It’s that time of the year again, while the rest of christianity is joyfully preparing to sing “Christ arose” and celebrate

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The season for legalism and condescending finger-wagging is nigh - more Christmas memes to come

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A friend sent this to me- I didn’t know she was coming out of legalism too

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Fruit

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Freedom in Christ ... ?

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Has this been done before?

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Up From the Gravy, A Rose! Happy Easter, Fellow Exers.

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Ye ol' pitch pipe

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Where the Bible speaks things we like, we speak. Where it speaks things we don’t like, we pretend it doesn’t and say “that’s not the context.”

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Thought y’all might enjoy this as much as me

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Carrying the Weight of our Past

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*satire caveat- this isn’t real* from Ron Collins, don’t miss Coonskin Hollow’s gospel meeting! “Be there or be eternally lost!”

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Ah, childhood.

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Don’t miss the annual mental gymnastics next week!

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Have y’all seen this?! 🤣🤣🤣

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Educated

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How sad is this sign?

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Of course this is from a Church of Christ....

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I’d love to post this on the CoC sub to see what they think, but they banned me for saying “bless your heart” to someone

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Saw this on social media and immediately thought of the coc.

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Hate the sin

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Preaching schools... amiright?

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Teach them young the importance of pleasing others, especially those in authority over you

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We have the best Christians in the world because of hell

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Meant to post this yesterday

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Didn’t know this is all if took to get excommunicated from your father. I don’t know what to do, this sucks.

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Honestly curious- If you commented “I know this officer and he attends a baptist church” do you think they’d take it down?

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The letter our church sent us a year and a half after we told them we didn’t believe anymore.

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Yet another Cox information & studies meme fixed for accuracy

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Let’s play “how long until Hedges gets banned from this sub”

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I’m not sure if this was already shared....

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Not so much falling away as getting away

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A little satirical piece I made for the Lord’s churchTM️

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Visual and mental prepping for any coc parental related convos....

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Or, hear me out. You could download the fucking Bible app to your phone and lose the superiority complex

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Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me (from IG @christian_nightmares)

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I'm guessing I'm not the only one here who's had this experience ...

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I considered myself “lucky” that my parents didn’t resort to some of the passive-aggressive nonsense I’ve seen on this sub, but then my dad forwarded me this email from Focus Press 😭

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My parents have installed a coC tract rack of sorts at their front door - presumably for unwitting plumbers, girl scouts, JWs, and other members of the great unwashed.... Knocker Beware.

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Learning to hide

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NT Church ?!

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Dealing with CoC Parents

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What is your favorite COC myth?

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My husband and I are being disfellowshiped 1 1/2 years after becoming atheists. I got this note from the preacher’s wife today.

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That Anakin/Padme meme

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Is this not pure insanity? And to think there was a time when I would have nodded right along with this schizophrenic garbage

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I am a teenager who missed church while my dad is out of town. I want to be a Christian but COC is the only option I’m provided with.

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Leaving the coC every Sunday (before leaving forever)

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If you think Jesus is like pizza, think again

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Icky

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But precisely HOW was it baptized??

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First ever comment in the CoC sub... “excessively attacking”

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Love/Convert

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Went to a liquor store and bought the devil's cider and was reminded that I'm a sinner 😂

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Thank God Campbell and Stone came along in the 1800s to set it all straight.

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I saw this on a satirical meme page and immediately thought of this sub

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My parents thought Veggies Tales were too liberal 😂

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The most church of Christ post of all time!

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Lord, bless this food

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“There was an attempt”....crosspost, but felt it accurately describes why I no longer associate myself with the CoC

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This sounds about right.

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Wonder if she’s one of us

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I long for the day when these judgmental assholes close their doors.

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Tell me you were pressured into baptism using only facial expressions

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excellent Oreo analogy

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Were any of you also forced to use these things?

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LtL hat found at a bar's vintage market

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Got this in the mail today. Return address is one of my parents' congregation members. Guess the news has been spread. More probably on the way.

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Marriage advice from Orlando icoc marriage retreat

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As a recovering Strong Willed Child, I'm down for a fight

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I made a CoC red flags bingo card to check off while sitting through sermons

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Found all the Biblical backflips in one image

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Taylor Swift made me leave the church....

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Also: lying COC

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You're saying the quiet part out loud

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Made me double take

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Another letter ...

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The elders are about to have a whole new conviction after this gospel meeting

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TRIGGER WARNING: Purity Culture

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What is it about this that is triggering me so intensely? Audacity? Presumption to know the mind of God? Smugness?

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Heavy Load

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Obsession with the lowercase “c”

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Glad I kept these!

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Valentines Dinner with people from church last night! *Gasp* were drinking

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I Choose Love

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CoC advertising gone wrong

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Why do CoC parents feel like they have to post this kind of stuff?

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Extra Vain!

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Nailed it.

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Can confirm. I went to an ultra conservative church.

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Is it biblical to freeze the Lord’s Supper?

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Did anyone else experience this?

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Propaganda Goodie Bag from Sunday's Visit

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For God so loved the world that he gave his weekend for our sins.

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Typical CoC attitude...

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Found this gem today....notes from an old sermon. So glad I have so much value!

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Rolling Stone article published today (link below)

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Found on a CoC FB page

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Church of Christ in 1771?

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Sin a little

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Was looking at ICOC Bible studies for some reason...

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My town very thoughtfully puts up these helpful warning signs

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What a wonderful thought before going into “worship”!

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They will never admit it, but they’re two sides of the same ‘works based salvation’ coin

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Peep the church in the photo

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My dude satan is over here just trying to expand our scientific knowledge

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Another great, groundbreaking doctrinal treatise by CofC scholars!

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Fixed for actual historic accuracy

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Most Reasonable COC-er

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Ask and ye shall receive; the COC college alignment chart

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I cannot handle these unsolicited texts from my mother. I have told her time and time again that I’m not going. I’m almost 30 years old, live alone, and work 50 hours a week. She and my dad started going to a CoC near my apartment to keep tabs on me.

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My mom sick-ed a lady from my home church onto me 🙄

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VBS Theme at a local NICOC

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One of the older church ladies shared this on Facebook today and it made me think of y’all.

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Sorry, not sorry

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Can relate.

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and with no human creed to stumble upon...

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Anyone see their parents?

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Saw this on fb followed by walls of text about denominationals worshiping themselves

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“Would you like to become a cult member?!” Evangelism training book by Phil Sanders

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Grieving their dead son...who is alive and well....he’s just gay.

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For you fans of The Office

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Two things - is that seriously the name of the church? They were so close to self-awareness.

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This is why outsiders think the coc members are brainwashed...

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How have you seen/experienced COC doctrines like 'turn the other cheek', forgive '70 times 7', 'going the extra mile', 'vengeance is mine says the lord', used to encourage exploitation, co-dependency, and enduring abuse?

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Crosspost: Trigger warning. I found this on Facebook and it really brought me back to growing up in this religion. Any other former CoCers recovering out there?

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Who remembers these things? I always felt so cool helping get communion ready.

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This seemed like one of ours. Whose parents are these?

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At the house. Should I even bother to read this before I toss it?

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Found in cart

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Random Morning Texts

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FC President John Weaver in real trouble

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But remember - Jesus wasn’t drinking wine! That was just hyperbole.

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So many things bother me about this.

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How do they keep having these?

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A TIME OF SHAKING

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There’s a certain level of irony with a group that doses out disfellowships like candy complaining about “cancel culture”

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A shining example of the “no-responsibility-for-me-thanks” attitude in the CoC.

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Unsolicited text from my mom, expecting me to go to church. This was after our phone call telling her how tired and burnt out I am from working 50+ hours a week. Ridiculous.

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How convenient! There is nothing like a narcissistic COC father’s conditional love! 💕🙃

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In my journey with leaving the COC, the views are gender get me every single time.

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It’s Mother’s Day today. This is the sermon that the preacher decided to give today.

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I thought you would ask enjoy this guide to biblical marriage, Book Chapter:Ver-se

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When your friend says he's a Christian but he doesn't even worship a capella

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