I notice parents force their kids who are all grown up to go to church..and when they do go...the kids dont seem to participate or care about anything that goes on during the sermon... Are the parents shoving God down their throats? ....is the kids going just because the parents say to go MEANINGLESS?
Anonymous
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You can't force anyone to worship. You can force a kid to sit at church but you can't force them to pray. Prayer and worship is something done inside and between the person and God. So a kid can close their eyes and pretend to worship, but they may not be doing it at all. Same for an adult who feels pressured to go to church.
But you are talking about adults. An adult can say no and stay home. Any adult going to church because a parent asks is doing it for the parent, not God. Again they are not really worshiping. They are just going through the motions and God is not being shoved down their throats.
Anonymous
About 30 years ago when I was in high school, the Church that my parents started going to at the time was always bothering me to start going there including my mom. I had a choice and back then I had no interest at all in going. Fast forward about 15 years and I decided to try a Church and if I like it that I would start going. I don't force anyone to go as I faithfully go to Church every Sunday as I have been doing for close to the last 15 years! No this is not the same Church that my parents were going to back in the late 80s early 90s. Sometimes a person is better off discovering it on their own as I wished that I started going to my current Church years sooner!
Alan H
Grown ups cannot be forced. They are not puppets.
Patricia
What are "all grown up" kids? You didn't mention any ages.
Until i moved out of my mother's house, i went to church with her on Sunday. She wanted me to go and even if i am an atheist, i went. Why? Because my mom didn't ask for much and it didnt kill me to spend an hour or two with her on a sunday morning. I'm not a christian, i couldn't care less about religion but i cared about my mom. She's dead now and im glad i spent that time with her.
Kris
I'm sure lots of people go to church because their parents want them to go. Whether that's right or wrong, that's on the adult kids to make that decision.