What Happened to AFF?

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Reading this post reminds me of an observation of mine.

I have found that when people leave a con/ultra con church they will, almost always, go through a personal swinging from side to side. There has been direct thumbs on rule and now they are beginning a brand new process of finding out what they really believe for themselves.

I think more people would end up more moderate in the end if they didn't find the only place they can move freely to be in fellowship with those of liberal leanings.

What do we expect the outcome will be when someone begins this pendulum process of forming their own convictions if they are only met with being pushed away by those with a conservative leaning?

When they were in a formative period of their Christian journey they were shunned by those with conservative leanings and then many say "Yeah... I knew that is where they would end up. They just didn't have it in them"

We can see do much wrong in them but are completely oblivious to our own fault in the matter.

If people come to this forum and are in that "pendulum process", I think they should hear the firm, strong opinions from both sides of the aisle. The conservative values are just as valid as the liberal ones. I don't believe very many people on the FCF were shunned for having liberal leanings or for questioning--they were made to assert their reasons and defend their beliefs, which is actually good for the whole process. How can I believe anything if I can't defend it or explain it? Being asked to assert, explain or defend a belief forces me to clarify my own thinking on a matter.