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To: WFTR

And that church would be......???? I've never heard of a church like that.


53 posted on 06/18/2006 5:56:12 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Every time you think, you weaken the nation.)
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To: Past Your Eyes
And that church would be......???? I've never heard of a church like that.

There was no single church that was that way, but it was a general attitude in the Christian groups at college. Most of them were somewhat mainline, non-denominational, evangelical Christian groups. The kids in these groups went to a variety of similar churches. I remember the group called The Navigators was often referred to as the "Never-daters." Other groups would chuckle at that name, but many of them really weren't that different in the attitudes that they really communicated. Later, in grad school at another university, I was involved in Chi Alpha, the college fellowship arm of the Assembly of God.

Much of the "hyper-singleness" advocacy was what pastors would call an attempt to balance "the world's teaching," but the result was that no one was telling the complete truth. Instead of figuring out exactly what was right and required by the Scriptures, many churches tried to define their teaching by defining what they thought "the world" was teaching and then trying to teach what they thought sounded like the opposite. I've often said that many churches are about half full of crap when it comes to teaching about relationships but that they get away with it because most young people are only halfway listening. In my case, I was much more than halfway listening, and trying to follow that agenda left me single and lonely.

Bill

83 posted on 06/18/2006 7:47:43 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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