bored has left a new comment on your post "Lito Cruz, PhD - On Smells and Bells Lutherans":
I think the Smells and Bells contingent is just as motivated by Agenda as the Popcornites. Agendizing Christianity, regardless of what agenda, is the problem.
No one would mind real reverence, but when practices invented in the 8th century are thrust upon us, and we are told this is the only way to be reverent, then I ask "what's your agenda?"
Singing the Latin words of the Liturgy while everyone else sings English does not make you Holier. It makes you annoying.
You walk back to your seat after communion with closed eyes and bowed head, with your folded hands at arms length. You get an A for effort, but I think your holy-ometer was permanently damaged that time you bashed your knee into the radiator and nearly fell over.
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GJ - I used to see Roman Catholic tabloid ads about worshiping with the Fourth Century Syrians. Buy the package! I would hear nuns at Notre Dame say, "Did you go to the 9:45 AM Mass? Wasn't that great?"
Performance.
