Stepping Back from the Brethren Life A Bit

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* 1. To what degree have you stepped away from the Brethren life?

Not at all

My thinking and lifestyle have changed slightly

I went through a period of very real questioning, thought hard about things, and have a very different outlook now

I walked away from all of that and have little to do with it nowadays. I go to a different church.

I walked away from all of that and have little to do with it nowadays. I do not go to church but retain Christian beliefs

I walked away from all of that and have little to do with it nowadays. I don't really believe in God anymore.

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Do you have a clear memory of a specific time when you feel you got saved?

Yes. Very clear. At a young age.

Yes. Very clear. Not in childhood, though.

Vague memories only.

Not really.

No.

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Did your family enforce a Brethren lifestyle fairly firmly? (with abstinences such as movies, television, Christmas, alcohol, swearing or anything of that kind?)

Yes. Very much.

Yes. Somewhat.

To some degree.

Not very much.

No.

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What kinds of things, if anything, were you once absolutely certain of, but now are not so dogmatic about?

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* 5. What, if anything, do you feel was harmful or bad about your Brethren experience? Was this what made you step away from the Brethren way of thinking and living, or was it something else?

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* 6. Did your association with the Brethren connect you to other, nonBrethren Christians?

Yes. Definitely.

Sometimes.

Not really.

Not at all.

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Did your assembly appear to be mainly run by one person or family or school of thought, or was there room for healthy disagreement?

It mostly ran according to one view of things, with little room for disagreement.

There was some room for healthy disagreement.

Everyone got to speak up and have their ideas considered.

It changed, as to this. It got more and more narrow over time.

It changed, as to this. It got more and more open to other ideas over time.

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Were you at any time aware of sexual or financial impropriety going on in your assembly or those nearby?

Yes. First-hand.

Yes. But I only heard about it.

There were rumours, but nothing proven, ever.

No.

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Assuming a belief in God, do you now feel that God moved you into or out of the Brethren system at any point in your life?

Yes. Very much.

Maybe.

Not really.

Not at all.

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Did the teaching you experienced go very far beyond simply validating Brethren methods of doing things, thinking and feeling?

Yes. Definitely.

Somewhat.

Not much, no.

I don't remember what they taught.

Other (please specify)