You might be an ex-fundi if.....

[EmilyKing]

If you still cringe when you upload facebook pictures of yourself in pants, or choose not to 'publish' the pictures so that it won't be as obvious.

[EmilyKing]

(I just uploaded facebook photos of a hiking trip, and am cringing because I decided to publish it for all to see. I'm trying to tell myself I can't 'hide' forever.)

[Apathetic or whatever]

(04-11-2011 11:07 AM)EmilyKing Wrote:  (I just uploaded facebook photos of a hiking trip, and am cringing because I decided to publish it for all to see. I'm trying to tell myself I can't 'hide' forever.)

Good luck with that. My wife and I are going through that right now. Do we let people know that she wears pants/is in league with Satan or not?

It is not easy.

[TomK]

(04-11-2011 11:05 AM)Apathetic or whatever Wrote:  ..................you passed out tracts while on your honeymoon. (True story.)

..................you are thankful that your aisle running days were before video cameras became common.

Hilarious

Quote:Do we let people know that she wears pants/is in league with Satan or not?

Is there paperwork to fill out before you can "be in league with Satan" or does it just involve wearing pants?

[Apathetic or whatever]

(04-11-2011 11:21 AM)TomK Wrote:  

(04-11-2011 11:05 AM)Apathetic or whatever Wrote:  ..................you passed out tracts while on your honeymoon. (True story.)

..................you are thankful that your aisle running days were before video cameras became common.

Hilarious

Quote:Do we let people know that she wears pants/is in league with Satan or not?

Is there paperwork to fill out before you can "be in league with Satan" or does it just involve wearing pants?

Well, in my crowd a woman who wore pants "did not have any standards" and was rebelling against God. We all know that rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft. Ergo, wearing pants is the equivalent of sacrificing goats to Satan.

That verse about rebellion being as the sin of witchcraft is such a handy tool in the fundy kit. You can literally make anything a sin using just that verse.


P.S. For what it is worth, to my knowledge fundies do not use the word "ergo".

[EmilyKing]

It's almost funny, because my husband (who was never a fundy) can't understand how hard simple things like uploading a seemingly-innocent picture can be.

[Apathetic or whatever]

..................you have ever attended a book burning.

..................your pastor and all of the guest speakers have doctorate degrees. In spite of this, their writings usually contain examples of both misspilled words and ungood grammar.

..................you have ever been anointed with oil.

[pastor's wife]

Anointing with oil - sounds like a good topic for another thread!

So I started a poll over in "Serious Business".

[pblawman]

...you know what BJU, PCC, HAC, MBBC, WCBC, and BBC stand for.

...you rejected the GARBC and SBC but wouldn't attend a church that wasn't part of the FBF.

...when someone mentions Sword of the Lord you think of John R. Rice or Curtis Hutson before you think of Gideon.

...you hide pictures of yourself in your high school cheerleading outfit because you are embarrassed by how long the skirts were. (I'm a guy, but if I were a female fundie that would be on my list).

...you had trouble getting used to a sermon that ended with a prayer instead of an altar call.

...you burned cassette tapes from your albums and labeled them with acceptable group names. (dating myself here)

...you worried that there might be a local tv station at the movie theater asking for the patron's opinions of the movie and were prepared to cover your face and say "No comment".

...your parents would embarrass you by saying "We don't drink" when offered a glass of wine at a restaurant.

[supernova8610]

..........if you're afraid to tell current fundies that you used to be one of them but left the IFB church and decided to go, instead, to a church that isn't IFB.