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- Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:29 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: What did your coC teach about the Trinity
- Replies: 13
- Views: 384
What did your coC teach about the Trinity
As I remember (and husband agrees), in our coCs, we were taught a fairly conventional, if confusing, Christian view of the Trinity. DH even remembers a sermon on the Trinity given by our preacher (the guy who married us.) However, we both left the coC religion about 40 years ago. Yesterday I was tal...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:35 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Most conservative CoC University
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1696
Re: Most conservative CoC University
It is my impression that Florida College is the most conservative of all. It is affiliated with NICOC churches, which means it has to be conservative to keep drawing students. Anyone have recent experience with Florida College?
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:40 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Instrumental music in Church Weddings
- Replies: 20
- Views: 25629
Re: Instrumental music in Church Weddings
My NICOC mother (rest her soul) thought it was unscriptural to have weddings in the church building no matter what music was used. She would not even attend such events. Therefore, my 50-year-old wedding pictures do not show my old COC.
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:33 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Remarriage after Divorce/No belief in Divorce
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18569
Re: Remarriage after Divorce/No belief in Divorce
At my last COC, the preacher (and probably others) told a couple they needed to separate after it was discovered that they had previous unscriptural divorces. I don’t know if the divorces were before or after their baptisms, but anyway I don’t think that NICOC gave people a pass based on the sequenc...
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 3:01 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Women in Bible Classes in non-institutional churches participation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9769
Re: Women in Bible Classes in non-institutional churches participation
If the church where I was raised was “liberal,” I don’t know what a “conservative” church could be.
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Deathbed conversions/baptisms
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7416
Re: Deathbed conversions/baptisms
I remember at least one preacher in the church I attended as a child used to tell stories about people dying in hospitals wanting to be baptized. Often they had a bathtub big enough for this and sometimes even had to hold their hands over the tracheostomy tube/tracheostomy to perform the immersion....
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:36 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Women in Bible Classes in non-institutional churches participation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9769
Re: Women in Bible Classes in non-institutional churches participation
In every NICOC I attended, women were allowed to comment in Bible class. This was true in both teen and adult classes.
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 10:12 pm
- Forum: CoC doctrine, theology and crazy experiences.
- Topic: Ehrman and Strauss's books
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14950
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:59 pm
- Forum: New Paths -- Non-Christian Paths
- Topic: Learning cuss words in other languages
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13551
Re: Learning cuss words in other languages
I don’t cuss, since I was COC too long to develop the habit. But I recognize several Spanish cuss words just because so many people in my area speak Spanish.
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:08 pm
- Forum: Welcome -- please introduce yourself here.
- Topic: Hi Everyone!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14078
Re: Hi Everyone!
Welcome! I can’t imagine how difficult it was to keep preaching when you were mentally through with the COC. As a woman, I never had my career attached to my COC religion. I was fortunate that my husband and I got ready to leave around the same time.
Wishing you happiness in you new freedom.
Wishing you happiness in you new freedom.