Why are so many people so worldly?

[Dorothea]

They are obsessed with the newest trends, what's "in," what's the new "movement" or "cause" to push on everybody else. It's all about this world. Well, this world is temporary. I live for the eternal one.... Just a rant I needed to get out here, around folks who can understand my position.

[Andrew21091]

Amen!

Indeed it is very sad how so many people are so caught up in world. The world offers many pleasures but people don't realize that many of these "pleasures" are from the devil.

[Dorothea]

Amen!

Indeed it is very sad how so many people are so caught up in world. The world offers many pleasures but people don't realize that many of these "pleasures" are from the devil.
You got that right. *sigh*

[JustinHesychast]

I am foremost among those who love the world. But after I commit the sin, and realize what I am doing, I just don't get it. What does this world have to offer? Why am I so caught up in trends, in how someone looks, etc.? It's all for naught when you die!

[Kristos]

deathtotheworld
.com

[Dorothea]

Thanks, Kristos, for the link. I've already got that in my favorites from several months back. lol

But, I do sometimes feel like I'm the only woman who doesn't like buying shoes until she has to, doesn't care about name brands, new trendy clothes, or buying expensive purses. $20 for a purse is high enough to me! lol Ugh. I don't wear furs (because I don't believe in animals being killed for their fur), I'm not really into jewelry. My husband married cheap. :blush:

Oh, I used to be into all that trendy stuff in my late teens, early 20s, but I guess that usually changes when you get older and have children. I have to keep up with my kids' clothes because they grow out of them so quickly. lol Anyway, I'm babbling.

[JustinHesychast]

Sounds sort of like me, Dorothea! :P My mom cannot fathom why I refuse to get new shoes and clothes when she insists. I mean, what I got is still good. One of my jeans had a hole in them and I patched the hole up and my mom kept trying to let her get me a new pair! :P

[juliagreece]

But, I do sometimes feel like I'm the only woman who doesn't like buying shoes until she has to, doesn't care about name brands, new trendy clothes, or buying expensive purses. $20 for a purse is high enough to me! lol Ugh. I don't wear furs (because I don't believe in animals being killed for their fur), I'm not really into jewelry. My husband married cheap. :blush:


Don't worry, you're not the only one!:P

[Dorothea]

Sounds sort of like me, Dorothea! :P My mom cannot fathom why I refuse to get new shoes and clothes when she insists. I mean, what I got is still good. One of my jeans had a hole in them and I patched the hole up and my mom kept trying to let her get me a new pair! :P
LOL Well, don't you think, generally, speaking, guys are a little less into trends? Of course, I may be wrong because I'm clueless what's going on in your generation. :blush: ^_^


Don't worry, you're not the only one!:P
That's good to know! :D

[Kristos]

Right now, I'm wearing shorts that I bought in college:)

People give me strange looks all the time when they ask for my cell phone number, and I tell them I don't have one. Or when they talk about the latest espisode of teen idol on TV, and I tell them that I've never seen it, because I don't watch TV. It's kind of a conversation killer, some people don't seem to have anything else to talk about.

[ClementofRome]

I am wearing a shirt that my 73 year old father gave me last month because it was too small for him....and who knows what decade it was purchased in??? :)

[Dorothea]

Right now, I'm wearing shorts that I bought in college:)

People give me strange looks all the time when they ask for my cell phone number, and I tell them I don't have one. Or when they talk about the latest espisode of teen idol on TV, and I tell them that I've never seen it, because I don't watch TV. It's kind of a conversation killer, some people don't seem to have anything else to talk about.

^_^ I don't watch much tv either except for Rockies baseball and some news, and sometimes the history, discovery, and home and garden type channels. :D Sometimes I see in the other board I'm part of, people naming celebrities/actors/actresses or bands and I'm thinking, "who or what is that?" LOL

[Andrew21091]

People give me strange looks all the time when they ask for my cell phone number, and I tell them I don't have one.

Thats sort of like me though I have a cell phone but I only use it if I go out of town which I guess is strange for a person like me since most people my age are enslaved to their phones and if you took them away for one week they would just die. If someone askes me for my number I have to say "I don't know, let me brush the dust off of it and look". ^_^

[GQ Chris]

What do you mean by being "Wordly"? this just seems so Judgemental to me.

[Dorothea]

Speaking of wearing old clothes....one of my winter coats I've had since I was a junior in high school. :eek: :D

[Komnenos]

What do you mean by being "Wordly"? this just seems so Judgemental to me. Worldly as in caring too much for earthly pleasures instead of focusing on our salvation. i don't think it's judgmental at all.

[ArmyMatt]

What do you mean by being "Wordly"? this just seems so Judgemental to me.


as Christians, we are called to a kingdom that is higher than anything that this earth has to offer. why put any stock in matierial things when, in the Heavenly Jerusalem, gold is so worthless it lines the streets?

[Chesterton]

I think I have some of you beat. Awhile back, I didn't watch or own a TV for almost 5 years and additionally, I've never seen hugely popular movies like Star Wars, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, or any Rambo or Terminator movies. Participation in the popular entertainment culture is so customarily expected, on the rare occassions when I've told people I've never seen those movies, they seem to think I must be lying. A girlfriend once told me I ought to be a hermit, that was before I learned from Orthodoxy that there still are such things as hermits. Hmmm... :)

[Dorothea]

LOL Chesterton. You have beat us all, but that is a cute story! :D

I'm usually not up on most of the new and most popular movies either. Usually because they're the usual "shoot 'em up," "jump in the sack quickly" type movies, that I don't care to watch. :)

[MsDahl]

:blush: <--- Blushing because even though I am married, a devoted Orthodox Christian and a mother, I still enjoy dying my hair, wearing high heals, buying "trendy" clothing and pampering myself. I do not believe engaging in these things is wrong or evil or ungodly. It is a personal matter between oneself and God.

I, too, find it very sad to meet those who worship this world or who worship anything before the Almighty God.

[Kristos]

I think I have some of you beat. Awhile back, I didn't watch or own a TV for almost 5 years and additionally, I've never seen hugely popular movies like Star Wars, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, or any Rambo or Terminator movies. Participation in the popular entertainment culture is so customarily expected, on the rare occassions when I've told people I've never seen those movies, they seem to think I must be lying. A girlfriend once told me I ought to be a hermit, that was before I learned from Orthodoxy that there still are such things as hermits. Hmmm... :)

You have to watch "Terminator". That's the best Arnold movie ever!

[Kristos]

:blush: <--- Blushing because even though I am married, a devoted Orthodox Christian and a mother, I still enjoy dying my hair, wearing high heals, buying "trendy" clothing and pampering myself. I do not believe engaging in these things is wrong or evil or ungodly. It is a personal matter between oneself and God.

I, too, find it very sad to meet those who worship this world or who worship anything before the Almighty God.

I forgot mention that I have 5 bikes in the garage;)

[Orthocat]

I guess my pet peeve is when churches feel they have to incorporate every new social trend into the church services in some way.

A friend was telling me her churches sermons for the past few months was the gospel "according to the Beatles".
I was like...excuse me? Of course there is the U2 series now as well...

I guess when you have no tradition you take what you can to make it into something...

oh, and the new trend...Starbucks type set-ups in churches so you can have a mocha latte and danish during the service that you watch on a big screen...
I don't understand...

[Dorothea]

:blush: <--- Blushing because even though I am married, a devoted Orthodox Christian and a mother, I still enjoy dying my hair, wearing high heals, buying "trendy" clothing and pampering myself. I do not believe engaging in these things is wrong or evil or ungodly. It is a personal matter between oneself and God.

I, too, find it very sad to meet those who worship this world or who worship anything before the Almighty God.
I don't think dressing nicely and in what you feel comfortable in is a sin either, MsDahl. :) I was really kinda venting at the beginning with regards with the constant new social cause out there that I get in another forum. Then, it got into trendy clothes and such. I personally don't have a big interest in the newest fashions, but that doesn't mean I think someone is worldly who wears them. It would depend on if shopping is their lives, obsession or such.

[Dorothea]

I guess my pet peeve is when churches feel they have to incorporate every new social trend into the church services in some way.

A friend was telling me her churches sermons for the past few months was the gospel "according to the Beatles".
I was like...excuse me? Of course there is the U2 series now as well...

I guess when you have no tradition you take what you can to make it into something...

oh, and the new trend...Starbucks type set-ups in churches so you can have a mocha latte and danish during the service that you watch on a big screen...
I don't understand...
LOL I haven't heard of those types of churches.

[E.C.]

oh, and the new trend...Starbucks type set-ups in churches so you can have a mocha latte and danish during the service that you watch on a big screen...
I don't understand...
Last May I took a couple of Advanced Placement tests for school and we actually tested at a Baptist church that was almost next door.

When we all walked into what must have been the sanctuary, I see two or three drum sets, a grand piano, two keyboards, an assortment of guitars and two large projector screens.

The first thought that came to mind: THIS is supposed to be a church!?

But I digress...




However much a person is attached to whatever is between them and God. I get concerned when someone does have a heart attack for not having their cell phone for two hours.:)

[Kristos]

oh, and the new trend...Starbucks type set-ups in churches so you can have a mocha latte and danish during the service that you watch on a big screen...
I don't understand...


Is outrage!!!

But, they do have Starbucks in Moskow now....