Skits are common in protestant churches today, particularly of the evangelical persuasion. I’m unfond of them, but our own church has them occasionally, like when a parishioner dressed up as a homeless person and ran crying for help down the aisle. Some sort of lesson on helping the less fortunate ensued.
So it’s not unfeasible that folks thought this was something of the sort. For a few seconds at least.
Skits are common in protestant churches today, particularly of the evangelical persuasion. I’m unfond of them, but our own church has them occasionally, like when a parishioner dressed up as a homeless person and ran crying for help down the aisle. Some sort of lesson on helping the less fortunate ensued.I *hate* that stuff. A relative moved from an episcopalian to an "Anglican" evangelical church. They do stupid crud like that all the time. I actually feel ill going to the service because it's like I'm a participant in Jerry Springer.So it’s not unfeasible that folks thought this was something of the sort. For a few seconds at least.
I may go Catholic just to have a normal service if this keeps up.
I had never heard of church skits but a woman who was in the church at the time of the shooting said that a skit had just been performed and she thought the shooting was another one. For a split second, I guess.
I received a forwarded email last week from a devout friend about a church scenario where masked armed ‘’terrorists’’ invade a church and order anyone not willing to take a bullet for their beliefs to leave immediately. After most of the attendees run out, one of the terrorists shows himself to be the pastor and commends the remaining few for demonstrating their willingness to put their lives on the line.
It wasn’t clear if this was an actual skit or just a fictional story but I get chills now thinking about it.
I attend an Evangelical church (Calvary Chapel) and we have NEVER had anything close to a skit in church, much less a “surprise” one. I cannot imagine my pastor even doing something like that.