I know there are some who would never go to church no matter what, but my question is addressed to those who normally attend church. I’m happy at home listening to Christian audio books and also listen to my pastor’s sermons online. There are cyber friends I can also contact as well.
You bet. I have other physical compromises that can be humbling but I would never forgo the gifts I get at church just because of them. God never gives you anything you can’t handle.
As for maintaining your faith in isolation, if you have to,not just want to it’s better than nothing. But remember even the brightest glowing coal eventually goes out if it is too far from the fire. Please make an effort.
May 3rd, 2010 at 2:53 am
I would go to a doctor.
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May 3rd, 2010 at 3:29 am
I would only go to church if I DID have excessive drooling.
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May 3rd, 2010 at 4:07 am
sounds like you are having a whale of a time
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May 3rd, 2010 at 4:28 am
Ask a doctor to see if you could do anything about it, but if you can’t you can still go to church and pray and most people will understand and won’t say anything about it.
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May 3rd, 2010 at 4:37 am
I’d bring a sponge with me.
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May 3rd, 2010 at 4:48 am
As long as it is not contagious then you are welcome.
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May 3rd, 2010 at 4:58 am
Going to church is what CAUSED my excessing drooling – sheez!
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May 3rd, 2010 at 5:07 am
Ahhh… communion wafers… *drool*
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May 3rd, 2010 at 5:51 am
You bet. I have other physical compromises that can be humbling but I would never forgo the gifts I get at church just because of them. God never gives you anything you can’t handle.
As for maintaining your faith in isolation, if you have to,not just want to it’s better than nothing. But remember even the brightest glowing coal eventually goes out if it is too far from the fire. Please make an effort.
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May 3rd, 2010 at 6:40 am
I would attend kingdom hall if I did. I know a young man with severe autism and cerebral palsy who drools often, shouts and claps his hands at random, but has been taught to be respectful in his own way. He wears a bandanna for his drooling, looks in his bible when everyone else does, and although he doesn’t quite get how to turn one page at a time or that he should be following along, he understands that it is important and he does his best (and they have found evidence that he DOES have some reading skills). He claps his hands when he hears something he likes in the talk that the brother is giving, he stands during the songs and holds a songbook, and he can stand quietly during prayer. Since he can’t say ‘amen,’ (in OUR speech), he claps and smiles and makes his own sounds afterward–I’m pretty sure he’s saying his own ‘amen.’ I se him at assemblies and he loves going. He enjoys the fellowship and nobody, none of us, cares in the least that he drools. It doesn’t matter, although he is COVERED in drool that drips down his chin. We love him and his presence is encouraging to those of us who have thought WE had a good reason to stay home. I would say most definitely yes I would attend worship, but it is up to the individual as to whether their drooling disturbs them to a point that they cannot focus, although it is ogod to take in the cuonsel not to be ‘forsaking the gathering of youselves together, as some have the custom’ which is found in the bible itself.
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personal experience as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:01 am
at least 50% of the congregation would have it too so wheres the issue? many of the droolers in church have been brought there and are unaware of their own drooling
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