Would you rather attend a hardcore show or a Coptic Christian church service?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Since it appears that both run around the same time.

The hardcore show is undoubtedly more entertaining and has better music, so that.

[Smid]

I went to the tail end of a Coptic church service once.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Shrieking, pretentious druggies

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[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Townsend, writing off huge swathes of human culture won't help you get girls.

Anyway, my answer should be obvious.

[Simfan34]

Coptic Christian (Ethiopian)*

*as opposed to "(Normal)"

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

The Coptic church service is beautiful, the music there is actually music, and you get to experience Christianity outside the more familiar Western tradition. 

A real Christian hipster would be interested.

[Sound + Vision]

I've never been to a Coptic church service, so I'd get to learn about a religious tradition with which I have no experience. I'm not sure how much I would learn at the hardcore show.

[Lambsbread]

The hardcore show is undoubtedly more entertaining and has better music, so that.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

the music there is actually music

[AndrewTX]

I have no idea what either are.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

the music there is actually music

Singing!

[Simfan34]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P0AOV27Tqc

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm referring to the "actually music" bit. That stuff might be music but it is boring. I doubt Copts do much hand raising or dancing either...and it's 4 hours long, ugh.

See here is good music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0aMZd978ZU

[Northeast Rep Snowball]

I have no idea what either are.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

See here is good music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0aMZd978ZU

I like it better than most of what you listen to.

[Yelnoc]

I have no idea what either are.

Ugh.

[Speed of Sound]

Definitely a Coptic Church service. It would be very interesting, having only been to "Western" Christian services before to see the difference. Likewise, going to a non-Coptic Orthodox and comparing; they all have lovely architecture. New Pope (or correct title here) recently, too, no?

[TJ in Oregon]

I think a Coptic service would be really cool. I went with a friend once to a Byzantine Catholic Mass once it was certainly enjoyable and interesting to see how our Eastern brothers and sisters do things, so I'd imagine the Coptic service would be similar in that sense.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I think it's clear most people in this thread especially Townsend don't really know what "hardcore" is, which isn't surprising since most people outside the scene don't. Hardcore really has nothing to do with how "heavy" a band is, or how noisy or abrasive, in fact bands that are big on the latter two are rarely straight hardcore but rather various offshoots of it (this includes most of everyone who has ever played at Dude Fest.) I'd also point out there is a reason why fans of hardcore and fans of death/black metal tend to hate each other.

This is a hardcore band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M7e05QsNxs
So is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrDxSPyrYPc
So is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUJScmvFmSM

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Coptic Christian service, hands down.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Townsend, writing off huge swathes of human culture won't help you get girls.

But I wrote off religion, not the religious.

Exactly. Huge swathes of human culture, not huge swathes of humans. Quite decent of you, sort of.

[Oakvale]

Townsend, writing off huge swathes of human culture won't help you get girls.

Leave shrieking, pretentious druggies alone.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

"Shrieking, pretentious druggies" sounds more like metalheads.

[k-onmmunist]

being the shrieking pretentious druggie that i am, the hardcore show.

[rejectamenta]

The hardcore show would undoubtedly be a deeper and more fulfilling experience.