He'd gone to church for forty years and was only getting worse. It seemed like this should tell God something.

Sue Monk Kidd
He'd gone to church for forty years and was only...
He'd gone to church for forty years and was only...
He'd gone to church for forty years and was only...
He'd gone to church for forty years and was only...
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When you go to church for forty years and get worse, it seems like this should tell God something. It's a well-known fact in modern times that many people in the United States have stopped going to church, in part because they have become more offended by the behavior of other people in church. This quote from a newspaper was written about a man who had been going to church every Sunday for forty years. He was feeling so burnt-out from attending church so often that he was no longer interested in going at all. In addition, he felt that his bad behavior at church was being used as evidence against him before God.

Source: The Secret Life Of Bees

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