That’s what I thought church was all about when I was a little kid. By the age of 8 I knew it was a boatload of crap as there were more mean people in church than nice and friendly ones. Even when they introduced 360 degree handshaking, it still felt contrived.
Yeah. One day in the middle of mass everyone started shaking hands with the person on their right, pew ahead, their left and pew behind. It freaked me out the first time I experienced it. All of the pained smiles. This started in early to mid seventies. I don’t know if they still do it. It was a small town roman catholic venue.
That’s what I thought church was all about when I was a little kid. By the age of 8 I knew it was a boatload of crap as there were more mean people in church than nice and friendly ones. Even when they introduced 360 degree handshaking, it still felt contrived.
I learned at a very young age that church’s real purpose is to make shitty people feel better about themselves.
360° handshaking? Wut?
Yeah. One day in the middle of mass everyone started shaking hands with the person on their right, pew ahead, their left and pew behind. It freaked me out the first time I experienced it. All of the pained smiles. This started in early to mid seventies. I don’t know if they still do it. It was a small town roman catholic venue.
That sounds like stepford wife shit. Sorry you had to deal with it.