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05-29-2013, 07:55 PM
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Re: Banished!
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Originally Posted by ILG
People in the UPC often have to repress their feelings. This is good if it is about sin, but when it is about questions people have that are legitimate questions, people often are brushed aside and pushed to bury their feelings.
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Being on AFF for weeks if you know us, you know we are all about questions 
More so than here have we been VERY open in asking MANY questions. We find the UPC Apo Church (and those that belong to UPC elsewhere) to be more motivated in helping us seek answers than ANYWHERE we've ever known!
We are honestly scared, not only in our now-apparent lack of salvation, but in the culture shock as well. However the one thing that we feel completely open & welcome in doing is asking questions.
I'm not saying anything to discredit you, as we are misfits-what do we honestly know being new to UPC, but simply saying this is not always the case.
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05-29-2013, 07:58 PM
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Re: Banished!
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Originally Posted by NewbieMisfits
Being on AFF for weeks if you know us, you know we are all about questions
More so than here have we been VERY open in asking MANY questions. We find the UPC Apo Church (and those that belong to UPC elsewhere) to be more motivated in helping us seek answers than ANYWHERE we've ever known!
We are honestly scared, not only in our now-apparent lack of salvation, but in the culture shock as well. However the one thing that we feel completely open & welcome in doing is asking questions.
I'm not saying anything to discredit you, as we are misfits-what do we honestly know being new to UPC, but simply saying this is not always the case. |
Ah young grasshopper you are still early in your journey into the APO world. 
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05-30-2013, 07:28 AM
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Re: Banished!
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Ah young grasshopper you are still early in your journey into the APO world. |
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05-30-2013, 07:27 AM
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Re: Banished!
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Originally Posted by NewbieMisfits
Being on AFF for weeks if you know us, you know we are all about questions
More so than here have we been VERY open in asking MANY questions. We find the UPC Apo Church (and those that belong to UPC elsewhere) to be more motivated in helping us seek answers than ANYWHERE we've ever known!
We are honestly scared, not only in our now-apparent lack of salvation, but in the culture shock as well. However the one thing that we feel completely open & welcome in doing is asking questions.
I'm not saying anything to discredit you, as we are misfits-what do we honestly know being new to UPC, but simply saying this is not always the case. |
I was in the UPC for 19 years. When you are first getting in, they are happy to answer all your questions but if you disagree with their answers, you are going to hell. If you question them later, you are going to go to hell. That's a little blunt, but it's true about certain questions, definitely.
Also, Hoove, you came from a culture where questions were probably even less tolerated than in the UPC. The UPC was probably a breath of fresh air to you.
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When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
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05-30-2013, 10:01 AM
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Re: Banished!
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Originally Posted by NewbieMisfits
Being on AFF for weeks if you know us, you know we are all about questions
More so than here have we been VERY open in asking MANY questions. We find the UPC Apo Church (and those that belong to UPC elsewhere) to be more motivated in helping us seek answers than ANYWHERE we've ever known!
We are honestly scared, not only in our now-apparent lack of salvation, but in the culture shock as well. However the one thing that we feel completely open & welcome in doing is asking questions.
I'm not saying anything to discredit you, as we are misfits-what do we honestly know being new to UPC, but simply saying this is not always the case. |
Congrats! I have a ton of friends in the UPC. Sure, there are some power-hungry people, but the overwhelming majority are great, sincere and loving people.
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Can't speak for others, but nope I cannot relate to WBC. The UPC I know is quite opposite... Love the vilest of sinners to reach even one... Sometimes I think they go too far. But Christ himself went farther, much farther...
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The comparison of the WBC to the UPC is absurd, IMO.
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Originally Posted by ILG
I was in the UPC for 19 years. When you are first getting in, they are happy to answer all your questions but if you disagree with their answers, you are going to hell. If you question them later, you are going to go to hell. That's a little blunt, but it's true about certain questions, definitely.
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How many UPC churches did you attend in those 19 years?
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