Have you ever fainted in church?

[Hardrada]

[Liberal Veteran]

1. No, but I burst into flames one time upon crossing the threshold...

....should I be worried?

[CO Liberal]

2. Gee ... That Can Ruin Your Whole Day!!!

:-)

[Radio_Lady]

24. Now I'm wondering -- does "THRESHHOLD" have two H's?

[bigwillq]

3. YES!

I get dizzy a lot in church. I don't know what it is. I haven't been to an actual Sunday mass in forever. I only go to church for funeral/wedding

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. Maybe it's a reaction to the incense?

Just a thought...

[bigwillq]

8. Could be

For many years, I thought I was just allergic to church!:) Maybe that's why I stopped going!

[libhill]

4. No, but -

I found myself "left behind" one Sunday when people started floating up through the roof. Probably because I'd left my "concealed carry" at home. Can't be raptured if you're unarmed, ya know.

[CO Liberal]

5. Yes

When I was a kid, and we were still expected to dress up to go to church. And us Catholics were still expected to fast for three hours before receiving Communion.

I was wearing a suit and tie as I went up for Communion one Sunday in the middle of summer, in an old church without A/C. The next thing my parents knew, the ushers were rushing up to the front of the church and carrying me out the back door.

[One_Life_To_Give]

6. Is my bride fainting at the altar close enough?

Actually it was just short of fainting. We had to stop the ceremony and let her sit down for a couple minutes.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. A friend of mine did once

when we were in college. We'd pulled an all-nighter, then went to Palm Sunday Mass. I rode with him in an ambulance to the ER. The doctor told him to get some sleep. :D

[GregW]

10. Yes - but only because I had Indian food the night before

Oh! ... you said faINted

[Jessica]

11. I've known people who have ...

It was usually because they locked their knees while standin & singin the hymns. :silly:

[Az]

12. True story

I am told that when I was a toddler my parents took me on vacation to Boston. They were siteseeing and decided to take in some of the famous Churchs in the area. Ever seen the movie The Omen? Apparently I pulled a Damien and screamed my head off when they approached the first Church. Never were able to get me in there.

Hmmmm may explain some things. :shrug:

[libhill]

14. Who knows

maybe you're a reincarnated victim of the Inquisition. I'd scream my head off, too -

[liontamer]

13. nope but I went to wedding where the groom did n/t

[mykpart]

15. No, but I have farted in church.

:)

[chookie]

16. YIKES! Yes

Weird that you bring this up, because I was a Serial Fainter.

Whatever it was that caused it set in around the time of the Consecration of the Host -- by the time of the second bell sounding, I would be out.

It happened a number of times between the ages of 10 and 12. I never figured out what caused it. No one was real sympathetic -- people would get pissed off and treat me like a mortal sinner -- gee, I was just this poor fainting kid.

My best theory -- the STUFFINESS of those churches. Maybe the incense.

I never fainted any other time in my life....

[Radio_Lady]

17. I've never fainted at all -- in church, synagogue or?? What am I missing?

[libhill]

21. Mosque?

n/t

[Radio_Lady]

23. We went to several mosques -- I might have fainted -- from

the smell of the shoes at the door. But I fanned myself and stayed alert.

[libhill]

25. LOL

Soo, what is it with religionists and incense/stinky feet, etc.?

[Wapsie B]

18. No but as a little kid

I saw an old guy keel over dead in church. Took awhile to get over that one.

[Madrone]

19. No -

but I saw a woman have a heart attack in church once! freaky!

Thankfully, I'm an adult and no longer required to go to church. Church is like my own personal version of hell. Or maybe that'd be purgatory? :cry:

[AngryAmish]

20. My record was 3 weeks in a row

as a kid. My dad would always get me up for 7:30 mass, and one time my head hitting the pew was said to sound like a gunshot. I got over it.

I used to faint a lot as a kid, now I only go down about once a year due to seizures.

[alittlelark]

22. 3 times... 8, 9 and 12 years old.

I have always been skinny, and going w/o food for 12 or so hours....

[Hardrada]

26. Maybe we Lutherans fainted less

Because we never fasted for anything but used every religious occasion for chowing down. And drinking lots of coffee.

[hickman1937]

27. No, but I dropped the kneeler once, as the host was being

elevated. I was 8. It sounded like a gunshot. (8:00am grade school mass) the Nuns immediatly jumped up and started patrolling the aisles. To this day I can't believe no one turned me in.

[Hardrada]

28. I should have had a special category

For falling asleep in church.