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[โ€“] FullOfBallooons@leminal.space 33 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It was right around the release of Star Wars Episode I, and the new pastor thought if he brought modern pop culture references into his sermon, maybe The Youths would sit up and pay attention.

The sermon was a whole thing about "being a Jedi Knight for God" and it was insufferable. I'm not sure time has ever gone by slower. I was twelve and absolutely not won over, I wanted to crawl out of the pew and die.

[โ€“] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

maybe The Youths would sit up and pay attention.

[โ€“] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Pew or pew not - there is no die.

[โ€“] unmagical@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I unironically loved that shit when I was like 5