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- Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:35 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Lasting Effects
- Replies: 13
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Re: Lasting Effects
FFT, I share a lot of your experiences. I still rethink things I have said, justify my words and actions if they have been questionable (after all, I can't risk actually making a mistake--that would send me to hell!) I had to tell my parents about my departure pretty soon after I left. My mother wa...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:01 pm
- Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
- Topic: Longtime lurker, first time poster (Hi!)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4295
Re: Longtime lurker, first time poster (Hi!)
Welcome! I was non-institutional COC also, but I avoided Florida College, thank goodness. I have lots of relatives in both NICOC and mainline, including several preachers. They have given up on me after all these years. My parents have passed on, but we had good relationships eventually after I lef...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:47 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Lasting Effects
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3469
Re: Lasting Effects
I didn't have a "bad" life either growing up in the CoC. I work in the family business and see them quite regular. It can be weird at times but for the most part it works out well now that the air has been cleared and my rationale has been expressed to them in a calm way. Though, those gu...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:39 pm
- Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
- Topic: Longtime lurker, first time poster (Hi!)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4295
Re: Longtime lurker, first time poster (Hi!)
Welcome to the board. Kind of an FC alum myself, only 2 semesters, maybe we went to chapel! :o It is funny that I was considered an alum of that school by them at least, because everywhere I moved they would always find me and send me calendars, the magazine and ask for money. Finally last year I f...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:23 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Lasting Effects
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3469
Lasting Effects
As I mentioned a bit in the welcome thread, I feel like growing up in the church has scarred me a bit, in ways that I'm only just now, several years after leaving, starting to realize. Guilt: I feel guilty all the time, even about things I have no control over. If someone is having a bad day or feel...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:54 pm
- Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
- Topic: Longtime lurker, first time poster (Hi!)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4295
Re: Longtime lurker, first time poster (Hi!)
Thank you all for the warm welcome!
- Tue Jul 18, 2017 5:59 pm
- Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
- Topic: Longtime lurker, first time poster (Hi!)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4295
Longtime lurker, first time poster (Hi!)
Hi all, I've been lurking on these boards for about a year now, and thought it was time to properly introduce myself. I grew up in the non-institutional church of Christ (haha, even after years away, my instinct is to NEVER capitalize the "c" in church), from birth until I finally started ...