Post by freedom on Nov 9, 2021 14:14:19 GMT
Ecclesastical - relating to the Christian Church or its clergy
Let’s confess it the PRC is great at community. Shaming is a big topic on this forum because the community structure was such a huge part of our lives. However, the PRC community is merely community porn.
Now that I lost everyone let me explain. Does an exclusive country club offer community? Certainly. Is the PRC better than a country club? Absolutely! Why is the PRC better than a country club? They are able to mix their version of community together and add with all the potency and illusion that their version is biblical – ie the real deal. A country club version of community is like Playboy and the PRC version is greatest current form of virtual reality porn.
How does PR community differ from biblical community? When you were still in the PRC and attended a non PR service did you every walk away with the feeling that these are my people because the we are worshipping the same God. There is a 99.99% chance you walked away with the feeling something was not right. Could have been the dress was too casual, or perhaps the sermon was too short, the sermon was not doctrinal enough, did not like it that Pastor opened with a joke, would have preferred if they simply used an organ….
Is there such a thing as biblical community. Absolutely! “But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. I Cor 5:11 has teeth simply because good biblical community is a real thing. A motivation for coming back to the church may be that they miss the fellowship associated with being with Christians.
Biblical community is place where our social class, tribal/personal preferences, and income status are completely subservient to the fact that we are all worshipping the same God. There is no defining look, vehicle, language, … associated with Biblical community except a common faith in Jesus Christ.
Are you having trouble finding a church? Is most of the problem you face is that you do not really fit in? You are three days out of Egypt and “remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.” You are actually searching for community porn. You long to have that tight knit, comfortable, everyone knows you name feeling at your new church.
Some may raise the objection and say the PRC may have been off on some of their emphasis, but their community was great! Why can’t I find a church with better emphasis and the same community as the PRC? I believe the community Jim Jones created was outstanding.
Someone once said, and then a bunch of people repeated it, you worship your way into porn and you Worship your way out. Either you are searching for community, or for a body of believers who worship God well.
This forum is addictive because it offers community. It is as close to PR community as you can get because even though I know nobody, yet everyone knows my name and we all have similar experiences. It is like visiting a beach in Fl and finding out the person right next to you is from Grand Rapids, lived in the same neighborhood, know a bunch of people in common, and they guy works at Steelcase and so do you. The guy may be an atheist but that really does not matter because you are searching for community even on vacation.
Do you go to church somewhere, but come here to get your community porn? This is where your people are? If you identify more with the atheist on this forum more than the Pastor in your local church then you are a community porn addict. You may want nothing to do with the PRC except their version of community porn. You must Worship your way out of this porn too.
Is this forum just community porn? No, I think it has benefits for the right people who need to detox. Everyone is telling you that you are crazy for leaving the PRC and this place offers a place to validate your own thoughts and convince yourself you are not crazy.
For me, this place is way too addictive for me. My identity is not in the fact that I am an ex-pr, but that I am a Christ follower. I am Worshiping my way out of this porn because my church and family need me.
Let’s confess it the PRC is great at community. Shaming is a big topic on this forum because the community structure was such a huge part of our lives. However, the PRC community is merely community porn.
Now that I lost everyone let me explain. Does an exclusive country club offer community? Certainly. Is the PRC better than a country club? Absolutely! Why is the PRC better than a country club? They are able to mix their version of community together and add with all the potency and illusion that their version is biblical – ie the real deal. A country club version of community is like Playboy and the PRC version is greatest current form of virtual reality porn.
How does PR community differ from biblical community? When you were still in the PRC and attended a non PR service did you every walk away with the feeling that these are my people because the we are worshipping the same God. There is a 99.99% chance you walked away with the feeling something was not right. Could have been the dress was too casual, or perhaps the sermon was too short, the sermon was not doctrinal enough, did not like it that Pastor opened with a joke, would have preferred if they simply used an organ….
Is there such a thing as biblical community. Absolutely! “But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. I Cor 5:11 has teeth simply because good biblical community is a real thing. A motivation for coming back to the church may be that they miss the fellowship associated with being with Christians.
Biblical community is place where our social class, tribal/personal preferences, and income status are completely subservient to the fact that we are all worshipping the same God. There is no defining look, vehicle, language, … associated with Biblical community except a common faith in Jesus Christ.
Are you having trouble finding a church? Is most of the problem you face is that you do not really fit in? You are three days out of Egypt and “remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.” You are actually searching for community porn. You long to have that tight knit, comfortable, everyone knows you name feeling at your new church.
Some may raise the objection and say the PRC may have been off on some of their emphasis, but their community was great! Why can’t I find a church with better emphasis and the same community as the PRC? I believe the community Jim Jones created was outstanding.
Someone once said, and then a bunch of people repeated it, you worship your way into porn and you Worship your way out. Either you are searching for community, or for a body of believers who worship God well.
This forum is addictive because it offers community. It is as close to PR community as you can get because even though I know nobody, yet everyone knows my name and we all have similar experiences. It is like visiting a beach in Fl and finding out the person right next to you is from Grand Rapids, lived in the same neighborhood, know a bunch of people in common, and they guy works at Steelcase and so do you. The guy may be an atheist but that really does not matter because you are searching for community even on vacation.
Do you go to church somewhere, but come here to get your community porn? This is where your people are? If you identify more with the atheist on this forum more than the Pastor in your local church then you are a community porn addict. You may want nothing to do with the PRC except their version of community porn. You must Worship your way out of this porn too.
Is this forum just community porn? No, I think it has benefits for the right people who need to detox. Everyone is telling you that you are crazy for leaving the PRC and this place offers a place to validate your own thoughts and convince yourself you are not crazy.
For me, this place is way too addictive for me. My identity is not in the fact that I am an ex-pr, but that I am a Christ follower. I am Worshiping my way out of this porn because my church and family need me.