Flashing shoes in church...

We seriously need to address this pandemic in our church. I doubt that I am the only parishioner who has photosensitivity issues and I have raised this question before and yet the inconsiderate parents at the parish seem to always smack it down with the whole, "Kids will be kids!" mantra. It's dumb and idiotic and I've had enough. I fled from the parish today because of all these shoes going on which should not be worn at all. Parents need to be pastorally instructed not to dress their kids in such a way that it distracts congregants. Being charitable is not the same as being tolerable toward such an obvious distraction. Being charitable does not mean that your brethren should have to suffer in silence or "look away" when he is in church trying to just pray with you and yet the flashing lights keep pouncing up into his eyes. It is not your brother who ought to be charitable here. Charity is not the attitude of putting up with silliness like this! If you, dear parent, wish to make it to Heaven, show some charity, dress your kid in proper attire, or you and your brother will be lost! I damn near was tempted to throw my car key and scream out in the parking lot, "I HATE THIS [EXPLETIVE] PARISH!!!" This should not be someone's experience when they go to worship Our Lord on a given Sunday.

You, the parent, are in charge of your kid. Unless you want the State to decide that your kid can be vaccinated without your discretion, or that your kid can receive puberty blockers without your discretion, or pick up the TV remote and watch whatever shows they want to watch, then you should cease and desist with the excuse that "Kids will be kids!" You shirk your parental responsibilities by letting them wear such shoes in church to the detriment of many of the faithful. Especially with a photosensitivity that I have which is more severe at times than at others, I cannot worship my Lord in Church and the parish serves no benefit to me. I am fully justified in stating that "I hate this parish" the more that this evil perniciousness is allowed to continue on but do not allow me to be justified in this. Instead, exert your parental responsibilities. Show me that hating the parish is a true sin to be shamed of. Show me that God dwells in your parish by behaving charitably and being more conscientious toward your brother and all of your venerable brother. You have full authority over what shoes your kid wears to church and if you are not more conscientious of the fact that you will be dressing your kids for church on a weekly basis when you buy shoes, you have nothing but yourself to blame for the mistakes your children make!

I am tired of being constantly bullied by parishioners here. I concur with St. John the Evangelist that if any one hates his brother, he is not of God. Well if your brother has told you that he is photosensitive and the flashing shoes have become a distraction to his worship, do not dismiss him by flippantly telling him to be more charitable. He has already exercised charity toward you in telling you this about himself. It is now on you to humbly submit yourself in charity and refuse to allow your kids to wear flashing shoes. Why the hell would I continue going to a parish in which flashing shoes will be constantly distracting me away from the worship of God? Why would I continue to even bother putting up with such a parish? If this is the attitude that God's people treat me with, then it must be better to just wallow around outside the church! Until Holy Transfiguration fixes this problem, I will not be attending divine services there any more. It's a sickening situation. Even my godparents, who I have gently told this already, continue to allow their children to frolic around in flashing shoes. I'm done putting up with the problem. I'm done being told to be "silent and charitable". Flashing shoes should not be worn in church, PERIOD. If you end up missing me, then you'll fix this problem. But if you don't want to fix this problem, then bye. Be a community of charity, not one in which your brother is forced into a situation where he must persistently tolerate that which is a strain to him.