Does that make me a bad person?

You sound like a good person to me, so I don't see how going to church would make you a better person. A person is good in the inside, and because of doing good actions, not because going to church or any other religious place

You know sweetie, for others to start influencing our life's, especially parents, we can get a bit hard in the butt. I don't go to church as i was always forced to go. That ticked me off, but it doesn't make me a bad person and i still believe. Now, smile, be yourself and enjoy your life. TATA.

rajaiv no I sure do not think that not going to church makes you a bad person if you live a decent and kind life. Find a christian church you feel comfortable and go when you feel like it.I think if we live like Christ admonished us to that not going to church is not making you a bad person at all.

Hi raja. If your bad then I'm bad myself. i rarely go to church. i try to see things as clearly as possible. i know god understands what we are going through. dont' worry just take it one step at a time.

You do not go to Doctor if you are not already ill. Not taking treatment will not make you sick. Only those who suffer from malady of discontentment go to Church. They go there because they are spiritually sick. If you are helping others, are friendly, you are generous then you are spiritually healthy. You can say your prayers anywhere and for that, you need not go to Church. Churches are community centers. People go there to show they are religious. They go there to gossip and talk ill of others. They say their confessions, come back, and commit the same sin again. Those who do not want to take the trouble to read the Bible depend on the priest to explain to them what is written there. I quest after God; I read the Bible and try to understand the word of God myself. I do not depend on priest to explain the meaning of God. I take care of my own morals and do not wait for the priest to do that. Holy Spirit is ever in my heart and it tells me what I must do and what I must not do.

Well I guess we had the same experienced. I also seldom go to church this year and my mother keep telling me that it is bad to not go to church and it makes me feel more that I am bad. I don't know if that is bad enough but I make sure that I pray every now and then and that as much as possible I am communicating with the Lord and thank him for another day and for the blessing I received.

Are you a Christian?

Hi rajaiv: I think that going to church doesn't makes people good or bad but it's good that you attend to church because this makes you feel more connected with your own religion and with your beleives. If you don't do this you couls start experimentating doubts just as you mention so I think that going to church is good reaffirmate your beleives. I would advice you to talk with a priest and tell him your feelings and your spiritual situation before attending another Christian service. Thanks for sharing with us this problem. Have a nice day. ALVARO

Wheather or not you go or don't do to church makes no bearing on the kind of person you are. Sure church is a great place to find fellowship amd be reminded of the word of God but you can also find this information anywhere you look in life. As long as you walk and carry yourself with the spirit of God in your heart and do His work as He would ask you to do then fear not. I would much rather be a good Christian (one who will get out and change the world for the better) than be a God fearing Christian (one that thinks they must go to church). The Lord has never desired to be feared, He simply wants the betterment of his world.

I don't think it makes you a bad person. There are many people who go to church. However, there are people who just go, because they feel obligated and they only go to it, so they can feel at ease with themselves. Yet they really act nothing like a good person of their religion would the rest of that week. That really does tend to cheapen religions a lot of the time. Plus these days, religions tend to be fixated some of the time with what is wrong with other religions, instead of why you should follow them. Not all of the time, but it is out there.

Not at all. If you are a positive person with good thoughts and actions that you may never go to church. It is just a place, nothing else.

To answer your question. No, not going to church will make you a bad person. Sometimes those who does are the ones who are bad. I had a schoolmate whom I always go to school with since we live near each others. Her mom and cousin goes to church everyday, and attend mass every morning.. but uses cuss words to their maids. So, not going to mass wont make you a bad person.

Hi, rajaiv0810 This does not make you a bad person just for not going to church. And another I use to go to church everyday but then when i was growing up i quit going but now i am now trying to find a good church for me and my husband to attend. I use to be Catholic but when i married my husband i changed my religion to Christian because this is what i wanted to do. my husband religion is Christian and i for one did not feel bad in changing my religion. And don't let anyone make you feel bad just because you want to change your religion, there is nothing wrong with that, Whenever you feel ready to go to church then you do that ok.

Well, yes and no. No, you aren't "bad" if you don't go to church; but you ARE different (in mind) than the other sheep if you do not follow the herd. And--by now--they are ALL sheep: the leaders, the parents, all of them. We must be led by someone/something that is greater than we are and yet is humble enough to be one among us. Failing that (i.e. when we don't know which old 'ram' is the one following the shepherd), we follow 'The Holy Spirit' (which can only guide us as he hears from Jesus Christ and Our Father ['Abba' was the only other name I remember Jesus giving Our Father]). The Greek that's translated 'church' means "called-out ones." Your call-from-God is different than the one your mother hears; I can't say why, The Spirit does not tell me that.