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HEY ALL,

OVER IN THE UTAH BOARD GENERAL DISCUSSION, I POSTED UP THIS QUESTION AND GOT A HELLUVAH RESPONSE. SO WHO ELSE IS LIKE ME AND THINKS ITS BETTER TO GO FISHING AND THINK OF GOD, THAN TO GOTO CHURCH AND THINK OF FISHING? THIS IS IN NO WAY HELD TO ONLY ONE RELIGION...ALL ARE INVITED TO POST UP. SO WHICH IS IT COME SUNDAY MORNING....FISHING OR CHURCH, OR CHURCH THEN FISHING, OR FISHING THEN CHURCH....LETS HEAR FROM YA!!

LATERS,
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[size 1]My church has a variety of service schedules. That makes it easy for me to catch the morning bite, go to church, and get back out for the afternoon bite. Keep in mind that there is only softwater here in So Cali.[cool] [/size]
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[size 1]I love my church! In the summer though, we camp an hour and a half away and can't make it back in time to go to church. I know I could go to one near camp... but I just can't bring myself to go. So... I chose church if I am home.... but when I am at camp.. I am fishing when I should be at church. (I read my Bible though, and I thank GOD for the beauty and serenity that he has given us as I am standing in the stream or at the bank fishing!)[/size]

[size 1]God must be a fisherman too! Of course he is....[/size]

[size 1]You know his saying.. [/size]

[size 1]Be Ye Fishers of men - You catch 'em, He'll clean 'em! [Wink][/size]
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I WORK EVERY SUNDAY AND AM OFF ON THURSDAYS SO FISHING FOR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CHURCH ON THURSDAYS. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD MATTER ANYWAY.
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My first love is God which brings me to church every Sabbath. The only exception is when there's no church service due to Camp Meeting during the summer or during the "Family Camp" at the churches summer camp when most of the congregation heads out of town for a week. It's those days that I stay home and go fishing. A lot of times I'll flip on the tv, catch a worship service on 3ABN, then head out fishing after that.

And this coming weekend is a HUGE excepting. I'll be out on the ice with Flagman and crew. But I'm definitely gonna do my devotionals sometime during the day.
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with my currant work schedule i don't have time for anything but work and sleep on weekends
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I believe in God, but don't believe that you have to go to church to worship him. I got thrown out of our church in the early 80's because I only showed up now & then. They gave me an ultimatum one day, and said if I didn't show up next Sunday, then don't ever bother coming back! Haven't been back since.
I definitely fish on Sundays, but I do say a prayer now & then.
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[size 2]Well then you were going to a bad church to start with Bulldawg! That is a shame. Maybe someday you can try again somewhere else. My church is awesome!!! A church that would throw people out because they do not always attend... is NOT a true church![/size]
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I agree with you, fishermom. At the time I thought it was pretty hypocritical of them to do that, but I was in my 20's, and had alot of stuff to do in my spare time.
I was confirmed, and went to Sunday school and church regularly as a kid, but adult life had me running a bit more. I think they just wanted my money for the offering plate. Well, they got no more of it after that...[mad]
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fishing ofcourse,what a better way to worship him,being out with what he created
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I TRY TO GET A LITTLE OF BOTH IN. I LOVE MY GOD AND CHURCH, BUT I ALSO LOVE THE MANY BEUTIFUL THINGS THAT HE HAS PROVIDED FOR US IN THIS WORLD. ESPECIALLY FISHING.
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[size 2]SHAME ON ME.. I skipped church yesterday to go to a fishing expo... my first one ever and I went alone...no hubby or kids to tell me how bored they were! I had a blast!!![/size]
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[cool][#804040][size 2]Well from what I've heard CHURCH is just a gathering place for people to get together and worship. For me church is any place one can feel close to nature and their maker and their own thoughts. On the water is a good place for me to start.[/size][/#804040] [#804040][size 2]Amen!
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"The Church" is the group of believers. Church, as most people refer to it, is talking about going to the building in which the worship service is being held. I enjoy going to the church building and worshipping with fellow believers. A few of us talk about fishing and the next time we can get out to the lake together. And once in a while the pastor has a great sermon worth actually listening to!
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[cool]Thats cool. Every body has got to be some place where they feel at peace.
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That's why I enjoy the multiple service option at my church. I can pick which service I want to go to based on the bite that I want to catch at the lakes.

I can usually catch the morning and afternoon bite and still pay God a little visit in His house. Sometimes the bite is so good that I just stay at His lake and give Him thanks and praise there.
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Hi there Dryrod,

Nothing against the church or the 'catholic' church. I was sent to 5 different churches from 9 to 12 years old. The History channel had a special on a priest that found some documents hidden away that were porported to be jesus actual words stating 'in a nut shell' that the church is a state of mind held by each his own. That is, the church as an institution and brick and mortar, is not what is most important.

It is documentated that (and admitted to by the church) it is being withheld from the christian, judian, and heck the whole world, as is the 3rd revelation of Fatima.

Me .... Ill go fishing and respect others manner of relationships with their higher power.

JapanRon
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lol,, well the walls would probably fall in on everyone if I was to wander through a church door,, so for your safety,, I go fishing instead.......
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WELL, this is somethin, haha think there,s a joke on the fishin jokes like this one, here, ahha i love my nature, the wind rain snow, the sunny days the dawn till dusk, and to me there,s more there, EMOTIONALLY MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY, especially SPIRITUALLY, then they,ll ever be in any church,. if i remember right, jesus never had a church, never had all this fancy dooded up churches with all there idols and statues, he had blue sky, rain, and trees, sand whatever. natural! and thats where i want ot be. ridin my ponies, fishin, HUNTIN, RIDIN MY MOTORCYCLE, STOPPIN THE WORLDS TIME, OTHERS TIMES, THIS IS MY TIME TO UNWIND, SOLITUDE, AND LEARN TO KNOW ME AND LIKE ME, THIS IS WHERE I LEARNED TO BE ME, WHEN I WAS LITTLE, AND TO LEARN MENTALLY EMOTIONALLY PHYSICALLY SPIRITUALLY, AS WELL AS LEARNIN AS I GROW IN AGE, AND EVEN STILL GROWIN, AT 49. THAT,S WHERE I GO TO FEEL GOD CLOSER, TO BELIEVE IN WHAT I BELIEVE AND NO ONE ELSE TO INFLUENCE MY THOUGHTS FEELINS, OR BELIEFS. CAUSE I,M GONNA BELIEVE WHAT I WANT TO BELIEVE AND NOBODY ELSE WILL EVER CHANGE THAT, NOW OR EVER, I NEVER LIKED ANYONE ELSE TRYIN TO PUSH THEIR BELIEFS ON ME, AND STILL DON,T AND WON,T TAKE IT OR CHANGE IT, FER THEM OR ANYONE ELSE, I KNOW WHO I AM LIKE ME, AND IF OTHERS DONT TUFF. I LOVE, spendin time with my loved ones, EVERYDAY WORSHIPPIN HIM AND HIS MAKINS WHEN WE CAN, BUT I DONT JUST DO IT, NOT JUST ONCE A WEEK. I DO IT WHEN I WANT, NO MATTER WHERE I AM, EVEN IF I NEED BE, OUT THERE IN MY WOODS OR HOME. ALL THE TIME NOT JUST WHEN I,M SUPPOSED TO ON OTHER PEOPLES TIME.TELLIN ME WHEN I SHOULD, AND NOT JUST ON SUNDAY, THERE CONTROL TO TELL ME WHEN TO. WHAT TO DO, I LEARNED FROM MY ANIMALS JUST WHAT TO TREASURE. WHATS THE MOST IMPORTANT, IN LIFE, AND DEATH, WHAT LIFES ALL ABOUT, AND WHAT IS GOOD FER ME AND WHAT AIN,T. AND I GREW> UP ALRIGHT........... I LOVE GOD MY ANIMALS, KIDS, JACK, AND OTHERS IF THEY DONT PUSH THAT POINT OF TELLIN ME HOW TO LIVE AND WE,LL GIT ALONG JUST FINE. I GAVE MY SON THE SAME CHOICES, LEARNED HIM BOUT JESUS AND GOD, HE MAKE HIS CHOICES, HIS BELIEFS, AND HE TURNED OUT TO BE THE BEST SON I COULD EVER ASK FER, HE,S GOT HEART, COMPASSION, A SOUL THAT WILL NOT QUIT, THAT,S ALL I COULD ASK FER OUT OF HIM. AND JACK TOO. IT,S THE WORLD THAT,S WRONG, NOT US. AHHA I GUESS I ALWAYS TOLD CLIFF, DUB, AHHA IT,S ALL IN LIVIN, GROWIN, AND LOVIN, THAT,S ALL THAT MATTERS.I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN ABUSED, MENTALLY EMOTIONALLY PHYSICALLY, AND IT,S NO PICNIC TO GAIN THERE TRUST, ESPECIALLY LOVE, BACK AND TRY TO HEP THEM THRU THE THINGS THEY,VE GONE THRU IN LIFE AT SO YOUNG OF AGE, AND IT KILLS ME. INSIDE. WATCHIN AND SEEIN THIS, AFTER THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE. IT,S SICKENIN, SO THIS HITS A NERVE IN ME THAT,S BEYOND BELIEF, FER ME. BUT FER THOSE IN POWER, WHO WE SHOULD BE ALE TO TRUST, AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND THEM, THEY SHOULD GIT 100 TIMES MORE AS FER AS OPAYIN THE PRICE THAN JUST SEX ADDICTS OUT THERE THAT HAVE HAD IT DONE TO THEMSELVES, AND THAT IS BAD ENOUGH. BUT THESE IN POWER HAVE NEVER HAD THIS DONE TO EM, HAVE NO REASON TO BE DOIN IT TO OUR.S THEY SURELY SHOULD PAY FER THIS! I BELIEVE, MORESO, BECAUSE WE TRUSTED THEM TO HELP, BELIEVE IN OUR KIDS, AND THE KIDS, TO BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY SAY DO, AND THEIR ACTIONS AS CHRISTIANS TOO. KIDS, THEY GIVE THERE HEARTS, SOULS AND MINDS TO WANT TO BELIEVE IN GOD, DO WHATS RIGHT, LIVE RIGHT, AND IT,S TRUELY, WHAT THEY BELIEVE, AND WHAT WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE, TO BELIEVE, AND THEY TRUST US.IT SURELY IS CALLED RAPE, HEART MIND SOUL. AND BODY.::: THE WAY CHURCH IS NOW A DAYS, I,D BE AFRAID TO SEND ANY OF MY KID TO CHURCH, GRANDKIDS OR OTHERS KIDS, WHY DIDNT PARENTS DIDNT SEE WHAT WAS GOIN ON???? BACK THEN AND NOW! IT, WAS CAUSE OUR PARENTS TRUSTED THOSE IN POWER, CONTROL, SYSTEMS, TOO MUCH, AND THOSE KIDS EITHER WERE TOO TOO SCARED TO TALK TO THEIR PARENTS ABOUT IT, THEY,D THREATEN THEM, OR THE PARENTS WOULDNT LISTEN, OR BELIEVE THEIR KIDS WHEN THEY WERE TOKD WHAT WAS GOINON WITH THOSE PEOPLE IN POWER!! WELL I ALWAY LISTENED TO MY SON, AND ANY OTHER KID, I KNEW WHO HE WAS. THAT,S THE WAY IT TIS. BOUT TIME THIS -- COMES OUT AND THEY GIT THERES WHAT COMIN TO EM. BIT CECAUSE THERE IN HIGH POWER, NOTHIN WILL BE DONE, AS USUAL. EYE FER A EYE OR TWO OR THREE FER THE KIDS! THA,S HOW MUCH I THINK OF CHURCH NOW ADAYS. AND BACK FURTHER! BUT, DO YOU REALIZE, THERE ARE MORE SEX ADDICTS IN CHURCH, SCHOOL, STATE, JOBS, AND OTHERS, THAN ANYWHERE?? CANTN,T YA SEE IT?? THAT ARE IN HIGH POWER??? YA DONT TRUST TO THE LIMIt tilll ya check there whole background. , BECAYSE THEY DO LIKE KIDS, THATS THE CAREERS THEY GO TO, THE POWER, CONTROL, WHERE PEOPLE TEND TO TRUST OTHERS WITH THEIR KIDS, BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE, EDUCATIONAL, AND WHERE YOU GO TO GROW, TO GROW UP TO BE THE PERSON YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO BE, THINK ABOUT THAT ONE FER A WHILE. BUT IN THE OLD DAYS, THINGS LIKE THESE WERNT DISCUSSED OR TALKED AVOUT IN THE OPEN, OR YA DONT TELL OTHERS WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR KID. SO OTHERS PAY THE PRICE TOO. NOT MINE! OR YOURS OR ANYBODY ESLES IF I KNOW IT I,LL TELL YA.! WELL YA OPENED THIS DOOR, DONT BE SORRY YA ASKED ME, CAUSE ITS THE TRUTH.AND I SEE THIS WITH YOU THAT ARE TALKIN BOUT CHURCH HERE TOO, THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE SAID ALSO. I AM SUBSIDIN SOME OF THIS, BECAUSE I JUST GOT HOT ABOUT THESE FACTS, SEEIN KNOWIN AND CAREIN WHAT HAPPENS TO KIDS AND FEELIN IT TOO MUCH. I FEEL WE HAVE TO PROTECT, WATCH OUT FER EACH OTHER KIDS, AS WELL AS OUR OWN, CAUSE IF WE DONT WHO WILL.YES, IT,S TOO BAD THESE THINGS HAPPEN, BUT THE KIDS, ANIMALS ALWYAS SEEM TO TAKE THE BRUNT OF ADULTS ACTIONS, AND THEY END UP PAYIN FER IT THRU THERE WHOLE LIFE. THIS IS WRONG. AND ALSO SEE IT TOO LATE. I,M TRYIN TO MAKE THIS POINT, SO,S YA DONT HAVE TO SEE IT TOO LATE. WATCH HOW YOUR KIDS ACTS, AROUND THE ONES IN POWER AND CONTROL IN YOUR CHURCH, AND OUT,IF THEY HANG WITH THIS ONE PERSON TOO MUCH, ASK YOURSELF "WHY" AND THEY START STICKIN UP FER THEM TOO MCUH. THERES A REASON,. I,M TRYIN TO SAY IS, I HATE TO PUT ALL CHURCHES DOWN, CAUSE SOME CAN BE GOOD FER KIDS, BUT IT JUST ERKS ME THAT WE CAN,T TRUST TOTALLY IN LIFE ANYMORE, OR THOSE THAT ARE IN POWER. CONTROL, AND HEEPIN SITUATIONS. CAUSE THE ONES THAT ARE GOOD TAKE THE BRUNT OF OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THESE THINGS HAPPENIN IN EM. YA CAN,T BE NIEVE ABOUT THESE THINGS. AND TOO MAY ARE.BUT I WANT TO BE IN CONTROL, OVERSEE, OF WHAT OTHERS ARE TELLIN MY SON, MY KIDS, YOURS, AND AT TIMES WE CAN,T.AFFORD TO NOT OPEN OUR EYES, AND NIETHER CAN THOSE KIDS AFFORD THEIR WHOLE LIFE NOT TO BE ABLE TO TRUST LOVE LIVE WITHOUT BEIN TAKEN, TO THOSE DEPTHS, OF NEVER RETURN, MENTALY EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY. WATCH, LOOK LISTEN, IT,S TOO BAD. AND I DO CARE. I GUESS TOO MUCH. LATER.SORRY I WAS SO HARSH AT THE FIRST ONE. MARE.JUST BE CAREFUL. IS WHAT I,M SAYIN HERE.
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Well said,

nor dose a good church or its members say you may not attend a function because you dont fit in for some reason, weather it be from lack of funding to suport a nice vehicle and a nice home and nice clothing.


I once read in the good book one time where it read if you follow me and allow me in to your life I will make you of fishermen.

so I did and now I am blessed with fish 10 times 10 times. so dose that make me a blessed fisherman if I show up to the lake or river on sunday morning to talk to my maker? and if the lake and the river is my church do I get extra credit for showing up more often than most?
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