An Athetist Walks Into An LDS Chapel...

[Indy Coug]

and has the following experience:

http://doubtingmark.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-washington-park-ward/

[ERCougar]

and has the following experience:

http://doubtingmark.wordpress.com/20...ton-park-ward/

Nice--thanks for posting.
We--I, at least--sometimes lose track of just how much goodness is in our Church. It's not perfect, but nothing is.

[Indy Coug]

Nice--thanks for posting.
We--I, at least--sometimes lose track of just how much goodness is in our Church. It's not perfect, but nothing is.

I agree with his negative score for how parents deal with their noisy kids.

[Pelado]

That sounds about right:

Noisy Kids (-2)
Parents who won’t take noisy kids out of the room and strangle them (-2)

[SoCalCoug]

Now, if I had a church, my Jesus would taste like nachos and salsa. Just sayin.

Amen!

[Blueintheface]

Nice. I always like to hear that an LDS congregation passed the sociologically-curious test.

P.S. I'm also pleased he didn't attend a high councilmen service.

[byu71]

P.S. I'm also pleased he didn't attend a high councilmen service.

LOL, how true.

[Mrs. Funk]

Well, if our chapels had cry rooms with windows and piped in the meeting, it'd be a million times easier for both parents and congregants who want quiet meetings. Our solution has been to not attend sacrament meeting since we switched to 1 PM church when our kid is deadly in need of a nap.

[SoCalCoug]

Well, if our chapels had cry rooms with windows and piped in the meeting, it'd be a million times easier for both parents and congregants who want quiet meetings. Our solution has been to not attend sacrament meeting since we switched to 1 PM church when our kid is deadly in need of a nap.

We're going to have newborn twins, in addition to a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old when we switch to the 9 a.m. schedule. Not quite sure how well we're going to deal with that.

[Indy Coug]

Well, if our chapels had cry rooms with windows and piped in the meeting, it'd be a million times easier for both parents and congregants who want quiet meetings. Our solution has been to not attend sacrament meeting since we switched to 1 PM church when our kid is deadly in need of a nap.

When we had a newborn and a 2-5PM block, I'd sit in the foyer for sacrament and then take her home to nap the rest of the block away. I didn't have a calling that needed me there on Sundays, so there weren't any conflicts that way.

[Mrs. Funk]

We're going to have newborn twins, in addition to a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old when we switch to the 9 a.m. schedule. Not quite sure how well we're going to deal with that.

We're contemplating a kid leash for church. Though honest to goodness I think they should have a "toddler" section of the chapel with 5 point harnesses built into the pews.

[Topper]

When we had a newborn and a 2-5PM block, I'd sit in the foyer for sacrament and then take her home to nap the rest of the block away. I didn't have a calling that needed me there on Sundays, so there weren't any conflicts that way.

I always thought of the foyer. Some wards also do pipe in the sacrament to another room. I've seen it piped into a gospel doctrine room and once into the unused primary room.

Brigham Young had a quote attributed to him, which made sense: "Crying children like good intentions should be carried out."

[Mrs. Funk]

I always thought of the foyer. Some wards also do pipe in the sacrament to another room. I've seen it piped into a gospel doctrine room and once into the unused primary room.

Brigham Young had a quote attributed to him, which made sense: "Crying children like good intentions should be carried out."

Do people just sit their with wailing kids in everyone's wards? I would die of mortification. We preemptively spend any sacrament meetings we actually attend in the foyer. Of course, Toddler Funk has discovered the drinking fountain and is trying to get a head start on that baptism by immersion thing.

[jay santos]

Yeah, take a crying kid out. But other than that, let them roam around and do what they want. The people annoyed by kids are the ones with the problem.

[byu71]

Yeah, take a crying kid out. But other than that, let them roam around and do what they want. The people annoyed by kids are the ones with the problem.

I agree. Kids should be made to feel as comfortable as possible. So should old people and that is why I watch devotionals instead of going to church.