Bro, if I had a dollar for every joker who ever said the above I'd be rich. Bro, all you guys say the same thing but have totally different results. But, that never hinders you. You keep saying it thinking someone is going to believe you. Seriously, anyone who can't figure out whether to drink Jack Daniels,eat Corn Flakes in the nude, or curse occasionally, can't be serious about separation unto God.
So, what. That doesn't mean anything to anyone. That's YOUR experience, not mine. Some of you guys talk about Apostolic Churches like you had Pinhead as a pastor and the church was called First Church of Hellraiser 4.
Some stories are so gothically morbid it is more shocking that the teller isn't embarrassed.
Now you are the man in the Iron Mask?
Sadly misery does love company. Yet, I really don't think that is entirely the case in those situations. It is more like wound licking. Where no one moves up and over their past, but wades around in the mire. Up to their necks in ecclesiastical poison. Always waiting for an opportunity to bleed all over the place, while pointing their finger at everyone or anything which reminds them of their past. The past in whatever religion which didn't fulfil their needs. It becomes a whipping boy, which is marched out in front of the other disgruntles and beaten when they all are feeling bad about their past.
Disenfranchised?
Sounds like what they started in the flesh is ending up in the flesh.
No relationship with Jesus Christ to begin with, will just leave your only company to be your regret.
That sounds confusing.
So, does the devil. Only difference is, that he trembles.
Bro, I was raised around people who debated the Bible away. Debated the Catholic Church to have lost their pope in 1953. Bro, you can take that Bible and make it go with whatever agenda you deem to be flowing with at the time. We may not believe you, but you won't care. You will believe you, and isn't that what really matters to you? Standards? I have no problems with standards of dress, that is because "I" understand them. The people I attend church with, understand them. But, guess what, you don't go to church here, and that is totally fine. You go do whatever you want, you can believe what ever you want to believe. Just don't push your trip on me, and expect me to submit, and I won't push my trip on you expecting you to submit.
This means what? There is a plethora of people who believe in 50 million different views of one Bible doing the same thing? Bro, it just comes down to drama. It appeals to emotions, and tugs at the emotional. Bro, I can sit here and cry you a river, and you know what? In a 100 years it still won't get the job done. Hey, you think walking around naked is cool, it must be rough doing the yard work like that, but as long as you don't live near me. Do as you very well please.
Bro, and it shows.
Here we go again with the stories of Pastor Pinhead and the First Church of Hellraiser 3. It is like you are hitting yourself with a flailing whip as you post these things? I mean, get over it already, these are your personal experiences in situations which we don't know the whole story. So we just get your slanted skewed view. Did the preacher burn you with lit cigarettes?
Seriously? Bro, we don't have the full story of your shocking ecclesiastical past.
No, Atheists smile when people say they had an awful time in their particular religion, and still remain in that religion.
Believe me, I've seen it.