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Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
bmalt
Around April 2002 I started to have concerns about my Christian beliefs, I began noticing that the Pastors messages were basically the same, “this” represents sin/Hell and “this” represents salvation/Heaven. I was attending a Pentecostal church, faithfully, since Nov. 93.
Nov. 93 – April 02: Were focused mainly on:
Companionship
Seeking a girlfriend, finally finding one and getting married, the struggles of the first years of marriage.
Job
For ten years my job experience prior to Nov. 93 was being an engineer onboard a Navy warship and then on an assortment of civilian ships. Finding a land based job was challenging/frustrating.
Children
May 2000: As the stay at home dad my thoughts, time and attention were on them.
When bottlefeedings and diaper changings were finished for our last child things began to slow down for me, this is when I started to have concerns about what I was learning at church. I wanted to know, for sure, that what I was learning was t
Running, bike riding, reading, cooking and nutrition
Nov. 93 – April 02: Were focused mainly on:
Companionship
Seeking a girlfriend, finally finding one and getting married, the struggles of the first years of marriage.
Job
For ten years my job experience prior to Nov. 93 was being an engineer onboard a Navy warship and then on an assortment of civilian ships. Finding a land based job was challenging/frustrating.
Children
May 2000: As the stay at home dad my thoughts, time and attention were on them.
When bottlefeedings and diaper changings were finished for our last child things began to slow down for me, this is when I started to have concerns about what I was learning at church. I wanted to know, for sure, that what I was learning was t
Running, bike riding, reading, cooking and nutrition
Member statistics
- Region or City
- Jacksonville, Illinois
- Faith
- Christian
- Occupation
- Homeskool Teacher (lol!)
- Marital Status
- Married