Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

Scott wrote:I can understand the Jewish point of view with the history of persecution. I can't get my head around why Christians would do this, seems to be contrary to what was taught by Jesus. At least the way I understand it.

Man, did you ever say a mouthful there! What a sickening history, eh?

Oh no, Oh no!!! Not a Methodist! BH's CoC granny always said "A Methodist is the hardest to teach the truth to because they think it is okay to believe anything". And thus, Moogy is still a Methodist... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: My family and I attended a Methodist church for some years after w...

Mother's Day at my home congregation was one of those holidays that was glossed over, and the eldership there made certain people knew we didn't acknowledge such unscriptural practices as spending time recognizing a holiday that had no basis in Bible teaching. Of course, there were still a few peopl...

And soon we'll all be eyeless and toothless when all our "sins" have been deal with.

A bowling league, huh? Nothing like being all up-to-date. They probably met up at Shoney's Big Boy or Luby's and had the senior special before coming up with their manifesto. "We do not listen to no boogie-woogie either!" Having parties and coffee and cake on the Lord's dime just ain't gon...

My only experience with a local one-cup congregation is that they pretty much policed the Lawd's Supper - they had a very small membership roll, and essentially knew who had or hadn't been dipped. They also quizzed any of their (very few) stray visitors they didn't know personally as to their member...

I attended a Passover seder at my friend's family's home when I was just old enough to drive and could sneak in the visit without letting my parents know. Crazy, isn't it, that I had to sneak out to go to a seder meal, like I was trying to get a keg of cheap beer on the sly? Anyway, I knew that the ...

While I no longer have any very strong convictions about the specifics of Christianity, I don't discount the notion of God (at least not yet :shock: ). At the same time, I understand your hesitation about those you know from the old days asking for prayer or other divine intervention, and not having...

You know, a kid that attended the one cup church I used to visit actually said "The elders took away so-and-so's salvation" when they disfellowshipped the young man for being gay. LOL....because they are just that powerful. :roll: If they are so powerful why didn't they just *take away th...

My old hometown CofC was very big on getting started on time and finishing on time ("decently and in order" applied not to just being the frozen chosen, but doing things in a timely way). The preacher who was inclined to carry on past his time was strongly discouraged from repeating the pe...