viral video of teen punishment

[canam]

I got worse than that when i was a kid and i turned out just fine.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by canam

I got worse than that when i was a kid and i turned out just fine.

I got that bad.... and it involved church, or my lack of "desire" to go. Long endless church. Hours and hours of timeless church. Nothing but church. Oh lord how I HATE church. My dad would even drive my near a local insane asylum and threaten shock treatments if I didn't comply and start agreeing to go to church with them as the perfect little child who would make their family unit appear more functional. God almighty I HATE church. And I DARE someone to say "oh get over it and let JEE-ZUS in!".

Over 25 years later and my heart starts missing beats when I am forced to enter a church and.... stand through a song service.

[Truthseeker]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

I got that bad.... and it involved church, or my lack of "desire" to go. Long endless church. Hours and hours of timeless church. Nothing but church. Oh lord how I HATE church. My dad would even drive my near a local insane asylum and threaten shock treatments if I didn't comply and start agreeing to go to church with them as the perfect little child who would make their family unit appear more functional. God almighty I HATE church. And I DARE someone to say "oh get over it and let JEE-ZUS in!".

Over 25 years later and my heart starts missing beats when I am forced to enter a church and.... stand through a song service.

Obviously.

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

I got that bad.... and it involved church, or my lack of "desire" to go. Long endless church. Hours and hours of timeless church. Nothing but church. Oh lord how I HATE church. My dad would even drive my near a local insane asylum and threaten shock treatments if I didn't comply and start agreeing to go to church with them as the perfect little child who would make their family unit appear more functional. God almighty I HATE church. And I DARE someone to say "oh get over it and let JEE-ZUS in!".

Over 25 years later and my heart starts missing beats when I am forced to enter a church and.... stand through a song service.

This post made me cry. I am so sorry for what happened to you. I grew up loving church and still love it every time I go. For me it is a place of safety and secrutiy. I really hate what happened to you.

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Sherri

This post made me cry. I am so sorry for what happened to you. I grew up loving church and still love it every time I go. For me it is a place of safety and secrutiy. I really hate what happened to you.

It does seem he has been deeply offended. I too am sorry to hear that.

I can't say that I always love church. Of course I did not "grow up" going to a Pentecostal church, but even currently there is plenty that I simply do not enjoy.

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by Hoovie

It does seem he has been deeply offended. I too am sorry to hear that.

I can't say that I always love church. Of course I did not "grow up" going to a Pentecostal church, but even currently there is plenty that I simply do not enjoy.

some days I like the idea of going to church better then the acutal going, and other days I don't feel like going and then was glad that I did.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Sherri

This post made me cry. I am so sorry for what happened to you. I grew up loving church and still love it every time I go. For me it is a place of safety and secrutiy. I really hate what happened to you.

And the post should remind us that different people have different notions about church and there are many reasons why.

Church is important to many people for many different reasons. Church is not important to others for equally as many different reasons. We should all be able to pursue God within the paradigms that our experiences have left us with.

Indeed we shouldn't forsake the assembling of ourselves together but that can happen in many ways and our understanding for others who don't feel the same way we do about the modern church model should be supportive of other forms of gathering that allow others to fulfill their relationship with God in ways that differ from the loves that our life have built into ourselves.

In short... a little understanding goes a long way.

PS... I'm not saying that you are not understanding. I'm just using your post to make the point.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Sherri

This post made me cry. I am so sorry for what happened to you. I grew up loving church and still love it every time I go. For me it is a place of safety and secrutiy. I really hate what happened to you.

Naw, don't feel that way. I did all my crying 25+ years ago over this. I barely think about it anymore outside of topics like this -or when I actually go to church for my wife's sake.

For me comparing "church" and God are like comparing peanuts and paperclips -in other words they are not even remotely in the same ballpark.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Naw, don't feel that way. I did all my crying 25+ years ago over this. I barely think about it anymore outside of topics like this -or when I actually go to church for my wife's sake.

For me comparing "church" and God are like comparing peanuts and paperclips -in other words they are not even remotely in the same ballpark.

Which ballpark is the Bible in?

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Which ballpark is the Bible in?

FENWAY!