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ryan_p_boerner:
I am very happy that god has blessed us with the understanding that we all have. GOD has shown us that we don't need to follow the false prophets on the pulpit anylonger! I was just turned on to this site by my father a few days ago and i have been shocked daily reading the papers written by Mr Smith. My father has been teaching me alot of things about god for years now and he has shown me different things from many different places. I decided to go to church on my own when i was a child because i felt like i needed god but after a while i felt like the passion was gone and i was going through the motions just so i didn't go to hell. ( hell we all know that is a stupid concept of man) So after a few years i left the church because i questioned so much that i was being shown that i no longer wanted to be there. I was gone from the church for 8 years and they built a new church down the street from my house and i felt that god was calling me so i went one day and talked with the pastor and liked most of what i heard and became a member. I had i good time for a little while my wife liked the church and my children loved going to sunday school it felt like home. Then came the start of a new year and they wanted to know how much money i planned on making that year and how much i was giving to them. I was very put off by this  but i felt that it was good for my family so i did. after a few months the church one sunday instead of speaking the word of god came to us and pretty much gave us an investment presentation and showed us how they planned on growing much much bigger. Then the told us that they wanted to build a 16 by 20 room on the side of the church and it would cost 200,000 to build. Now along with all the money we were already giving the church to give them their 12,000 a month budget now we had to give more. They told us to sell things if we didn't have the extra money to give them because god wanted this room! Then they said if we did not want to pay then we no longer needed to be members of the church. At that very moment i gathered my family and walked away from mainstream religion. I have allways questioned hell and the business of religion and now i have the understanding to show me the way.. Thank you all so much for being here and reading my post i am truly gratefull that there are people put there that don't hate me because i actually look for the truth rather than taking a mans word for it. anyway i look foward to being a member and god bless you all :)

Beloved:
Welcome Ryan

No building projects here...except building up of saints...

625/sq foot wow...what did they want you to sell...your blood

Hope you enjoy reading and fellowshipping with others who have come out of Babylon

beloved

aqrinc:


Hi Ryan,

Glad you got caught with the searchlight right in your eyes; an  :o ::) opening experience i bet.

Welcome to the forum; lots to read and exchange.

george. ;D

Linny:
That is such an interesting story. I am so careful about taking up offenses but at the same time, God used very similar circumstances to push us out of Babylon too! We didn't actually leave until we found BT but we were already very unhappy with the church.

Glad you are here!

Blessings, Lin

cherokee:
Hey Ryan,

Welcome to the forum. ;)

Suzie

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