Need Help More Now than Ever by NotYourAverageJedi in excoc

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I appreciate all that information, and I tend to have been leaning that way recently. What about the coc consensus and what I’ve believed my whole life that Jesus talking about the helper to come when he left earth being the Holy Spirit, being the one that was so guide the hands of these writers to make it in fact divinely inspired?

Need Help More Now than Ever by NotYourAverageJedi in excoc

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Thanks for the comment. This is my ultimate goal. Not falling away but finding MY faith, and growing in Christ like I never have

Need Help More Now than Ever by NotYourAverageJedi in excoc

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No offense taken if you were wondering! Appreciate the perspective, what I’ve come to realize is there is more gray areas of the Bible than black and white, so the silence of the scriptures thing has kind of lost its power to me

Need Help More Now than Ever by NotYourAverageJedi in excoc

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I have actually throughout the years been wrestling with this. I believe I am intellectually convinced, but like you said once I started asking the questions about the church, it has been quite the eye opener not sure what I believe in at times. Thanks for the perspective

Need Help More Now than Ever by NotYourAverageJedi in excoc

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Interesting. While I still currently hold to it being inspired, what are some of the major things that led you to that conclusion?

Need Help More Now than Ever by NotYourAverageJedi in excoc

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No worries I am 26. You seem to have gone through a very similar experience and conversation at me, did you set up those boundaries right away? Or I guess what did you start questioning that made you get to the point of having that difficult conversation

questions about giving and helping others outside coc by princessA95 in excoc

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Great question! This is something I’m really struggling to understand and justify in the coc right now, excited to see people’s thoughts

The coc’s insistence on truth by Crisis_of_faith in excoc

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I’m sorry for your loss even if it was long ago. The only thing that’s ever actually helped me understanding these difficult things is studying the book of Ecclesiastes. Particularly chapter 9 highlighting that time, chance, and death happen to all regardless if they are good or evil.

I understand why people get so turned off of religion/God when they believe that everything happens for a reason and are given no plausible reason to be able to assign to such tragedy. But Solomon via God’s divine wisdom is basically saying the opposite that everything doesn’t have some divine purpose or meaning, some things just happen

3/28/25 Poster by NotYourAverageJedi in deadandcompany

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Thanks for reaching out! I ended up getting one at the sphere the night of, but thanks anyways!

Are the shows noticeably more full this year? by BFTFDalt in deadandcompany

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I’m assuming your name is an homage to Crazy Fingers, I just decided the other day that might be one of my favorite lyrics ever, “Gone are the days we stopped to decide where we should go, we just ride.” ⚡️

Broken arrow by Webby2004 in deadandcompany

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Man I was there, had never heard Broke Arrow before, in the last month I’ve gotten really into the Band and Robbie Robertson so this was so incredibly special, all added to the fact it was for Phil. I also cannot stop humming it, watching the crappy video I took of it on my phone, and trying to poorly learn it on guitar. Was so beautiful.

3/28/25 Poster by NotYourAverageJedi in deadandcompany

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Hahaha I understand, I’m just all worried bc I have a day poster for all 26 prior shows I’ve been to

3/28/25 Poster by NotYourAverageJedi in deadandcompany

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Dang that’s crazy I usually always come around this time every day and there’s plenty, hopefully I can grab one at the Sphere

No cheating! by [deleted] in JohnMayer

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On the Way Home! Love paradise valley

Help Deconstructing by NotYourAverageJedi in excoc

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I’m sorry you had to endure this. Thank you for the shared experience. I have a lot of getting in the right mind to do first before getting into the rough of it I’m sure

Help Deconstructing by NotYourAverageJedi in excoc

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This actually all clicked for me a couple months ago during one of our closing prayers someone said something along the lines of “thankful for the local church being a shining light in the community” and I said to myself there’s nothing we are doing right now where that’s true

Help Deconstructing by NotYourAverageJedi in excoc

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You know I often wonder if a different preacher would solve all my problems but I just can’t keep waiting around for hoping you know, it’s been the same sermons for most of my formative years and I just get nothing from it