No one I ever knew in TWI stayed in contact after I left.
CoolWaters and I stay in contact now--But it was through our connecting through the old Waydale site and here at GS that we worked through our issues and built a friendship. Without WD and GS no such reunion much less reconciliation, would have been possible.
TWI so burned me that even when I went back to church I consciously never would let myself make friendships with those I went to church with, outside of the church setting, since I never wanted to go through the pain of that separation again.
Now things are better I have many friends both in and out of the church all of whom I see and fellowship with outside of the "church" arena
I was not attempting to be inclusinve in my categorization of Christians. Every person is different with different experiences. I didn not say ever that Christians who communicate on GS are without love. I never said that you put words into my mouth.
You DID say
"..And I prayed for those who need to letthe love of God rule in their heart leaders in TWI & friends
at GS.) It seems to be the great forgotten messageChristianity. Both by members of tWi and by GS
and most fundamental Christian churches."
And I said you judge us here-and the majority of Christians
"of forgetting it."
Look again.
You said we "forgot" it. I said you said we "forgot" it.
You said I claimed you said we were "without love". As you can see, I didn't make that
accusation. (Scroll up the page.)
So, since I never made that accusation (I stuck to exactly what you said)
then you put words in my mouth.
This is not a major issue, and I won't lose any sleep over it.
I said I prayed for the hurt hearts of those who were hurt and I prayed for those who have a lack of love (talking about TWI if you didnt get my point). I was just trying to share my experience. And I realize that not everybody can go to a "cool" college fellowship. Not everybody here who have a desire to check out a fellowship would even want to go to a college fellowship.
Actually, those were usually the best ones, historically for twi.
That was where they saw the most members.
Once that happened, the legalism fell on them like a falling safe.
Casual, informal fellowships had rules sneak up on them and choke them
like thorns. That's a regular cycle in twi.
I'd be careful of that very thing.
ps. I am not "fresh blood" or "fresh money" or any other label of speculative nature that you may precieve the fellowship to precieve me as.
You're young, and have the drive and the idealism of youth.
Most here remember it, few here would fault it.
We LIKED having it.
HOWEVER, we wished ours hadn't been exploited or strangled
out of us. We anticipate the same happening to you, and would
prefer you avoid that particular pitfall. (Those pitfalls, technically.)
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No one I ever knew in TWI stayed in contact after I left.
CoolWaters and I stay in contact now--But it was through our connecting through the old Waydale site and here at GS that we worked through our issues and built a friendship. Without WD and GS no such reunion much less reconciliation, would have been possible.
TWI so burned me that even when I went back to church I consciously never would let myself make friendships with those I went to church with, outside of the church setting, since I never wanted to go through the pain of that separation again.
Now things are better I have many friends both in and out of the church all of whom I see and fellowship with outside of the "church" arena
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my last fellowship
what a heartbreaking subject
because i decided i could no longer "do" one
i left my dear friends behind
because i was having a frikkin meltdown divorcing the way and a nice way person
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You DID say
"..And I prayed for those who need to letthe love of God rule in their heart leaders in TWI & friends
at GS.) It seems to be the great forgotten messageChristianity. Both by members of tWi and by GS
and most fundamental Christian churches."
And I said you judge us here-and the majority of Christians
"of forgetting it."
Look again.
You said we "forgot" it. I said you said we "forgot" it.
You said I claimed you said we were "without love". As you can see, I didn't make that
accusation. (Scroll up the page.)
So, since I never made that accusation (I stuck to exactly what you said)
then you put words in my mouth.
This is not a major issue, and I won't lose any sleep over it.
Actually, those were usually the best ones, historically for twi.That was where they saw the most members.
Once that happened, the legalism fell on them like a falling safe.
Casual, informal fellowships had rules sneak up on them and choke them
like thorns. That's a regular cycle in twi.
I'd be careful of that very thing.
You're young, and have the drive and the idealism of youth.
Most here remember it, few here would fault it.
We LIKED having it.
HOWEVER, we wished ours hadn't been exploited or strangled
out of us. We anticipate the same happening to you, and would
prefer you avoid that particular pitfall. (Those pitfalls, technically.)
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