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Post by xara on Feb 11, 2010 20:51:19 GMT -5
Welcome.
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Post by ashmeadskernal on Feb 12, 2010 9:45:26 GMT -5
Welcome. Yeah, the first time I watched Jesus Camp I had flashbacks. And then I showed it to my husband who couldn't believe that people actually did/believed that stuff.
I hope the flashbacks from reading this site aren't too painful...
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Hillary
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Post by Hillary on Feb 12, 2010 19:51:04 GMT -5
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Post by hrd on Mar 11, 2010 18:20:48 GMT -5
[/li][li]At our church, people didn't just speak in tongues. When someone spoke in tongues (I don't remember a service where it didn't happen), someone else always "translated" immediately afterward. [/li][li]I remember "88 Reasons Why The Rapture Will Be in 1988" [/list] Well, that's a start. Just wanted to introduce myself a bit, so you know something about me if I start posting more here. Peace. [/quote] Oh wow! That's me, that's me! I can't tell you how many times I prayed and prayed for the gift of speaking in tongues. It always seemed kind of like BS, but at the same time, I so wanted to believe, I so wanted to be as holy as all these people to whom the Holy Spirit directly talked. I was also constantly afraid of the end of times, and intimately involved in all the in-fighting about minute points of doctrine on the subject. |
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Post by Sierra on Mar 11, 2010 19:02:18 GMT -5
[/li][li]At our church, people didn't just speak in tongues. When someone spoke in tongues (I don't remember a service where it didn't happen), someone else always "translated" immediately afterward. [/li][li]I remember "88 Reasons Why The Rapture Will Be in 1988" [/list] Well, that's a start. Just wanted to introduce myself a bit, so you know something about me if I start posting more here. Peace. [/quote] Oh wow! That's me, that's me! I can't tell you how many times I prayed and prayed for the gift of speaking in tongues. It always seemed kind of like BS, but at the same time, I so wanted to believe, I so wanted to be as holy as all these people to whom the Holy Spirit directly talked. I was also constantly afraid of the end of times, and intimately involved in all the in-fighting about minute points of doctrine on the subject. [/quote] Oh, me too! I missed that bit about the translating. My church had a formal programme worked out where one person would speak in tongues and the whole church would hush to listen (the person was supposed to 'hold it' until the song service after the sermon when everyone was in a 'worshipful' mood). The translation was always, invariably about God being ready to work in our congregation and the glory of the Bride of Christ at the end of the world... and a warning to someone in the congregation to stop sinning before something dire happened.  We spent whole afternoons picking apart at whom the admonition was directed - I usually figured it was me, until someone else claimed it. Then I thought it was both of us.  I hated it when people spoke in tongues, because I hated being reminded that the world was ending. Which really meant that, by the time I was 19, I hated going to church and went into 'endurance zone' when we got into the car to go there. If any of my friends didn't show up, the whole day was miserable. I refused to let the news play in the car because I didn't want to hear about any more earthquakes or bombs in the Middle East. I can't remember more than one or two sermons in my life that didn't involve either women being yelled at for their lack of modesty and submission or a reminder that the world was falling apart under our feet. I used to watch the sky during sermons to see if I could spot bombs falling. If people got very excited during a worship service, I went into panic attacks thinking the Rapture was starting right that moment. Ugh. I'm glad I got out early, too. |
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We spent whole afternoons picking apart at whom the admonition was directed - I usually figured it was me, until someone else claimed it. Then I thought it was both of us. 