why do people do bad things and then run to church.?
601756
They truly think they can do anything as long as its confessed- it's people using the church as a scapegoat and refusing to take responsibility for their actions
755659
Simple answer:  Because bad thing happen to good people.\n\nIf nothing bad ever happened to good people, you would not need laws.  If anyone who did something bad was punished...visably...quickly...and justly...by some cosmic force, you would not need laws.  However, that does not happen.  While God does dole out the enternal reward or allow you to be tormented, he tends to reserve this for the afterlife.\nIn THIS life, we need jails.
1162335
mormons and jehovah's witnesses do it all the time. Occasionally others do it as well, but only as a last resort. generally its because the person has done somethingthat goes against the church's rules.
476993
Because churches are evil.
232217
I beleive people are trying to find some sort of excuse for everything they do in life, and it is always easy to find some excuse or to blame somebody else. For me, it is really annoying when people put religion in everything they do, regardless of the religion.
1175817
because some people think that all they have to do is go to church to be saved.
733314
unfortunately, practices like what you mentioned have a lot to do with the dwindling masses going to mass :0(\ni personally pray, worship and praise at home or in the park or on a mountain, or even just in my head....pretty much anywhere else rather than a "house of God".\ni have nothing against religions or churches...but sometimes the religions attached to the churches are overexuberant, overexpectant and down right overbearing.  besides...God created this WORLD soooo wouldn't anywhere i go be a place of God??\nAnyways, i dont know if im going to heaven, i dont know if im going to hell....i just know that i believe there is a God, he had a son, he died for our sins and that we are loved more so than one can put into meer words.  I try to live a good life, being good to as many as i can (but some are really hard to be nice to though) and stay true to myself...if that gets me into heaven...super...if it doesnt, then i deserve what i get.  \nGood or evil could end my life at any moment, so to fret on where i'm going afterwards, to me, would be a waste of the gift of life God gave me in the first place.  \ntake good care :0)\nmarjenl72
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Well some people find nice to do so ( I think ) But being a christian our Part is to forgive them.Because they donot know what r they doing..........so just pray for urself ......me and for them...........May God Bless You
790295
Some people do it to deflect from their own failures and shortcomings. Not all though blame their God for it.
1096265
I think its for the same reason people thank God when something goes well. In both cases, they don't want to take responsibility for their actions.
1032990
Being good is not enough and not even for a christian. We can't continue in sin and expect God to reward us Heaven. God is not willing to turn his back on us if we do the right thing and that's serve him wholeheartedly. God is merciful and forgiven but we must repent and turn away from that lifestyle or sin.
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surely it is fear that they themselves are not on the right path and will go to hell;by condeming others for wrongdoing they reinforce the idea that they are right\nthe christian message is basically a message of love and an obsession with rules is condemned by the church as legalism
1163121
The church I attend is more like a family in that we make it a point to be involved in each others lives.  We "deal with" the good, bad, and ugly (so to speak).  My wife and a good friend started a clothing ministry which provides clothing to the needy.  We are also working with recent African refugees that escaped the killings in their country and are now lost in this one.\n\nI personally am always looking for ways to help others.\n\nBy the way, this church "family" has a lot of us who are going on a motorcycle ride after church today as it is "Biker Weekend" here.\n\nCome visit if you're ever in town.
438641
Because they don't have idle time on their hands.  They are always busy doing the church group things.  Which are normally not directed towards violence.  Their time and their minds are taken up with activities the church group is doing.  It's really a matter of occupation.  Fill up their lives with a group that's doing good things, with caring adults around to watch for any problems.
333407
Very bad, people take God out of their lives and then get angry and wonder why God wasn't there for them when they needed him.
972070
To test your faith. If something bad happens to you and you still worship and praise God, then you have good faith. If something bad happens to you and you question God, then your faith isn't as strong as it needs to be. There is a reason for everything good and bad that happens, whether we know why it happens or not.
817559
Exactly. This is the same thing that goes on in our lives when we make negative choices. Religion pretends that it is sin and that we are bad. This is just nonsense. It is only Gods way of teaching us what not to do.\n\nGod has not intention of judging us for learning our lessons in the way He always intended.\n\nLove and blessings Don