Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Posted by:
changedagain
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Date: March 12, 2017 11:16PM
slandjt Wrote:
> I deeply care about the people who
> have been harmed and continue to be harmed by this
> cult, especially my sister and others like her.
> She doesn't know any better at this point in her
> very long life in this cult and I don't wish for
> her to be liberated because this is all she knows.
> She is controlled by her so-called pastors and
> submits to their control as to where she lives,
> who she has relationships with and where she
> works. After 40 plus years in this cult, she no
> longer has a mind of her own. I have a mind,
> freedom and a life of my own that I have fought
> very hard for and no one can ever take that away
> from me.
I've never been a drug addict, but the same can't be said for my only brother, who was lost to the streets in the 90's. Part of the difficulty of kicking the habit, from what I've observed, is the social network ('friends' that use) that helps reinforce the behavior. Getting free goes beyond pure willpower. I think part of the purpose of this forum is to keep newcomers from being sucked into it...and to help those who are trying to break free, even though it's all they know. It doesn't help, of course, when they are surrounded by people echoing the garbage put forth from the platform--that this desire for a different life is contrary to the will of God. And, as you mentioned, there's the fact that the very freedom they might eventually experience could destroy them. Too much of a shock to their system. That said, my inclination is always to lean toward freedom--even if there seems to be slim hope. But I understand, or at least think I do, your perspective. Thanks for sharing, slandjt.
p.s. Also, just so you know, the image of Marilyn and the Blix Girls, wearing their "ridiculous turbans" and "serving food from crockpots," writing down every word that John speaks while being driven from service to service...is now embedded in my consciousness. Ha