Nice Planet 18: Welcome To Our Planet. Sorry It's So Messed Up.

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Catholics, for one.

Only for major holidays, or what was known prior to Vatican II as a "High" Mass. There is traditionally more pomp and circumstance, but in the modern era this amounts to an occasional incense ceremony, and some priests will take the extra time to sing all the spoken parts during the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

Otherwise, a typical Sunday Mass in "Ordinary Time" is about one hour.

[dxmnkd316]

Fair enough.

[RaceBoarder]

Southern Mega-churches are an all-day affair.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Catholics, for one.

I was raised Catholic and went to catholic school and never saw a mass over an hour

[Proud2baLaker]

Catholics, for one.

Born and raised Catholic and attended mass every Sunday through high school. Longest mass I was ever in was a little over an hour. Maybe an hour and 20. The only services I have ever heard going that long are pentecostal or some evangelical types.

[Kepler]

Who goes to church for 3 freaking hours?

Some colonial Sunday services lasted twice that.

[dxmnkd316]

Who goes to church for 3 freaking hours?

Catholics, for one.

[Slap Shot]

Who goes to church for 3 freaking hours?

[unofan]

That’s what their infant said.

How can somebody do that? I flatly do not understand. After having a baby girl, she became my life. How can somebody forget to take care of their baby like that? It boggles my mind.

Ever have a change in routine in your commute that you miss because your mind goes on autopilot? Like "Oh I was supposed to pick up the dry cleaning on the way home. Oops. Guess I'll grab it tomorrow." That's how it happens in 99% of these cases, sleep-deprived parents change their routine, normally by having the "other" parent on drop off duty for the day for some reason and their brains just skip over the change and forget about it until it's too late. There was an article a few years back (I'm thinking 7 or so, since I think my wife was still pregnant when I read it and it freaked me out thinking about it from a "there but for the grace of God go I" perspective) about the different treatment by the criminal justice system of parents that this happened to. Race played some role, but more often it was down to whether the local prosecutor was a tough on crime zealot or not.

Having said all that, at 11 months and while the parents were both at church together? Doesn't fit the normal pattern.

[aparch]

That’s what their infant said.

How can somebody do that? I flatly do not understand. After having a baby girl, she became my life. How can somebody forget to take care of their baby like that? It boggles my mind.

There's a reason carmaker started to make this alert a standard feature:

[aparch]

She did get to God the quickest, so she wins church: https://abcnews.go.com/US/11-month-g...ry?id=99699492

Knowing you're not responsible enough or ready to have a child and aborting it: 10 years in prison.

Ignorantly leaving your newborn in a hot car to suffocate and cook to death: God's will, sh*t happens, no charges filed.

[dxmnkd316]

That’s what their infant said.

How can somebody do that? I flatly do not understand. After having a baby girl, she became my life. How can somebody forget to take care of their baby like that? It boggles my mind.

In this case? Zealotry mostly.

I've never understood it either. I take three steps at most before realizing I forgot my phone. Much less a kid.

[St. Clown]

jfc

That’s what their infant said.

How can somebody do that? I flatly do not understand. After having a baby girl, she became my life. How can somebody forget to take care of their baby like that? It boggles my mind.

[ScoobyDoo]

She did get to God the quickest, so she wins church: https://abcnews.go.com/US/11-month-g...ry?id=99699492

jfc

[French Rage]

She did get to God the quickest, so she wins church: https://abcnews.go.com/US/11-month-g...ry?id=99699492