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Don't you have meetings for these sorts of things?//Haylee Lynd

 


    I work at a church. I do a lot of behind the scenes work and I see a lot of the behind the scenes. There are so many meetings throughout the week to discuss what is going to be preached on Sunday, what songs will be sung, what words will be spoken in transitions, what is going to be posted about on social media, etc. Every discussion is important and every discussion takes place between a number of people so that it can be ensured that what we are doing as a church lines up with scripture and is making an impact for the gospel. So howwwww in the world did the Feast of Fools get started and how did it not get stopped sooner?  I mean, it's not like it was like really really close to scripture and easy to miss that it was unbiblical. It was extremely reflective of Pagan practice. Anyways, they should have had more meetings than they did. Someone in charge should have said and done something a lot sooner.


P.S. I commented own Braylan's and Leanne's posts.

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  1. Lily CaswellMarch 29, 2021 at 11:25 PM

    You make a very good point, Haylee. It may have been one of those things that started out relatively similar to all the other festivals/feasts but over time became a parody of religious events. It may have also been that the Church thought that if the people had one day in which they could do almost anything, that it might draw people towards the Church.

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  2. Braylan StringfellowMarch 30, 2021 at 9:10 AM

    I would think that churches have meetings like you said because of things like the feast of fools. The church and everything that goes into it should be taken seriously so that the gospel can go forward. Things like the feast of fools only hold back the gospel. So today much detail and preparation is put into stuff to keep things like the feast of fools to come back.

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