My story: The preacher was giving a sermon telling us that Kerry was Hitler and to vote Bush solely for the reason of abortion. I rose my hand. The only word allowed in the church were agreement - "Amen," Halleluyah," and "That's Right Brother." When the preacher said we need to take a stand, I stood and said I had a website to educate people. The usher escorted me out and told me to leave the premises. The church was the Holy Tabernacle of Life.
2007-11-01 12:24:01 · 8 answers · asked by Mike 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Any church that tries to control your thoughts and actions to that degree is NOT the sort of place that any intelligent person needs to be. If you're only allowed to exclaim words of agreement, the environment becomes one of brainwashing. You'll get into a rut where you'll automatically agree with everything... even to the point where some people will agree with John Kerry is the modern-day Hitler.
Find a church where they let you think for yourself. If I remember correctly, Saint Paul wrote to the Corinthians: "You must be gentle as doves, yet WISE AS SERPENTS." A wise person isn't blindly controlled. I'm glad you took a stand. You're better off. And whichever candidate you decided to vote for... I hope it was YOUR decision, not someone else's.
(Personally, I suspect that George Bush may be the anti-christ...)
Oh, and my story: I was sent to the Principal's Office in elementary school for staring down a nun. That was amusing. Apparently, I was faking my seasonal allergies, and I was coughing loudly to intentionally disrupt class (completely false). It's not church, but it was Catholic school. Does that count?
2007-11-01 12:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by M D 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I can't say that I was kicked out for taking a stand or going against a preacher, but my story is this; I was a young adult in my youth group, like must young adults I did some things that were, well questionable. No different then what the other young adults were doing, but for some reason I was pointed as the ring leader of the group because I was the oldest. The youth minister had even told me that I had to break up with my boyfriend because we had made a mistake, and that I shouldn't see him again, even told his parents the same thing. People at this church looked differently upon me after rumors had arisen of the bad things the youth were doing., I was raised as a pastor's daughter and I had attended a different church (with some friends from school) to get away from the pressures of being the "perfect young adult christian", and just be a "normal" young person and treated the same, but sadly I wasn't. I wasn't escorted out or asked to leave but it was understood that I should no longer attend that church.
2007-11-01 12:52:01 · answer #2 · answered by ~Niecey~ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got kicked out of Sunday school when I was about 13. I wanted a better reason to believe than "the Bible says so," so I kept asking questions about why we believed in things like Jesus, and the instructor asked my mother to stop forcing me to attend.
2007-11-01 12:29:01 · answer #3 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never been kicked out of church, but I've got two friends who were excommunicated. One of my best friends got excommunicated for being gay, and the other was a woman who had sex outside of marriage. They were members of two completely different Fundamentalist churches.
2007-11-01 12:41:01 · answer #4 · answered by solarius 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had I been preaching I would not have kicked you out. I would have asked you to not turn the service in to a forum and invited you to have a chat with some of those who were interested in what you had to say at a later date. It would have turned in to a debate, but that would be ok.
2007-11-01 12:31:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I was kicked out of religion class for questioning when I was 11....kind of the same thing " Do Not Question "
2007-11-01 12:27:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
at least they did not use a taser on you.....
Kerry was a bad choice..I agree politically with the pastor...no christian should have voted for him.
I think they thought you were going to start an argument, rather than a discussion, so they made you leave......but the pastor should have allowed your input, since he asked for it.
2007-11-01 12:36:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
aren't too many places where you can go and interupt the speaker and not be escorted out... church or otherwise
2007-11-01 12:27:13 · answer #8 · answered by Matthew P (SL) 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋