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Post by civic on Jul 5, 2023 13:55:33 GMT -8
Always, Unfortunately I can't read the small print in your story and there is no way to enlarge it on my laptop. Maybe I will go into the site on my touch screen tablet and see if I can. As it is, it is like being given a chocolate bar and being told you can't open it. (Smiley face goes here.) Rofl 😂 |
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Post by Admin on Jul 5, 2023 14:07:39 GMT -8
Welcome. I saw what happened to you on the site. I was just parrusing as I left the site because of being bullied for correcting a staff member when he was violating his own rules (which he violated when interacting with you as well.) I came back later to start a dialogue. But they had completely removed you and all you said from the site. The things you said intrigued me as I too have found that even when people were friendly on the surface it didn't seem to go beyond that, and I never felt like I fit. Also I was hungry for something that was not being offered. God. I wanted to hear and learn about God not all these benefits of the cross in our felt needs stuff. So I am looking forward to hearing from you. You're going to do just fine. We created this forum a year ago this month. I made a few mistakes in the beginning But have learned from those Mistakes. All we ask for is for people to be cordial to one another. Respectful and try not to get upset with each other. Just to be good stewards of God's word. |
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Post by arial on Jul 5, 2023 14:53:05 GMT -8
Always, Unfortunately I can't read the small print in your story and there is no way to enlarge it on my laptop. Maybe I will go into the site on my touch screen tablet and see if I can. As it is, it is like being given a chocolate bar and being told you can't open it. (Smiley face goes here.) |
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Post by arial on Jul 5, 2023 14:57:18 GMT -8
I am on my tablet now and can enlarge it. However it is blurry and am having trouble making it out. I got that your background is in the Missionary church which I know nothing about. Will look it up so I will know where you are coming from theologically.
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Post by alwaysonajourney on Jul 5, 2023 15:11:48 GMT -8
Always, Unfortunately I can't read the small print in your story and there is no way to enlarge it on my laptop. Maybe I will go into the site on my touch screen tablet and see if I can. As it is, it is like being given a chocolate bar and being told you can't open it. (Smiley face goes here.) |
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Post by alwaysonajourney on Jul 5, 2023 15:13:43 GMT -8
I can't give any of you any idea of when it will be ready to read. It's taking me a long time to write it.
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Post by alwaysonajourney on Jul 5, 2023 15:17:00 GMT -8
arial
Missionary Church Website.
mcusa.org
Missionary Church Wikipedia Page.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary_Church
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Post by alwaysonajourney on Jul 5, 2023 15:22:22 GMT -8
That is a problem on the internet forums. Whenever you run into a problem with the administrator or a moderator or in this case a staff member. You really can't do anything but leave. I have been in several situations where I had trouble with a moderator or administrator. At least it wasn't always over the same issue. But still it always ended up with me either having to leave or being banned. What really stunk was what happened to me on Xianz, and Shoutlife. My stomach still turns from those bad experiences, and it's been 16 year ago since what happened to me on Xianz, and been about 13 years ago since what happened on Shoutlife. But these days I try to be a lot more careful. As soon as someone on Staff starts to give me trouble, I leave right away! You're going to do just fine. We created this forum a year ago this month. I made a few mistakes in the beginning But have learned from those Mistakes. All we ask for is for people to be cordial to one another. Respectful and try not to get upset with each other. Just to be good stewards of God's word. |
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Post by alwaysonajourney on Jul 5, 2023 15:38:52 GMT -8
I'm going on 4 pages now. It's still just a rough draft. This is just the print screen preview.
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Post by alwaysonajourney on Jul 5, 2023 16:02:09 GMT -8
I'm now up to 3 and half pages, on my rough draft.
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Post by civic on Jul 6, 2023 4:03:33 GMT -8
Nice I'm looking forward to your finished work on your journey. Then you can cut and paste it here.
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Post by alwaysonajourney on Jul 6, 2023 7:45:03 GMT -8
Nice I'm looking forward to your finished work on your journey. Then you can cut and paste it here. That is the idea, but I'm having trouble deciding on things. Should I name the Churches by their real names, or should I come up with Pseudonym names for them? Should I try to protect their identity? I have mixed feelings about talking negatively about Churches. But the thing is, some of the things that has happened, or in some cases haven't happened, has left me and my family Churchless. Which is why I feel like I need to write about this. In this story there is about a total of 9 different Churches. There is actually a guy on youtube, and I think, based on what I heard of him, He really seems to take the Bible serious, and He doesn't seem to be too over the top about things, and yet where He lives, He said He tried 13 different Churches and none of them was a good fit for him and his wife. I know that really seems extreme but I think we going through a falling away of faith. People got some really strange ideas about how to do things, and the compromises on top has made a mess. If we are living in the end times, then I guess this can be expected.
Most of my Church experiences was in the Missionary Church. If you read about them, they claim to believe the Bible. But I can point out someways they tend to do things that I think is the reason why they have issues anyways.
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Post by civic on Jul 6, 2023 15:35:02 GMT -8
Nice I'm looking forward to your finished work on your journey. Then you can cut and paste it here. That is the idea, but I'm having trouble deciding on things. Should I name the Churches by their real names, or should I come up with Pseudonym names for them? Should I try to protect their identity? I have mixed feelings about talking negatively about Churches. But the thing is, some of the things that has happened, or in some cases haven't happened, has left me and my family Churchless. Which is why I feel like I need to write about this. In this story there is about a total of 9 different Churches. There is actually a guy on youtube, and I think, based on what I heard of him, He really seems to take the Bible serious, and He doesn't seem to be too over the top about things, and yet where He lives, He said He tried 13 different Churches and none of them was a good fit for him and his wife. I know that really seems extreme but I think we going through a falling away of faith. People got some really strange ideas about how to do things, and the compromises on top has made a mess. If we are living in the end times, then I guess this can be expected.
Most of my Church experiences was in the Missionary Church. If you read about them, they claim to believe the Bible. But I can point out someways they tend to do things that I think is the reason why they have issues anyways.
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Post by alwaysonajourney on Jul 8, 2023 14:07:08 GMT -8
That is the idea, but I'm having trouble deciding on things. Should I name the Churches by their real names, or should I come up with Pseudonym names for them? Should I try to protect their identity? I have mixed feelings about talking negatively about Churches. But the thing is, some of the things that has happened, or in some cases haven't happened, has left me and my family Churchless. Which is why I feel like I need to write about this. In this story there is about a total of 9 different Churches. There is actually a guy on youtube, and I think, based on what I heard of him, He really seems to take the Bible serious, and He doesn't seem to be too over the top about things, and yet where He lives, He said He tried 13 different Churches and none of them was a good fit for him and his wife. I know that really seems extreme but I think we going through a falling away of faith. People got some really strange ideas about how to do things, and the compromises on top has made a mess. If we are living in the end times, then I guess this can be expected.
Most of my Church experiences was in the Missionary Church. If you read about them, they claim to believe the Bible. But I can point out someways they tend to do things that I think is the reason why they have issues anyways.
I wouldn't name them specifically but you could mention their denomination.
In my area of Indiana, you don't got a lot of Bible believing Churches to choose from. If you really believe the Bible your probably going to end up in either a Calvinist type Church or a Wesleyan type Church. Any of the Missionary Churches are Wesleyan. Just about all the Baptist type Churches are Calvinist. People will often migrate back and forth. It makes me wonder just how much people really pay attention to the theology.
Some people might think that I'm too picky about Churches. Those people often say things like, you just pick a Church based on whatever you like. But I don't think I'm too picky at all. My entire life I put up with stuff that I shouldn't of had to put up with. In my opinion, there is only three big things that a Church needs. If your Church doesn't meet all three of these standards, then your not really going to Church. You might be going to a building with some stuff that you enjoy but your really not doing Church. I'm listing these but it doesn't matter what order they are in. 1) You need to have good teaching/preaching. 2) You need to have good worship. 3) You need to have good fellowship. I've been to some places that had two of these, but not all three. I've been to some places that only had one of the three. And this has got nothing to do with what they say they believe. But rather how well they practice what they say they believe.
The one area that they seem to struggle with the most is good fellowship. Without that Church becomes just a spectator sport.
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Post by civic on Jul 8, 2023 14:31:33 GMT -8
I wouldn't name them specifically but you could mention their denomination.
In my area of Indiana, you don't got a lot of Bible believing Churches to choose from. If you really believe the Bible your probably going to end up in either a Calvinist type Church or a Wesleyan type Church. Any of the Missionary Churches are Wesleyan. Just about all the Baptist type Churches are Calvinist. People will often migrate back and forth. It makes me wonder just how much people really pay attention to the theology.
Some people might think that I'm too picky about Churches. Those people often say things like, you just pick a Church based on whatever you like. But I don't think I'm too picky at all. My entire life I put up with stuff that I shouldn't of had to put up with. In my opinion, there is only three big things that a Church needs. If your Church doesn't meet all three of these standards, then your not really going to Church. You might be going to a building with some stuff that you enjoy but your really not doing Church. I'm listing these but it doesn't matter what order they are in. 1) You need to have good teaching/preaching. 2) You need to have good worship. 3) You need to have good fellowship. I've been to some places that had two of these, but not all three. I've been to some places that only had one of the three. And this has got nothing to do with what they say they believe. But rather how well they practice what they say they believe.
The one area that they seem to struggle with the most is good fellowship. Without that Church becomes just a spectator sport.
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