i visited city harvest!!!!!!!!
went down to city harvest today for one of the sessions.decided that i couldn't say i like or dislike the church or its pple if i dun understand their workings....
the church is really crowded! like horribly crowded!
pple turn up in the thousands....
and now i realise why these teens are so devoted...cos their underground hall or main auditorium is built like some tv prod site...and they literally had a rock concert going on !!!!!! gosh! not like your usual church where there is statue of jesus on the cross and wooden benches...and holy choir boys...there's a band w drums, guitars, keyboard piano, trumpets!!!!
even the way the pastor preaches is different (for lack of a better word) ... or unconventional.
a pastor in cowboy get up and sprouts hokkien now and then.
and when they sing, you can see so much conviction on everybody's faces (there's several cameras rolling and a huge screen in the audi. and the sessions are broadcasted on asia network) pple jumping and singing at the top of their lungs...
and yest, i finally realised why...these pple are fanatics!!!!! its not so much trying to get membership, but rather they are taught that areas without god is as good as hell, and they see it upon them to save others from the "clutches" of hell, so they go about preaching...while i was in there, i witnessed such fervent faith like never before!!! pple singing at the top of their lungs to god. and even when the pastor speaks, there are pple taking notes! constantly shouting "yes!!!" "wow!!!" "hallelujah!!!" as if his words is equivalent to god's words!!!!!!!! 0_o
in today's session, the pastor talked about being a big peson. in 10 ways. quite interesting to hear...but nearly died in there cos he took like 2-3 hrs!! the things he talked about are some things that are already cultivated in us...
like forgiving and forgetting, to be humble, tolerance towards other's ...blah blah...jus that he put it in such a way that its gods words...hallelujah
i use to think the pple are fanatics, and i still think they are cos they go "yes!" "hallelujah!!" "wow!!" constantly as the pastor talks! almost as if he is god himself and agrees w everything he says!!!!!!
i'm not saying they shdn't believe, or whatever he says is nonsense but not to that extent right??
pardon me but to a certain extent its almost like a cult!!!!!!!!!! yikes!
oh and yes they do speak in tongue...i was sooooooo frightened when they started to talk in tongue! nearly wanted to run out of that place if not for the fact that i was sitted in the middle of the whole row and have to run up several flights of stairs and have to whole audi look at me....
i dun understand why, even after my fren tried to explain, they speak in tongue. and i dun think i'll ever understand...but its freaky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i guess compared to other religions, they are more vocal and active...generally all religions preaches the same teachings! jus that they come in different forms...so why can't we all be more tolerant of each other?
anyway, glad i went down and experience for myself...now i can say confidently i dun think i'll be converting soon enough...i'm comfortable with the temple and the joss stick stinging my eyes...hee...
posted by pearlewurly @ 2/14/2005 12:32:00 am
