FollowingChrist E. I would like to take a moment to refer to your previous post, not to be combative but simply to alleviate any confusion or deception that I can. I'm not speaking against the members. I still love many members very deeply. I'm being a light against doctrine and control that holds good Christians in pain by the throat. \r
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First of all, if no one has been told to shun anyone, why shun anyone? When family of mine left before I did (I had just finished college and gotten a job) I was told I should move out of my parents house as soon as possible the sooner the better and not go on the upcoming family vacation that had been planned for a year. After a friend of mine left, a group of us ran into that friend at a restaurant later. The entire group ignored him like they had never met him and only two of us said hi. The next week it got around to people in charge that we had talked to this person who left and we were told we shouldn't have. That's just two stories that happened to me personally and come to mind off the top of my head. \r
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I very specifically remember (because I remember thinking how horrible it was) that after a friend of mine left there were people praying in a church-wide prayer meeting that this friend would not find peace, not fit in, be uncomfortable, not be blessed and that they would be brought to an all time low so they felt they had nowhere else to go but back to the church.\r
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I hope this sheds some light on where some of us are coming from on this site.
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