http://walkaway.aimoo.comAimoo CityAimooen-USAimoo http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Hi-I-m-here-because-I-need-healing-1-1581454.html Andromeda_Organa 2009-08-14 12:19:30.327 Personal Introductions HI. I grew up in a fundamentalist church for years. Among the things I was told was that self-esteem was a sin, women were only baby machines, that I'd go to Hell for playing video games and listening to secular music, that I was demon posssessed, that my eating disorder would send me to Hell and I http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/I-am-here-because-I-am-hurt-1-1577338.html want2getout 2009-08-14 12:08:41.5 Personal Introductions Dear all,I am a 3rd generation Pentacostal.  My church is fairly focused on doctrines and fundamentalist teachings.I grew up watching my mother, who was also raised as a pentacostal, constantly arguing with my father, who was a practicing eastern spiritualist (he practiced Taosim, Buddhism, Hin http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Not-been-around-for-a-while-1-1450989.html Chirpy 2009-05-01 13:58:54.44 Personal Introductions Hi, it's me Chirpy.  I haven't been around for over a year though I joined Walkaway six years' ago.  There wasn't much action going on when I left and I thought the forum had gone defunct but this morning I was curious to see how things were going and so logged on.Reckon I still need this http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/No-way-out-1-1436539.html sdan49 2009-06-04 04:12:58.143 Personal Introductions I was reared in a fundamentalist Evangelical church during the 1950's and 60's.  I also attended a Bible Conference (summer "camp") in upstate NY from 1958-1970.  After leaving home and going away to a small liberal arts college -- a former Bible Institute in RI -- I "left" my faith in 196 http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/paipmzs-1-1362707.html Guest 2009-02-12 20:58:52.377 Personal Introductions zvN1Mz xnrkixtislrs, [url=http://umpanzjssghw.com/]umpanzjssghw[/url], [link=http://wtijkyskarsk.com/]wtijkyskarsk[/link], http://cbtqhqgrgahi.com/ http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/tl-dr-intro-1-1274132.html Guest 2009-01-19 08:41:19.077 Personal Introductions I am glad to have found this group. I am hoping to find information and room for discussion. I have spent most of my life in fundamentalist churches. My family got swept up into the dominionist movement. We went to biblical literalist churches that took part in deliverance ministries. On top of this http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Hello-1-1212918.html outtadarknessintolight 2008-12-17 07:42:38.34 Personal Introductions I'm happy to have found this forum. I was brain washed by my brother into a fundamentalist mentality and am finally free of it after struggling for years. Well, just about free. It still haunts me from time to time. It's like brain damage.  http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/My-odyssey-of-life-so-far-1-1050056.html rjp3 2008-11-24 10:18:14.747 Personal Introductions Hi!  I found this forum via my looking up Fundamentalists Anonymous, an organisation I'd first heard of in the 1980s but had forgotten about until now.  I've long sensed I (like my parents before me, as you'll see) don't 'believe' like many mainstream Christian people (the 'fundys' in gene http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/My-experience-with-biblical-counseling-and-mental-illness-documentary-1-1019600.html blakesseven 2009-01-07 08:16:03.56 Personal Introductions Hi everyone,      My name is John Weaver. I grew up in the Northeast, primarily among Reformed Christians and fundamentalists. What made me leave evangelicalism, and why I'm on this site, is the movement known as biblical counseling. Started by Jay Adams, this movement held http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Who-I-am-1-1018392.html Guest 2008-03-14 10:30:02.64 Personal Introductions I was approached by the moderator of this site on my own website which is dedicated to helping others find the spiritual path that is right for them. I was very taken back that the moderator of this group Roger, would presume that I was giving out information on my site teaching others that God was http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Hey-Shadowself-1-1014901.html Greyfeather 2008-01-24 02:37:17.623 Personal Introductions How's ya doing? thanks for the "welcome back". I appreciate it. Yeah, this Forum is all screwed up, I can not even reply, I have to start new topic in order reply. Sorry that I did not reply to you sooner.Greyfeather http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Reply-To-Snakechic-1-1014871.html Greyfeather 2008-01-23 11:30:11.077 Personal Introductions Boy! Are there serious issues with this Forum. Snakey I replied three times to your last post to me and all three times it was lost.Yup! I know this might put you on the spot, hope I don't, but I really missed you. I missed your wit and "sparring"In the interim between then and n http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/I-m-Back-1-1014755.html Greyfeather 2008-02-16 14:40:35.73 Personal Introductions Hi ya all (for those who know me,) I'm back!I had to walk away for a while, pardon the pun. But gezzzzzzzzz I had a hell of a time getting back, the configuration of the site has changed.Hope to hear from you!Greyfeather http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Escaped-long-ago-1-1000476.html Old Ghost 2008-03-16 16:28:41.343 Personal Introductions Being truly "Irreverent", I rejected Catholicism many years ago (at age eight) and have lived a very pleasant, satisfying and fulfilling life without guilt or fear induced by religion; without obligation to worship or conform as directed by clerics; and without concern for the "fate" of my supposed http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/It-s-all-about-me-1-994661.html lsl_mss 2007-03-15 13:54:09.0 Personal Introductions Good Morning! LIke Grayfeather, I also jumped into the support forums without coming here to intro myself first, so here it is:I am 37, been married for 17 years and have 3 kids. Hubby and I met when I was 19 - love at first sight for me. I was in the ICOC for a few years during my teen years.Backgr http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Recovering-Fundamentalist-just-not-out-of-the-closet-with-my-family-yet-1-990185.html NoogaTiger 2006-05-13 20:51:21.0 Personal Introductions post removed by author. http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/In-the-cult-i-was-in-I-was-taught-to-be-a-racist-I-am-trying-to-get-rid-of-my-racism-Any-people-here-who-have-overcom-1-986431.html obamateur 2007-08-24 14:39:45.0 Personal Introductions e their racism?in love and respect,obamateur http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Freedom-Anniversary-1-985122.html John_Galt 2003-06-03 22:06:02.0 Personal Introductions Tomorrow, May 7, will mark one year since my wife and I decided no longer to attend church (April 30, 2001 was our last week as active church members). The last 12 months were marked by many ups and downs personally, emotionally, spiritually, philosophically and professionally. Though I wasn't the m http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/I-am-Bill-Mutz-1-983636.html Bill Mutz 2004-11-19 08:30:29.0 Personal Introductions Heya there, folks! I'm Bill Mutz, like in the title. I became interested in politics when I was I was seven or thereabouts, became an agnostic at about the age of eleven, decided that religion's a big crock when I was fourteen, and told my parents that I consider their religion a bunch of hokey nons http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Introduction-and-looking-for-people-with-a-similar-background-1-982411.html evilbatman 2006-12-15 21:23:51.0 Personal Introductions Hello all. I suppose this is where I get to try to make a good first impression. Frankly, I might be a bit too honest in this post to fully succeed in that, but I can handle running that risk. So, I'm a 25 year old law student in DC with one year to go before finishing up. I grew up in the evangelic http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Ex-Calvary-Chapel-1-981502.html ArmyMom 2009-06-06 11:31:19.787 Personal Introductions Hi,I am a new member to this forum. We are Baby Boomers, members of the hippie generation - as are a majority of Calvary Chapel followers. We left CC in 1995. We went there 13 years, and in that time led Home Fellowships (Bible studies) and helped start a Calvary Chapel in our town. Eventually my hu http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Well-I-never-really-was-a-fundamentalist-1-977606.html Xeriar 2005-11-17 08:20:52.0 Personal Introductions I just saw AthenaMarina's post in Support and felt I had something worthwhile to add. Hopefully I can still offer insight here, I guess we'll see. I'm a 26 year-old computer geek living in Minnesota (of the USA), I left Christianity behind when I was 18, which sent kind of shockwaves through my http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Former-Freewill-Baptist-1-977234.html SCchic 2005-11-01 15:41:54.0 Personal Introductions Hello everyone,I've been looking for a forum like this for a very long time. I hope to meet people who have been in the same situation like I have, and who have grown since leaving fundamentalism.My story is pretty simple. I have always believed in God. About three years ago, I found a local church http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Hard-to-put-in-words-1-974324.html basicred37 2007-09-18 16:46:49.0 Personal Introductions The way I feel, the pain, and the journey. I first came to believe in Jesus through many hard places in my life back in 1973. Someone told me he was the answer and one night in my car I ask if he was real and immediately felt that he was. The next day when I got out of bed I felt different and it wa http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/college-fundies-ate-my-brain-1-972069.html CoffeeCat 2005-09-26 23:14:22.0 Personal Introductions Greetings, all! Here's my story: Until I went to college, I was pretty unaware of what fundies were all about. I grew up in a small town where everyone is Christian, even if that means nothing more than going to church on Easter and Christmas and filling in a certain box for the census. My fami http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Walk-Away-From-Fundamentalists-1-967928.html Questions 2004-08-13 09:01:36.0 Personal Introductions Hi,I never walked away, because I never walked in to begin with. Although I read the Bible once out of curiosity, I closed it almost immediately, what I found inside was just pure nonesense.I am an atheist, to me reality is reality and that's much simpler for me. I value life as the sometimes tough http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/My-Path-1-954013.html Hephaiston 2005-02-15 15:11:33.0 Personal Introductions Hello All, My name is Eric and I'm a 43 - year - old writer living in Seattle. I'm very happy to have found this forum. The nuts and bolts of my story: I was raised Episcopal, confirmed, acolyte, all that. Loved the church. In high school, started going to YoungLife Followed my YoungLife fr http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Let-me-introduce-myself-1-952595.html luv2rede 2003-06-04 18:45:38.0 Personal Introductions Hello all. I have seen you on the web many times, but just now take the big step to interact. I have tried to walk away from church (I began a fundamentalist and am now progressive) for several years now. I felt I had a conversion experience in 1983 and have been in church off and on ever since. Som http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Hi-been-lurking-around-here-for-awhile-1-951322.html ophidius 2005-02-18 05:29:46.0 Personal Introductions Hello, fellow damned onesI've been lurking around walkaway for about a year and haven't posted yet (due in part to me being a lazy internet communicator and my computer being shitty). I'm16 so I guess that means I'm like what the third teen on thisboard? Oh well it's all good, anyway here's my story http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Wayfarer-wandering-in-1-945565.html wayfarer 2006-04-07 23:55:36.0 Personal Introductions Hi all,I found this forum by doing a search on Google for "exfundamentalism", obviously a God-thing.My brief history: I became a Christian in 1972 during VBS at a small, independant Baptist church in upstate New York. I attended Bible school in Pennsylvania, got married, had two kids, got divorced, http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Hello-from-beckstar333-1-944936.html beckstar333 2006-04-18 12:49:28.0 Personal Introductions Hi-I've had this site bookmarked for a while and I lurk every now and then. But I've decided to stop lurking and reach out here. My name is Becky, I'm 32. I was raised as a fundie, but I started my escape pretty young, I was 15-16 when I started having serious doubts. I now consider myself an atheis http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/denico-s-intro-1-943750.html denico 2003-05-19 21:36:13.0 Personal Introductions Hi. I'm not really sure I belong here. I've been a fundamentalist or evangelical Christian (floating between the two in the strictest sense)for 26 years. I was a pastor for 3 1/2 of those years, and I spent four of those years acquiring a theological education.I'm tired, angry, and so disillusioned http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/New-and-confused-1-942275.html frenchlady 2004-05-29 21:38:25.0 Personal Introductions Hello.... I just joined here and read a bit... I am 26, married with 4 kids. My husband found this forum for me, because i told him i REALLY need help... I read around a bit and was a bit discouraged because you seem to be against God now, and im not... even though I am against fundamentalism and RE http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Funny-Funny-Funny-1-939471.html Pheba55girl 2007-04-21 16:39:48.0 Personal Introductions Good day, Pheba here.I am new, and you can read my intro on the introduction forum. I am probably deist leaning towards agnostic.My daughter, who is extremely intelligent, married into a fundamentalist Catholic family. (yes, there is such a thing). What a bunch of dangerous people.Anyway, we were vi http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Greetings-and-Salutations-1-937139.html Gum-ishi Ashi Gurum 2004-07-27 20:15:32.0 Personal Introductions Hello all:I am a long time lurker, first time poster. I have never suffered from fundamentalism. I myself am a strong atheist. I find this board interesting and after having lurked for a while, would like to contribute with moral and intellectual support.... if you'll have me. This seems like a nice http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/40-years-of-brain-washing-1-935634.html Maeagain 2007-06-22 19:41:05.0 Personal Introductions HelloI'm Alison and I spent my whole life in the church. I have questioned my beliefs for many years, never really believed in Hell, but I was scared enough to make sure I didn't go!!I come from a pentecostal type background in the UK. The church I attended was linked to Abundant Life so some will k http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Wanna-help-me-frame-some-good-politics-1-924079.html chriscol_ 2005-05-26 15:46:33.0 Personal Introductions I'm not gonna get into a lot of personal detail--my faith story is pretty darn boring.I call myself a practicing Presbyterian--but I basically subscribe to the religion-as-laundry-detergent theory. I think that (at least when you look at the teachings of the founders) most religions offer some prett http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/What-s-a-lesbian-on-a-Baptist-campus-to-do-1-911030.html Surf City Baby 2003-04-03 09:54:47.0 Personal Introductions So there I was. (That's my entry for the "Worst Opening Lines Contest of 2003.") It was 1981. I was eighteen years old, away from home -- such as it was -- for the first time and finding I was falling in love with an assortment of "odd girls." But it wasn't love, of course. It couldn't have been! Wo http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/New-here-1-900267.html Vik61 2007-01-29 17:07:50.0 Personal Introductions . http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Never-asked-questions-while-young-1-898863.html Dr_Nick_Riviera 2004-08-10 20:15:42.0 Personal Introductions Hi all, this site is a "blessing", if I can allow myself to speak that way. I was brought up in christianity as I was young. I never dared or even thought of questioning my faith, somehow as a youngster I was TOO STUPID to realise that I should've question the faith. But there was another http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Very-much-afraid-in-Missouri-1-898734.html Phebagirl 2004-08-13 09:25:09.0 Personal Introductions Good day: My name is Phebagirl. I live in Missouri, and am very much afraid of what I see. I was being sucked into fundamentalism during the mid to late 1990's. I am now an animist. (I am not really much of anything, but animist comes closest to a description).I live and function in an area that has http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Please-Help-1-898700.html not_sure_what_to_do 2004-05-31 19:07:43.0 Personal Introductions ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />Hi.I am joining to see if I can help my brother, 33, who has changed from an open-minded, well-educated intellectual into a fanatical, unemployed, born-again fundamentalist Christian.He has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder an http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Questioning-and-afraid-1-890142.html Alice_10 2003-04-25 16:16:50.0 Personal Introductions I'm not sure if this is the right place for me to be or not. I feel very frightened about living at the moment, and very angry because I can see life slipping past me, and I'm not taking part in it. I don't know how to break away from the fear.Anyway, my story is that I was brought up without anypar http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/wandered-off-is-more-the-reality-1-884531.html LibrarianBeth 2003-03-29 20:46:34.0 Personal Introductions Hi everyone.I have left Fundamentalism, but I have not left my belief in God. So I am not sure where all that puts me in this group here. I visited a Quaker church last week and found it rather nice. No one yelled at you or told you how bad you were or told you that your best just wasn't good enough http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Greetings-from-WI-1-879724.html Silent_Enigma 2007-01-31 18:00:24.0 Personal Introductions Hi folks. Not too long ago (a year?), I left an ultra legalistic "home church" (er,cult) that my wife and I had been a part of for 8 years. And now I'm at the point of questioning absolutely every assumption I've ever put my faith in. It's a very rattling experience to have your whole worldview sudd http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Hi-Not-actually-a-christian-1-878122.html Mike101 2005-05-29 18:23:46.0 Personal Introductions http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Great-big-thank-you-from-Phebagirl-1-875748.html Phebagirl 2004-01-09 07:52:45.0 Personal Introductions Good morning: A big thank you to all who responded to my post. I have never had such a response from any other web-site I have been on. Of course, most of the web-sites were devoted to hobbies, sewing, cross-stitch, etc. It is comforting to know that I am not alone.I do not know how to use this web- http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/I-went-through-hell-before-becoming-Pagan-recovering-Catholic-in-the-Bay-Area-1-873324.html EndlessSky 2006-12-23 14:24:56.0 Personal Introductions Hi all! =) I grew up in a staunchly Roman Catholic household. My father is an Irish RC, and just 3 days ago used Pascals Wager on me. ::sighs::When I was growing up, I always felt that there was a God....but that it wasn't male, and it wasn't like the Bible said. When I read the Roman and Greek myth http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Out-forever-1-866661.html franknhonest 2006-06-12 21:51:59.0 Personal Introductions After 30 years of church, I've packed everything in. No more Bible, no more prayer, no more struggling. I was in and out of church for a good few years until the end. My last church service was Easter 2005. It has been a colossal waste of time but I now aim to make something of hopefully anothe http://walkaway.aimoo.com/category/Konnichi-wa-1-866504.html Vicious_Yuri 2003-04-09 00:19:33.0 Personal Introductions Minna-san,?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />Konnichi wa!((Okay, I can't help it. I'm finally studying Japanese and well... it just pops into ordinary conversation anymore... just ask my roommate.))So, I've been an atheist for aboutthree years now... I used to jus