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Title: Life after 30 years growing up in the RF
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Registered: 12/01/2009

(Date Posted:12/01/2009 13:03:47)

Hi there,

I've just discovered this site & have been reading through many threads.  I was brought up from birth in a fellowship in the UK and finally left with my husband a few years ago.  I am wondering how people who grew up in these churches, or spent a huge  amount of their lives in them, react upon leaving them.  I myself went totally loopy for 2 years, enjoying every freedom that had previously been denied me.  Its only now that Im settling down and starting to realise the huge impact it has all had on my life.

Have others had such experiences after being liberated?

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Re:Life after 30 years growing up in the RF
(Date Posted:12/01/2009 18:14:08)

A totally understandable reaction, NMRN.  A lifetime of legalism can have that effect.  It can be a bit dangerous being so wild though, (although utterly exhilirating)!  Glad you've got most of that out of your system and now are being more introspective.  Welcome to the forum, and a much more realistic life ahead.  Cheers!

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Re:Life after 30 years growing up in the RF
(Date Posted:12/01/2009 20:07:58)

Hi NMRN

Its a comfort to hear of a very similar experience to my own. I also went a bit wild with my new found "freedom" in the early stages of my "falling away" as it was so often put.
I stumbled accross this sight just before Christmas last year and have been reading as much as I can until my brain shuts off late at night.
There are so many answers to things that I didn't realise bothered me so much, as I found I had built a wall around my faith and didn't let anyone near it.
Thankfully the Lord is very patient and I think in my case also has a sense of humour as I have drifted along all these years.

Don't  be afraid to ask as many questions as you want, as everyone has a story to tell!

God bless

Yoggers
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Re:Life after 30 years growing up in the RF
(Date Posted:13/01/2009 00:37:12)

Hi NMRN.  Yes I can 'testify' to a similar kind of experience.  I did want to suddenly do lots of things that I felt were anathema before.  I can still remember initiating myself with a nice, smooth pint of guinness - the first I had drunk in three years.  Three years seems a lot less than thirty years!  A lot of things for me had stayed the same ie. I did lots of 'worldly' things before joining TRF and my time in the fellowship now seems like quite a short time period of my life -however it was at quite an important time in my life so I will always remember it as part of my early adulthood.

How has it been with your family, your marriage and fellowship friends who are still in the assemblies?

Lurking around here you might have noticed there is the odd UK Rev member who posts occassionally.

Wish you all the best from an ex-LondonRev :)

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