Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Posted by:
changedagain
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Date: August 06, 2014 03:42AM
lily rose Wrote:
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> paleface Wrote:
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> > Here's an odd question: have any of you ever
> been
> > held or detained on Living Word property (or at
> a
> > communal home) against your will? Where you
> > wanted to leave, but were not allowed to?
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> A cult seldom controls its member by using
> physical coercion.
The psychological manipulation from the pulpit was very powerful. I recall going to Shiloh one summer (early 90's) to help with a construction project. The week before going I had a job-related accident, ending up with a deep gash in my shin, which became infected. Since I didn't have health insurance (self-employed), I opted to just believe everything would be fine. The 'living word' message the night before I arrived at Shiloh had to do with God's intent to start 'amputating' members of the body for their disobedience. Needless to say, with this in mind, I wasn't motivated to reveal the condition with my leg...which had worsened. After I completed the work expected of me (a week or so later), I convinced someone not in authority to take me to a doctor nearby--which he did. The doctor agreed to treat me (at no charge), and stayed the infection.