic (nh2.jpg), near the top: a disco ball. Just in case you didn&#8217;t catch it, let me reiterate: <strong><em>*A DISCO BALL*</em></strong>. Since when did church services need a disco ball to preach the gospel? Oh, for flashy gimmicks to keep the attention of a bunch of people who can&#8217;t summon a solid hour per week of focus for their immortal soul? Please. If I&#8217;m going into a Christian place of worship for regular services, they ought to at least partially expect that I&#8217;ve accepted Christ as my Messiah. Leave the sales pitch to the missionaries. If care what happens after I die, I&#8217;m going to be able to stay awake. </p>
<p>Obpoorcaranalogy: If I&#8217;m going to bring in my car to the dealer for regular maintenance, I want the dealer spending their time making sure my car is in tip-top shape, not trying to sell it to me over again. </p>
<p>In other words, if I&#8217;m going to be awake before noon for something on Sunday morning, chances are I&#8217;m already convinced about it. Also, please take note of the seating in both pictures. Notice the arcs of the seating areas. The seating also is theatre style seating, with the flip-up seat and arm rests. Again, this seems to be gearing the church more for entertainment than religion. The inclusion of several large projection screens draws attention away from the minister, and the two crosses in the hall feel to be afterthoughts, just elements tacked in to remind people that the location they&#8217;re at is in fact a church. I don&#8217;t feel like this is a &#8220;place of God&#8221;, I feel like it&#8217;s the Sunday matinee. And I&#8217;ll save the rants on what a church ought to be and how I disagree with how services were conducted here for another day.</p>
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