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RE: Pentecostal Parents
October 14, 2015 at 12:14 pm
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As a former Pentecostal church attendee, I'm going to give credit where credit is due: Pentecostal services are so ridiculously over-the-top and the church props up such obvious fakery, that it makes it very simple for doubt/skepticism take root.
I wonder how many former Pentecostals have eventually found themselves to be atheists, after witnessing the blatantly deceitful practice of speaking in tongues?
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RE: Pentecostal Parents
October 14, 2015 at 12:24 pm
Another necro from strawdog. Yay.
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RE: Pentecostal Parents
October 14, 2015 at 12:26 pm
And here I was assuming that it was August of this year that he responded to. Clearly no such luck.
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RE: Pentecostal Parents
October 14, 2015 at 12:32 pm
Thena323 Wrote:As a former Pentecostal church attendee, I'm going to give credit where credit is due: Pentecostal services are so ridiculously over-the-top and the church props up such obvious fakery, that it makes it very simple for doubt/skepticism take root.
I wonder how many former Pentecostals have eventually found themselves to be atheists, after witnessing the blatantly deceitful practice of speaking in tongues?
This thread certainly takes me back.
Anecdotal, but I 'run' the Freethought Society of the Midlands (FSM) in SC, and I am struck by how many people in the group were raised in a fundamentalist religion, particularly Pentecostalism.
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RE: Pentecostal Parents
October 14, 2015 at 1:45 pm
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(October 14, 2015 at 12:32 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Thena323 Wrote:
This thread certainly takes me back.
Anecdotal, but I 'run' the Freethought Society of the Midlands (FSM) in SC, and I am struck by how many people in the group were raised in a fundamentalist religion, particularly Pentecostalism. Any backlash running a freethought society in a state like SC?
I've heard South Carolina's a bit more progressive than other Southern states.
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RE: Pentecostal Parents
October 14, 2015 at 3:21 pm
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(August 26, 2014 at 12:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Dumb-ass motherfuckers!
DAMN! Pentecostal church looks so much more fun than Catholic church ever was. My parents still have a lot to answer for with my upbringing, and I'm adding why I couldn't run around like a crazy person in church to the list right.....NOW!
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RE: Pentecostal Parents
October 14, 2015 at 4:14 pm
People need to stop clicking on the "Possibly Related Threads" down at the bottom of the page and responding without looking at the date. That seems to be the reason many of these old threads get dug up.
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RE: Pentecostal Parents
October 14, 2015 at 4:33 pm
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Holy crap, this thread's old as hell!
It wasn't me. I only responded this thread in New and Today's Posts.
Easy enough to see who necro-posted, but I don't want to call anybody out. I think some users go several months between visits to the forum and are probably just responding to old alerts and answering questions that were asked of them before they left.
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RE: Pentecostal Parents
October 14, 2015 at 5:15 pm
(October 14, 2015 at 12:14 pm)Thena323 Wrote: As a former Pentecostal church attendee, I'm going to give credit where credit is due: Pentecostal services are so ridiculously over-the-top and the church props up such obvious fakery, that it makes it very simple for doubt/skepticism take root.
I wonder how many former Pentecostals have eventually found themselves to be atheists, after witnessing the blatantly deceitful practice of speaking in tongues?
Watching that video I have to wonder if they are dead serious in the "being filled with the holy spirit" bullcrap or are they simply fuckibg around and not taking themselves to seriously.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
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RE: Pentecostal Parents
October 15, 2015 at 11:40 am
(October 14, 2015 at 4:14 pm)Faith No More Wrote: People need to stop clicking on the "Possibly Related Threads" down at the bottom of the page and responding without looking at the date. That seems to be the reason many of these old threads get dug up. The simple solution is to lock all old threads. Problem solved.
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