Would Bushie be better off if he went to a hipster church?

[they don't love you like i love you]

Almost certainly. A real shame he's in Oklahoma.

[GaussLaw]

Bushie seems to think that Christians don't have to repent at all, or that one can be "repentant" and still live in perpetual, unabated sin with not even a need for reconsidering it. 

Something that would change that would be good.

[bedstuy]

What's a hipster church?  I've never heard of such a thing.  Do they ironically go to church?

[IceSpear]

I mean, it's hard to see how he could possibly be worse off.

[GaussLaw]

What's a hipster church?  I've never heard of such a thing.  Do they ironically go to church?

Basically, BRTD means a liberal Protestant church emphasizing social justice over traditional messages like salvation and heaven/hell.

[they don't love you like i love you]

What's a hipster church?  I've never heard of such a thing.  Do they ironically go to church?

Unsurprisingly they exist in Brooklyn too:
http://vimeo.com/1417089
http://vimeo.com/913395

But as for mine, summary:

So I went there again today. I have to say I'm quite happy that I did because despite being technically in a suburb this service was TOTAL SJW to the max. The sermon series for Advent is about reconciliation, and the speaker (who was actually the band leader) opted to talk about reconciliation in race, and talked about Michael Brown and the protests, brought up the CIA memos about torture and how people might try to justify such violence because of violence against us in 9/11 and at one point said "There are five things about me that give me great privilege: One is that I'm male, two is that I'm white, three is that I'm straight, fourth is that I'm American and fifth is that I'm Christian" and that most of those probably applied to most of us in the all white room. Remember when I brought up church sermons that resemble Upworthy videos? This was like PURE Upworthy and if I recorded it it could probably easily end up on there. "What This Worship Band Leader Has To Say May Be Hard To Hear For Those With Privilege, And That's Why You Need To"

Dammit if only Bushie would go to a place like this. Alas they probably don't exist in Oklahoma.

Also in an odd mix, I bet all of DC Al Fine, Simfan and Nathan would be utterly horrified.

[they don't love you like i love you]

What's a hipster church?  I've never heard of such a thing.  Do they ironically go to church?

Basically, BRTD means a liberal Protestant church emphasizing social justice over traditional messages like salvation and heaven/hell.

Um, no. That sounds like many traditionalist mainline Protestant churches, which is NOTHING like what I'm talking about it. Very low church, charismatic, young (at least 90% in attendance were under 40), music is not only modern but more like coffeeshop indie instead of CCM crap and full of handraising and the like.

[King]

No, Bushie would be best in a religion that would allow him to join a monastery.

[Smash255]

No church would be ideal

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

No one is better off going to a hipster church.

[Simfan34]

You've almost certainly asked this before. Or maybe it dealt with mosh pits or something along those lines. Either way, the answer remains no.

[Vosem]

I mean, it's hard to see how he could possibly be worse off.

This. I don't think a hipster church would be the best thing for him, but it would broaden his horizons and he desperately needs that.

[angus]

Would Bushie be better off if he went to a hipster church?

WTF?  So he could be just as lazy and obnoxious as he already is, but also wear old, tight, Salvation Army store clothing while he's being lazy and obnoxious. 

No.

[TJ in Oregon]

I fail to see how this would change his issues in any meaningful way. He'd be switching from one service designed to elicit an emotional response without changing his entire life with it to another that would do the exact same.

[TJ in Oregon]

Weirdly, BRTD's church probably does at least have better music than the liberal mainline Prots, though obviously not something befitting of a sacramental liturgy.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Weirdly, BRTD's church probably does at least have better music than the liberal mainline Prots, though obviously not something befitting of a sacramental liturgy.

I was going to say you probably wouldn't like the hymn cover that was basically pop punk until I remembered that you actually do like pop punk.

[memphis]

I fail to see how this would change his issues in any meaningful way. He'd be switching from one service designed to elicit an emotional response without changing his entire life with it to another that would do the exact same.

The normative behaviors he would try to emulate would be a little bit healthier. I doubt that even in their greatest moments of irony the hipsters consume the sorts of food Bushie's church serves. And, of course, he'd have to get up and move around a bit. Religion is not all about thoughtful contemplation.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Let me say this: I did not see a single person as fat as Bushie at the service yesterday.

[Indy Texas]

Let me say this: I did not see a single person as fat as Bushie at the service yesterday.

Are you really going to tell us that attending that church caused them not to be fat?

[Smash255]

Let me say this: I did not see a single person as fat as Bushie at the service yesterday.

You do realize not as fat as Bushie isn't exactly a high bar.....

[they don't love you like i love you]

Well there just weren't many, if any fats at all there. I'm sure Bushie's not the only one at whatever church he goes to on the other hand. So memphis might have a point.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

No. They would celebrate him for who he is, which is exactly the opposite of what Bushie needs.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Erma Bushie is a straight white male. On the contrary he'd be called on to check his privilege.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Erma Bushie is a straight white male. On the contrary he'd be called on to check his privilege.

How on earth would such a thing be relevant to his day-to-day life - even assuming that SJW discourse doesn't turn him off as it does for most people? 

I think instead he, like many of us Protestants, could use a dose of Catholic-inspired spiritual formation.

[Smash255]

Well there just weren't many, if any fats at all there. I'm sure Bushie's not the only one at whatever church he goes to on the other hand. So memphis might have a point.

Of course not, he is in Oklahoma after all.  It is fats surrounded by other fats.