Church is just another compulsory lecture

Church attendance is compulsory. Skip, and you will 'flunk' your life.

Let's see why this statement is true:

We go for lectures

We take notes

If it's boring, we fall asleep

Otherwise, we'll pass funny notes to entertain ourselves

After lectures, we hang out with our friends

We go to church

We take notes

If it's boring, we fall asleep

Otherwise, we'll pass funny notes to entertain ourselves

After church, we hang out with our friends

It's strange, don't you think, our mentality of going to church? It's as though it's a compulsory class that we have to go for. Why are we wasting our Sundays going to church to sleep, when we could spend that time lazing in bed, nursing a hangover or having a great weekend at the beach with our friends?

It's as though church is a module that you sign up for, that we sometimes skip because there are more important things to do. In fact, church would probably be the least interactive lecture that I've ever attended - nobody every raises questions or asks the pastor to clarify areas in the middle of a sermon. After all, why not? Aren't we constantly encouraged to speak up in class so that everyone can learn a bit more?

[random mumblings] I find myself constantly thinking of ways to make the Bible easier to read, simpler to access. But what happened to that thirst for knowledge, that hunger for God? Where is our want to know God better? [/random mumblings]