Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

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When I was growing up, my parents told me that when it talked about wine in the Bible, it just meant grape juice.

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When I was a teenager, my mother told me she would not buy me a white dress if I was not a virgin when I got married. And, yes, I was a virgin when I married. All the indoctrination, shaming and worrying what other people would think, along with the horror of a non-white wedding dress, totally did t...

I remember my mother really pushing the "what would people think" button. She told me never to go parking with a boy because what would someone think if they saw me, or what if someone saw me kissing a boy. I remember my grandmother making a big deal over a short skirt and saying I would b...

I talked to some JW's several years ago and actually learned a lot. They said the Bible does not teach that you have an immortal soul. I tried so hard to prove them wrong, but searched and asked questions of people who would know, and they were right! That whole concept comes from Plato and the Gree...

I can remember one Sunday when I was around 36 years old, I was at church and thought to myself that I had never really gotten anything out of church in my whole life. Of course, I just thought something was wrong with me. The following year, we moved to another state and started attending a more li...

I watched most of the videos. Very interesting. Thanks!

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Thanks so much for that answer! So if historically the early Christians did not use instruments, it was possibly because of a holdover from the Jewish practice because of the destruction of the temple, and not because there was anything wrong with using instruments in praising God. This makes sense ...