Should you have FUN at Church?

Yardstick said:

referring to your friendship with your children and grand children is a bit misleading. I've experienced plenty of real life examples of parents being their children's buddies, and it certainly doesn't help out the child much. While having fun with your children is an aspect of parenthood it should not be the largest aspect of your relationship. If it were, you'd be doing your children an injustice.

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Ed Raby said:

First of all again I will state this. Those who think Chruch cannot be fun just must not enjoy life. Yes I agree that seriousness is very important when it comes to Worship. And Yes I have said fun or entertainment should not be the main goal. However to say that a Church who has fun doesn't understand the SERIOUSNESS of the matter would in my mind be very wrong. We all know or at least I hope we all know that the most important thing is to have a personal relationship with God. So here is my question. If you consider yourself a friend of God which I certainly hope you do. My question comes from the idea of being a friend of God. When you hang out with a friend or friends do you have fun with them or do you just become very sad, depressed, and serious. I would say when I hang out with my friends I try to have fun. So I do the same with God. God is my friend and yes although it is important to be serious at times, such as friends have serious conversations, I also think it is very important to have fun with our Lord as well. Yes Even at Church.

These are two types of Christians who attend Church they are not the only types, but this is an example I am trying to make.

Type 1- People who take themselves way to serious. They come in with a sad look on their face and their nice suit and tie, or dress. They sit down and they look more depressed then ever. They yell at kids who are laughing, and judge those who not dress with their SUNDAY BEST. Then they get up during Sunday School class, or prayer time and talk about all the miserable things that happen in their life this week and how they need to be in prayer. Then after Church they are almost un-approachable because they are just in such a depressed mood that talking to them will only make you depressed.

Type 2- These are the people who come in with a smile and greet everyone. They have problems in their life to, but they choose to put those aside because they are in the presence of the Lord today. They look nice but they don't dress like it is a funeral. They are on Fire for God praising and worshiping in complete entusiasm. Then after Church they are the nicest people to everyone and engage in healthy fellowship.

Now you tell me which type is having fun and enjoying themselves at Church. Then tell me if the type of person that is having fun is out of line or is making FUN the MAIN goal

God Bless

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Yardstick said:

Those quotes are not referring to God being your buddy. It's talking about a friend at court. The inner circle in a Kings court.

Maybe it would be clearer if I said that God is not my buddy. He is my father. I can have fun with my father, hopefully I am close with my father. But the point of my relationship with my father isn't to have fun or hang out. My father should be raising me, and I should be listening to him. Calling God buddy rings to much of bringing God down to be equal with humans. Which is arrogant at best.

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