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hunter

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54. How about Jehovah's Witness?
Sun May 23, 2021, 07:16 PM
May 2021

It was my good fortune the J.W.s booted my mom out of their Kingdom Hall before I started questioning anything. It was literally big bouncers at the door barring her entry.

My mom is a wonderful person. She can't stay out of politics and she talks to God directly. The Witnesses couldn't deal with that. Neither could the Catholics before them.

The only religion that ever embraced my mom was the Quakers. She'd speak her mind, people would listen respectfully, and then they'd move on.

I was the weird kid in school who ignored the flag salute. Participating in that crap bought you a free ticket to hell. I may still believe that.

"One Nation Under God?"



It was my good fortune, or maybe my bad fortune, to grow up in a religiously diverse Wild West family. The only official religion in my extended family is "NOT MORMON."

Christmas was always a time of religious warfare in my childhood, similar to the Troubles of Northern Ireland, or the schism between the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Pacifist Protestant Churches. It was sometimes bloody. Thankfully all those bloody minded old people are dead.

Half the old people in my family couldn't agree if celebrating Christmas was a sin and the other half were fighting about the date.

Easter wasn't any better.

I had just one grandparent who celebrated traditional U.S.A. Christmas and Easter but she was long past convincing anyone else it was about Church or God. She and her sister had run away to Hollywood because they couldn't imagine any fate worse than being married off to good Christian California dairy men.

Any Ex-vangelicals? [View all] Hippo_The_Pointer May 2021 OP
I am an ex evangel I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #1
What were the seeds? Hippo_The_Pointer May 2021 #2
The church hypocrisy. I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #21
Fascinating Panther! leftieNanner May 2021 #25
Amazing post... orwell May 2021 #42
I was raised Southern Baptist. Haggard Celine May 2021 #3
Southern Baptist..drink with the preacher on Saturday and eat fried chicken on Sunday Lochloosa May 2021 #7
Was raised Mormon FreeState May 2021 #4
There's a podcast called "Exvangelical" which I've heard good things about, but not listened to RockRaven May 2021 #5
I went to Abilene Christian university JT45242 May 2021 #6
My wife is an ex-vangelical. Aristus May 2021 #8
Drip, drip, drip Hippo_The_Pointer May 2021 #20
Well, if anyone will tell you I'm a drip, it's Mrs. Aristus. Aristus May 2021 #23
What a great story, Aristus! cilla4progress May 2021 #30
What a great story of her path, and of yours together. True moonscape May 2021 #41
Special Thanks for Telling Us Your Story. I appreciate it greatly..Thanks Again.. Stuart G May 2021 #55
Dan Barker, Co-President of the Freedom From Religion Foundation no_hypocrisy May 2021 #9
I was raised in the Church of God slightlv May 2021 #10
Wow, aweseome story, slightlv! cilla4progress May 2021 #32
I spent a few years in the Southern Baptist church.. luvs2sing May 2021 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill May 2021 #45
That's the biggest part of evangelism that's bothersome. Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #53
One of my nieces. Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #12
What It's Like to Leave the Evangelical Community - VICE Celerity May 2021 #13
I recently watched a TV series called "Pray, Obey, Kill". Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #14
Stephen Roberts . . . . hatrack May 2021 #57
yep, a bit of a paraphrase of him, I normally post a pic of the quote but I was outside and busy Celerity May 2021 #58
I don't go to any building. pwb May 2021 #15
Matthew 18:20 Hippo_The_Pointer May 2021 #18
Was told I must have a lot of sin in my life after my husband died. cpamomfromtexas May 2021 #16
Keep writing - stay strong! Hippo_The_Pointer May 2021 #17
Thank you. I am. cpamomfromtexas May 2021 #44
Raised (brainwashed) Catholic. Red Raider 85 May 2021 #19
Me too - accidentally ate some meat on a Friday back in the day when all Fridays rurallib May 2021 #22
Did you mean all Fridays during Lent or every single Friday? Polybius May 2021 #24
every Friday - want to say that changed in the mid 60s rurallib May 2021 #26
Public school cafeterias used to serve fish sticks or cheese... 3catwoman3 May 2021 #36
Same at my schools in the 80s n/t Metatron May 2021 #48
I left Roman Catholicism for the ECC HariSeldon May 2021 #27
What is ETMR3? Bluesaph May 2021 #62
English Translation of the Missal Romanum, version 3 HariSeldon May 2021 #63
My brother asked me one night if i was a Christian. Delmette2.0 May 2021 #31
Born and raised Southern Baptist. Now very much ex. paleotn May 2021 #28
Only 47% of Americans now ID themselves with any religion PortTack May 2021 #29
Source, please? I'd like to read how that was determined. nt. Mariana May 2021 #47
Fewer Than Half Of U.S. Adults Belong To A Religious Congregation, New Poll Shows (NPR) Metatron May 2021 #49
Church membership is not the same as religious affiliation. Mariana May 2021 #50
I don't disagree with you Metatron May 2021 #52
I was involved in that type of church from 17 Tree Lady May 2021 #33
I went to every different faith that I could when I was young. PurgedVoter May 2021 #34
+1. Sounds like we walk/have walked similar paths. yonder May 2021 #39
I would help, if I could. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #35
Good post. I want to thank everyone for their personal accounts. yonder May 2021 #37
Present. herding cats May 2021 #38
When it's in your head as a child.... Tiger8 May 2021 #40
That would be me susanr516 May 2021 #43
Raised Southern Baptist... myccrider May 2021 #46
Never liked church. GoodRaisin May 2021 #51
How about Jehovah's Witness? hunter May 2021 #54
Thanks Hippo_The_Pointer May 2021 #56
This thread has been amazing and insightful to read. Thank you everyone. Marrah_Goodman May 2021 #59
Grew up Southern Baptist. In the South. GulfCoast66 May 2021 #60
I am a recovering Southern Baptist misanthrope May 2021 #61
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