Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

In Texas, church property is exempt from property tax only if it is used for religious purposes. Some of you might remember that the Fundamentalist LDS (polygamists) once had a compound in my little west Texas county. Their huge temple was tax-exempt, but they paid their taxes on the rest of the pro...

My region was awful with this. One time two campus church members slept together and the girl got pregnant and they had an entire lesson on why they had sinned and addressed them both by name (while they were in the room too!) any time someone had fallen into deep sin they would tell all of us, add...

Singing Christmas songs (religious ones)! That was one of the highlights of leaving the COC.

Sorry I got off topic! Agri, I did read through your info. Interesting that the story of Abraham has him attempting to sacrifice Ishmael. I had heard this before. B.H., are you going to do a pilgrimage to Mecca? One day I hope to. I read the pilgrimage was much smaller this year because of COVID. I...

I guess churches that baptize babies do it to wash off “original sin”. I think some denominations do this. But others see Infant baptism as a sacrament of God, which admits the child into the church and which indicates the parents’ commitment that they will raise the baby in the family of God. Then...

But doesn’t the COC baptize “in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost”?

Hi, Boz. Welcome to our hideout. Whatever your trauma or experience with the COC, you will find people here who understand.

BH
I moved your post from New Paths-Christian to New Paths-Non-Christian. Because these are Support and Agreement sections. Thanks.

I am interested to hear the Muslim view that the Holy Spirit is the Angel Gabriel. Is this widely accepted or even in your scriptures?

Wow Sola!! You resurrected an old thread. But a good one. We haven't seen roddma in ages...I hope they are ok. Old thread? Isn’t it dated this month? I think many people are attracted to the COC because their arguments sound good if you don’t examine them closely. They are experts at proof-texting....

Welcome, KK!