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Post by Admin on Jun 3, 2024 10:18:21 GMT
These people are hiding predators. You thought the Roman Catholic church was bad? Did you try reading this site? Did it ever cross your mind why they don't want you reading this site? This should speak volumes. Demand better. Do better. Be better. (Admin Edit: (Sorry wallflower) This original thread got off topic. Let's stay on topic! Thanks!! The Admin Team)
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grumpy
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Post by grumpy on Jun 3, 2024 15:21:29 GMT
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Post by maggie on Jun 3, 2024 15:29:54 GMT
There is something that bothers me. The Bible has been clear on if you don't forgive someone, God will not forgive you. In other words, you will go to hell. What about those who shun?? They do not forgive the one who they are shunning. Any thoughts on this?
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Post by elusiverebel on Jun 3, 2024 18:04:16 GMT
There is something that bothers me. The Bible has been clear on if you don't forgive someone, God will not forgive you. In other words, you will go to hell. What about those who shun?? They do not forgive the one who they are shunning. Any thoughts on this? I’ve thought about this as well and don’t have much of answer. The cognitive dissonance is real. They cherry pick verses out of context to justify it. A painful lesson I’ve learned from my time apart from the church is how truly hypocritically un-Christlike many of the views and behaviors are. For example, 1 Corinthians 5 is a common reference for disfellowship of a sinner. Only after the process of dealing with the sin has been completed should the brother be disfellowshipped. After this, he is to be treated as “an heathen man and a publican.” Stop and think here, how did Jesus treat heathens and publicans? Shunning is yet another power tool wielded by the church for manipulation and control.
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Post by AgnosticAgain on Jun 6, 2024 13:52:44 GMT
All denominations are just one guy's interpretation of the bible. Find a church with better interpretation. I bet my life that you won't go to hell for it. That's just one guy's opinion. Nothing is special about these guys except that a bunch of people decided to follow them. Follow someone else. Or be your own guide. There is nothing in the bible that says you need another person to interpret it's contents for you. Consult experts and scholars when needed. Nbd. Attend bible studies with peers and discuss. Grow together.
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Post by wallflower on Jun 8, 2024 17:11:23 GMT
These people are hiding predators. You thought the Roman Catholic church was bad? Did you try reading this site? Did it ever cross your mind why they don't want you reading this site? This should speak volumes. Demand better. Do better. Be better. (Admin Edit: (Sorry wallflower ) This original thread got off topic. Let's stay on topic! Thanks!! The Admin Team)Thank you, Admin, for upholding and maintaining truth! This is the only forum that tells it the way it is.
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Post by jondiesel78 on Jun 21, 2024 11:21:12 GMT
As you sit in the pew this weekend, remember that your church has decided not to do anything meaningful about child sexual abuse. Protect your family and leave before it's too late
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grumpy
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Post by grumpy on Jun 21, 2024 14:09:28 GMT
Looks like we set a new record yesterday for most users online. 183 users, 1766 guests. That's a huge percentage of the PRC.
As you sit in the pew this weekend, remember where you went to get accurate, timely information about your own church. And why you went there. And look around you. Likely dozens of others did the same.
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Post by AgnosticAgain on Jun 22, 2024 15:04:02 GMT
This week the PRC leadership threw all justice into the fiery pit. They continue to murder with their behavior. May you burn for eternity and never experience peace or reprieve. You will suffer 70x7 time but news flash, 490 is an arbitrary number. Your suffering will not end at 490. It will be infinite. This is all that your future holds now.
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Post by wewerepr on Jun 23, 2024 2:52:09 GMT
The first Sunday you aren’t in a pr pew because you are leaving,can be exhilarating/treasonous feeling. Don’t sweat it. You are doing the right thing by leaving. There is a problem(or there are problems)and it’s not you. There are lots more opportunities to not sit in that pr pew. Welcome to the first day of real life.
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Post by Andatlastiseethelight on Jun 23, 2024 12:53:05 GMT
Inaction is an action—behavior is a language—and as painful as it is, it shows us our reality if we are willing to see it.
Words are just words. We all PRs have lots of them. That doesn’t mean that the intent behind them will materialize. And then, they don’t.
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Post by questioneverything on Jun 23, 2024 14:33:50 GMT
"A religious individual may most gloriously carry out his or her own rituals, as a part of his or her cultural identity, but the moment, that person starts to build a wall of separation between the self and the rest of humanity, coaxed by the textual commands of a scripture, the healthy religiousness turns into dangerous fundamentalism, which is a threat to both the self and the society." - Abhijit Naskar
You in the PR pews are that threat. Save yourself and leave.
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Post by cannalily on Jun 23, 2024 23:52:13 GMT
Oh look! They canceled your 3pi investigation! Thank God that they didn't reveal anything! It's almost as if they were hiding something though, right? Riiiiight?
Sit there and waste yet another day, listening to the drone of a guy who doesn't give two craps about you, and supports the decisions of "leadership".
First you waited to get a 3pi, then you waited to get results, then you're waiting to see what happens. When will YOU execute your wishes? Or are you just going to wait some more? Clearly they don't care about you at all.
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Post by AgnosticAgain on Jun 24, 2024 14:29:21 GMT
Pandora's box will open eventually. I bet some people really want to put it off until they die. By "some people" I mean dje, all the profs, guilty ministers and elders, etc. After that, they dont care what happens or how it affects anyone else.
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Post by crazychurch on Jun 24, 2024 14:33:32 GMT
Pandora's box will open eventually. I bet some people really want to put it off until they die. By "some people" I mean dje, all the profs, guilty ministers and elders, etc. After that, they dont care what happens or how it affects anyone else. That will be the next excuse not to make a move. The thought of rejection is so strong since that's what the church did throughout the years: cut off anybody else. Now you're just caught with your pants down. And chances are the members now thinking of leaving were the worst offenders too. The whole thing just stinks to high heaven.
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