Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

Concerning the free will argument why evil is allowed--think of this. The Germans violated the Jews free will to do good or evil by gassing them. A mugger violates a person's free will by mugging and stabbing them. The victim's freedom to to good or evil was interfered with by the mugger killing th...

I was just talking to a coc person on the phone, and I told her that the God presented by the coc seemed more like an abusive husband. But yes, I feel so much more free having left the church. When I think about the Bible story at a high level, it just sounds ridiculous. God created man, purposely ...

It's really sad sometimes to look back on all of the relationships that God destroyed because of how influential the CoC/teachings were.

The preacher who spoke at my mom's funeral did just the same; preached more about obedience to God and less about her life/celebration of her. Has anyone had experiences with going to the funeral of someone who had 'fallen away'? I've gone to a few and the speakers/preachers Never once acknowledged ...

Welcome to the community!

I hope that you feel welcomed and accepted here.
I went to school and even did mission work in Jamaica with a lot of folks from the Minnesota CoCs.
Seems to be the near Mecca of the CoC, lol.

Welcome to the community; I'm thankful that you and your brothers made it out.
It seems that we all have scars from our experiences with the church, but we made it!

Welcome!

Welcome to the community; we accept you as you are. Although you may feel alone and lost in the wilderness, you are not alone. I survived a year at FC (second generation), went from '08-'09. Most, if not all, of my family is practicing moderate CoC. I left the church four years ago. Despite harsh cr...

Looking back I can see clearly that the control comes from instilling fear and guilt. At the time, growing up in the coc, I never saw it that way. I didn't think I was being controlled. I didn't think an unrational fear of hell was keeping me from questioning the church. I didn't think shame was ke...

you're right. so blind..