I left a few b/c: One dropped the study of Revelation in exchange for Alpha Courses!!!, gossip, hate, the cake taste better over here-ism, blaring tongues in the middle of a service, wacky prophetess, drama, "growing in tithe", scripture twisting, cliques, you-dont-like-it-theres-the-door, church thugs, mild to heavy abberant teaching, callousness/lack of love, caring about programs over their people, preaching about tithe after many borrowed from the bank during the boom cycle in that time parking lots were extended and opulent palaces were redesigned-meanwhile the poor among you go without (God bless you, be fed and be blessed), expensive retreats/getaways, church functions always coming at a price, holding karate classes for non-memebrs in the church!, some became houses of merhcandise selling starbuc ks, books, autographed bibles, led by hipsters, electric guitar worship.
I left feeling emptier than when I came because (of many trials and sorrows) I came to be with brothers and it felt so surface level (bare ye each others burdens and in so doing you fulfill the Law of Christ..). I came for a hug and I got a forced handshake. I needed advice, some were busy, saying we gotta close the doors. I said I am completely broke, we're sorry to hear that. I am losing my relationship with God I feel, I have over and over again been met with Christian sloganeerism.
YOU CAN'T STAND UPON CHRISTIAN SOUNDING SLOGANS OR ONE-LINERS.
Maybe the above is a bit brash but that was my introduction to Christianity. If it weren't for a valid encounter with the Holy Spirit testifying of Jesus, I would have left what appears like a circus at times.
For me church is a source of pain. I grew up around a cult. you leave a clt or a denomination you leave with nothing. They shun you. I refused to attend the forementioned cult on my own at a young age. And God came to me as an adult like Adam, "where are you". I was so lost and completely ruined when he came to me ---mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually screwed up. I am waiting for hIm still and I hope he saves me.
There is more. This is my diatribe. I'm a n00b.
I left feeling emptier than when I came because (of many trials and sorrows) I came to be with brothers and it felt so surface level (bare ye each others burdens and in so doing you fulfill the Law of Christ..). I came for a hug and I got a forced handshake. I needed advice, some were busy, saying we gotta close the doors. I said I am completely broke, we're sorry to hear that. I am losing my relationship with God I feel, I have over and over again been met with Christian sloganeerism.
YOU CAN'T STAND UPON CHRISTIAN SOUNDING SLOGANS OR ONE-LINERS.
Maybe the above is a bit brash but that was my introduction to Christianity. If it weren't for a valid encounter with the Holy Spirit testifying of Jesus, I would have left what appears like a circus at times.
For me church is a source of pain. I grew up around a cult. you leave a clt or a denomination you leave with nothing. They shun you. I refused to attend the forementioned cult on my own at a young age. And God came to me as an adult like Adam, "where are you". I was so lost and completely ruined when he came to me ---mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually screwed up. I am waiting for hIm still and I hope he saves me.
There is more. This is my diatribe. I'm a n00b.
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