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How often you go to church/read the bible?

Depends on what you mean by "Church" IF you mean a Building that one goes to every sunday, well I'd say 2-3 sundays a month (sometimes I sleep in >_>)

But if you mean how often do I meet with fellow believers (As I believe THAT is the Church) then I'd say 4-5 days a week ^^;

I would like to read my Bible more than I do... >_> I'm lazy when it comes to that, and I know that I want to be reading God's word more.

But let's not be hasty and put too much emphasis on "Going to Church and reading the Bible." What God wants with all of us is a relationship not a religious "Gotta do this! OR I'm NOT GOOD enough!!!!11"

^^;

How often you go to church?
Once a week - Sunday evening service

How often do you read the Bible?
Not often enough.

I go to church every week/almost daily/every day. XD
I read the Bible sporadically. I'm currently making it a habit again. For some reason the more time I spend in the TD arena forum the more I read... XP

I don't read my Bible much but that's because I feel like I've been reading the thing my entire life. I get tired of it, you know?

I only go to church a few times a week because...well, I don't like church all that much, and my husband usually can't go with me because of his work schedule, so...yeah.

Edit: Few times a week? I must've been really tired when I wrote that. I meant few times a YEAR.

I go to church once almost every Sunday night. I have some good friends at my current church, but I don't really feel connected with the church as a whole. I plan on church hunting sometime soon, but it depends on when I'll be able to find my own method of transportation.

I don't read the Bible as often as I'd like to. I used to read every day, but I've slacked off lately. I need to get back into reading as much as I should.

There's lots of great stuff within the Bible, I just find it difficult to get into. Many of the stories are overly familiar (because I've known them all my life), others I don't understand what's being said or their revelance to everyday life. I'm not fond of the biblical time period and can handle only so much before I find it dull and lifeless. Finally, I don't like the writing style of the Bible. I prefer a consistent narrative where you read from begining to end and can put yourself in the shoes of characters. The Bible's not like that.

By the way, the amount of times one goes to church does not equate to the number of times one reads the Bible (and that doesn't equate to the amount of time you spend dwelling on God or talking to him). I don't go to church because I don't fit in there and it will only lead to needless drama... it's healthier for both of us in the long run. I used to go a lot in the past, but we began to clash more and more over time, I tried to ignore it as much as I could, but eventually had to just let it go. I wasn't building friendships and it simply became a ritual without any meaning or purpose.

As this thread is in general, I think it's worth giving a friendly reminder not to delve into theology here. We're all still kind of getting used to this new forum layout after all.

I typically go to church every Sunday morning, but certainly don't feel bad if I miss a week for whatever reason. I live on-campus of a Bible college, so I'm constantly communing with fellow Christ-followers. Half of my homework comes directly from reading the Bible and making sense of it for myself, journaling through the text, analyzing the text, depending on the class sometimes interpreting the text, applying the text to daily living, etc. etc. etc. So yeah. I'm in the Bible most every day for class and for leisure and for personal growth. My mentor has personally called me a "Bible nerd" because I love reading Scripture outside of my requirements of school. Add on top of that Chapel and small groups where we get to dive deeper to the Word...ahh...I love it here. <3

I live in a church.

And I try to read my Bible every night. Sometimes I forget, though.

Once every million billion years for both. Probably because I don't have a reader-friendly Bible (the KJV is NOT readable if you haven't been trained or raised to read it. I'm not kidding. I attempted to read it for the first time when I was 13. Again when I was 20. Not. Happening.). And because my parents could never decide on a church. And now I'm moved and still can't find one.

I go to church every Sunday. It's been put off since the pastor and his family have been sick though. I don't read my Bible very much though, unfortunately.

(the KJV is NOT readable if you haven't been trained or raised to read it. I'm not kidding. I attempted to read it for the first time when I was 13. Again when I was 20. Not. Happening.)

We found a copy of an original 1611 copy of the Bible (at Walmart- go figure). Now that's a trip. Except for some spelling is just about identical to today's KJV.

Shao Feng-Li (post: 1471956) wrote:We found a copy of an original 1611 copy of the Bible (at Walmart- go figure). Now that's a trip. Except for some spelling is just about identical to today's KJV.

I would expect that, but it's written in pre-Shakespearian English, and Shakespeare can be a tough nut to crack when you're not used to reading it. Spelling aside, it's the vocabulary and syntax that presents the issues.

I dunno. We started using KJV when I was a bit older. I never had a problem reading it. But I also liked the old fashions style, so that probably helped XD

Shao Feng-Li (post: 1471956) wrote:We found a copy of an original 1611 copy of the Bible (at Walmart- go figure). Now that's a trip. Except for some spelling is just about identical to today's KJV.

Wait, you found that at a WALMART? I wouldn't imagine that kind of product at a walmart, so no offense, but I highly believe it was either copied/fake.

By "copy" do you mean "reprint"?

And yeah, the KJV is not my favorite version to read.

Since this summer I've been trying to go every Sunday, and although its been kinda hard I feel like I finally reached my goal. ^^ (I do tend to oversleep sometimes though).

I guess it helps a lot that my church is awesome, if I wouldn't liked it there it would been impossible.

It all honestly I've only been to church once so far this year and that was a month or two ago. Things have gotten in the way or I've just felt to sick or tired to get out of bed since the services are in the morning. It probably doesn't help that due to my anti-social behavior I actually dread going, I'm afraid. I know, that makes perfectly no sense whatsoever. It's something I need to work on getting over. Once I get into the groove of things I'll probably go every other Sunday as I also volunter at a cat shelter sometimes on Sundays. I read 5 chapters out of my Bible every day, though every now and then I do forget. Most often on weekends.

TheMewster (post: 1471972) wrote:Wait, you found that at a WALMART? I wouldn't imagine that kind of product at a walmart, so no offense, but I highly believe it was either copied/fake.

Oh crap, yeah. A reprint XD It's a nice photocopy of one that's like 300 years old or so. The script is hard to read.

Shao Feng-Li wrote:We found a copy of an original 1611 copy of the Bible

That sounds pretty cool, since most KJVs cut out the Deuterocanonical books like Tobit and Maccabees. It's kind of funny since most people who prefer the KJV probably wouldn't want those books in there despite them being in the 1611 version. XP

To answer the question, I read from the Bible occasionally (though not as much as I should), and I don't really go to church (because I don't much care for the churches around here).

TopazRaven (post: 1471992) wrote:It all honestly I've only been to church once so far this year and that was a month or two ago. Things have gotten in the way or I've just felt to sick or tired to get out of bed since the services are in the morning. It probably doesn't help that due to my anti-social behavior I actually dread going, I'm afraid. I know, that makes perfectly no sense whatsoever. It's something I need to work on getting over. Once I get into the groove of things I'll probably go every other Sunday as I also volunter at a cat shelter sometimes on Sundays. I read 5 chapters out of my Bible every day, though every now and then I do forget. Most often on weekends.

That's just like my mom except she doesn't read her Bible. God bless you!

Now that my family has found a church again, we're going every week. It's been around two years since we were in a church, so it feels good.

And for a while now, I've been reading about two chapters of the Bible every morning. But I read all the notes, and it takes forever, so I'm thinking of cutting back to one chapter. I don't want to skip the notes, either. I know reading the notes helps me understand the context of what's going on and other stuff, and it's interesting, but I'm already a slow reader and reading the notes makes me take probably twice as long to read a passage. >_<;;

I feel that simply stating, that my relationships with God and people are great, will suffice.


For me, I'd rather not boast what I do for God, others, or myself. These things are between God and I. Sorry CAAans.

ADXC (post: 1472266) wrote:I feel that simply stating, that my relationships with God and people are great, will suffice.


For me, I'd rather not boast what I do for God, others, or myself. These things are between God and I. Sorry CAAans.

Why is it boasting? >_>

Its up to you if you don't want others to know and feel like its something personal, but leave it at that and don't accuse everyone for boasting just 'cuz they stated how much they go to church in a thread thats about how much you go to church.

Hmmm... I go to church about every other week, I know I should go more often and I am trying... As for the Bible reading--- almost never. I used to be quite good with reading my Bible, but now I just can't seem to get into the habit of reading it regularily again.

I didn't accuse everyone else. The key phrase in that sentence is "FOR ME." I didn't consider everyone else's statements to be boasting, but I'd rather not talk about my attendance (Which really does matter that much) and how I worship God.

Pm me if you have any questions. I am not starting a debate here.

This is to everyone else, let's not start a debate in this thread because the op was only asking for one simple thing.

But now I feel bad for answering the question. :/

I go to youth group once a week. As for on sundays, we dont have a church to go to, so we do home church, my family and I.

yes I go to seek Gods message and word every week and maybe day