I grew up northeast catholic so those were basically the only churches I knew. When i was maybe 9 or 10 some family member had a christening for their kid or something. So we drove our asses out to bumfuck PA and we get to their church and its like a walmart with a vaulted ceiling. we get in and i’m looking around and I see these huge screens, like 4 or 5 set up across the front where there was a massive stage that looked like it was for performances.

Little me had absolutely zero theory, basically all my politics up to that point was captain planet, lil bush, and mind of mencia. I somehow still remember feeling really grossed out, thinking “this place doesn’t really feel all that Jesus-y to me, jesus doesn’t use televisions and stage lighting” I don’t even know if it could be considered a mega church but it felt like it really wanted to be one.