Later..............

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by bdlooney

Bro, I am not mad at anyone. Just fed up with the direction of the whole.

I mean why do we need 18 pages to basically tear down one man who just goddbye for good?

I mean, He was an owner.

Why can't he say goodbye without everyone tearing him down.

Sickening.

Bro..

I can certainly understand your feeling concerning family... but there are a lot, if not all, of good folks here.. sure their experiance hasn't all been the same.. some hurting..some happy...some upset... some glad..some disgruntled...some right....and some wrong... but in all they are people... who need to know that somebody somewhere loves them.. regardless of difference... and you know who that someone has to be???

Me and You...

[Blubayou]

Originally Posted by Margies3

I dunno - you want to hear a layman's point of view?

When I was "in church", one thing that always bothered me seriously was how the ministers seemed to feel like they needed to have their own little exclusive club that you couldn't belong to unless you were a minister. They couldn't fellowship with us little people. There were things we couldn't know (as if they had a secret society of something). By the way, since leaving the UPC over 20 years ago, I have attended a Methodist church and now an Alliance Church. That attitude is not held in either of those organizations, just fyi.

So now here we are on the forum. For a while it was ok for the ministers to fellowship with us. But somehow somebody's buddy found out that they were hanging out with us little people. And now the pressure's on. So they've broken away and formed their own little exclusive group where you can't get in unless you are a minister or minister's wife.

See - nothing new under the sun

By the way, I realize that this doesn't apply to all of you ministers on here. And I APPRECIATE that!! Thank you for staying with us. We need your wisdom and your input. Just like the ministry can also learn from listening to the lay people.

If this post is totally inappropriate, admin, please feel free to delete it quickly before it can do any harm.

Margie you said it well!

[Margies3]

Originally Posted by Blubayou

Margie you said it well!

Thank you. I am soooooo glad to know that I am not the only one who feels this way. WHEW!

[Bullwinkle]

Originally Posted by Margies3

I dunno - you want to hear a layman's point of view?

When I was "in church", one thing that always bothered me seriously was how the ministers seemed to feel like they needed to have their own little exclusive club that you couldn't belong to unless you were a minister. They couldn't fellowship with us little people. There were things we couldn't know (as if they had a secret society of something). By the way, since leaving the UPC over 20 years ago, I have attended a Methodist church and now an Alliance Church. That attitude is not held in either of those organizations, just fyi.

So now here we are on the forum. For a while it was ok for the ministers to fellowship with us. But somehow somebody's buddy found out that they were hanging out with us little people. And now the pressure's on. So they've broken away and formed their own little exclusive group where you can't get in unless you are a minister or minister's wife.

See - nothing new under the sun

By the way, I realize that this doesn't apply to all of you ministers on here. And I APPRECIATE that!! Thank you for staying with us. We need your wisdom and your input. Just like the ministry can also learn from listening to the lay people.

If this post is totally inappropriate, admin, please feel free to delete it quickly before it can do any harm.

You almost win my Bullwinkle post of the year.

It's nice that you have found solace in the Methodist and Alliance churches. There are a lot of things they do differently.

This may come as a surprise, but there are lots of people I don't want to be friends with or hang around with - in real life or on a forum.

[rgcraig]

I say this with as much love as I can muster up right now - - can we please just move forward?

Some have left, some have stayed, some will come and some will go - - it's forum life!

Let's stop the blame game, the dart throwing and get back to fellowshipping and enjoying being here.

Those that have left are gone, they told us why and we wish them all well in their lives. End of story.