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Post by flhuntress on Nov 13, 2003 0:30:20 GMT -5
i'm not....my church is now at the freak zone or any other place i'm huntin'.
i used to go like 6days a week but got really burned out...it seemed that i'd give an inch and they'd expect a mile.
i miss the fellowship but that's about all.
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Post by noonebil on Nov 13, 2003 8:01:11 GMT -5
Currently seeking a new church home. The one I was in got too political & clicky. I do go somewhere every Sunday morning that I am not working.
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Post by deerslayer11 on Nov 13, 2003 8:56:33 GMT -5
Im sure it will come as no surprize to most of yall that I havent been to church since I was old enough to make my own decision. I spent a year in a christian school in Fla and that was enough for me. It aint my thing.
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Post by GoTres on Nov 13, 2003 9:26:31 GMT -5
I used to feel that way DS. The chuch I grew up in was way too hypocritical on several things and it really went against what I believed so I quit going.
Several years ago, it dawned on me that I was missing the message because I didn't like the messengers and I didn't like that.
I like a small congregation where I know everyone. We go to the church where my wife grew up and it's a great group of people but the singing is awful.
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Post by StealthHunter on Nov 13, 2003 10:52:11 GMT -5
I grew up in an Old Regular Baptist family where my father was a preacher. It was, and still is, so hypocritical of all other religions and constantly shouting the message that without redemption by the church we are all going to hell. Before I got divorced this year my wife and I used to take our daughter to the Salvation Army Church in Fort Myers, FL. I must say I enjoyed this much more because of the fellowship of everyone there. Right now I am in my own little world and I am not sure when I will go to church again.
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Post by flhuntress on Nov 13, 2003 11:10:57 GMT -5
not to change the subject but ft.myers sucks...hate it with a passion.
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Post by StealthHunter on Nov 13, 2003 12:45:49 GMT -5
I lived there for 7 years. Missed the change of seasons way to much.
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Post by noonebil on Nov 13, 2003 12:58:14 GMT -5
...that without redemption by the church we are all going to hell. The church doesn't redeam us. It is Christ's blood that does that. No matter if you are in a church building 24/7 or never grace it's door. Going to church is more about fellowship with like minded people & sometimes learning more (or teaching more) about Christ. I try not to be one of those Bible thumpers that scream "repent or die". I focus more on God's love through Christ Jesus. Jesus never said "Do good deeds, go to church, & never sin, then you can go to Heaven." Sorry about the sermon.  |
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Post by StealthHunter on Nov 13, 2003 20:02:20 GMT -5
Noonebil there is nothing to be sorry about. I happen to agree with you. Maybe there is to much of the quiteness of the outdoors in me to hear repent or go to hell.
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Post by Anne on Nov 13, 2003 20:56:50 GMT -5
All my family but me belong to a church of some kind... I am more Spiritual than Religous ( if that makes sense?) and as for Women Preachers I couldn't sit and listen to one no matter what she had to say....I don't think a woman should be preaching but thats just my feelings ..
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Post by Shorthair on Nov 14, 2003 4:20:46 GMT -5
Except for several years when I was trying drink all the liquor and date all the women in Augusta and anywhere I went surfing I have been going regular. We are changing churches right now because my church I grew up in doesn't have any kids or much to offer my daughter. I really don't want to move because I love all those old folks and they've known me since I was a youngun. They stuck with me and prayed for me during my hellian days.
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