Chapter 9

I'm glad to see these people finally went to church. So far all i have seen is working and living off the land. It's about time they go to church. I don't think i would like that kinda church though. The way they preach doesn't seem that great. And the music sounds just plain awful. It took them ten minutes just to sing one hymn? Come on. We have some long songs in our church...but they certainly aren't ten minutes. Maybe the head preacher guy should take a different approach to spreading God's message. Even Eric noted that several rows of old dudes were nodding their heads and snoring. It was like a shooting gallery, everyones heads bobbing up and down....Again, my church is pretty boring, but not enough to put you to sleep. I think Bishop Henry needs a reality check.

This whole church adventure also brought up another issue. During the service, a kid starting crying and the parent went outside to spank her. The crowd counted ten spanks! Don't get me wrong, i am all for spanking kids. But ten spanks for crying in church seems a little excessive. So, i know things are done differently in their community, but i wonder if their are any government agencies looking out for the welfare of the kids? If the parents want to live with no technology- fine. But their comes a point when discipling your kids crosses the line and becomes child abuse. Because the community is so close knit, it would be almost impossible to report any ytpe of misconduct to the authorities.

And i got another laugh out of the miniskirt ordeal. Mary said that any dress that is higher than the ankles is a miniskirt? That is rediculous. I am sure some old dude is gonna say "Hey Jebediah, check out the ankles on that broad." Again...purely rediculous.