Note from the Editor:
The first mega-church I went to was one somewhere on the west side of Dallas, and it put on a grand show; there was a band performing up on stage as if it was a normal concert, and the guy speaking to everyone right after was broadcasting on live TV and a YouTube channel. They had big events that involved the entire congregation, including one with props and some sort of rite-of-passage we all lined up for right beside him. I can see why this sort of ‘worship’ performance lures so many in.
I’d been to giant churches before; there were those up in Plano and Frisco, as well as their neighboring suburbs, that looked more like fortresses and airports than places of connecting with the divine. One was called “The Bapti-dome”; it was a giant domed structure where Baptists from miles around gathered, numbering in the tens of thousands. The electric bills for those places were in the millions of dollars each year; it cost them that much just to keep the damn lights on, meaning it wasn’t going into any community services or charities.
I never would have thought another mega-church was on my life-path, or that I would benefit in any way from such a thing, but here I was. The ushers were nicer than in previous churches, I was asked to go by the latest bitch I was fucking (instead of just annoying, ugly, retarded, abusive ‘family’ members), and there was talk of a big and catered trip back overseas. I did what I always do; I dared to go inside, try out their little services, and get on that plane… taking me right back to the Middle East I’d been so ready to leave behind twice.
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