Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Posted by:
Liamthomasusa
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Date: November 01, 2018 03:39AM
Blowout Wrote:
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> I find myself wondering who some of you are...
> because I'm sure some, if not most of you, are at
> least acquaintances. But then I read posts like
> those from "drbuckunghamdc" who had “the guts” to
> presumably misspell his own name because he was in
> such a hurry to warn us with the veiled threats
> that are so common in this cult... "watch out"
> "you are becoming evil". Then I remember why most
> of us remain anonymous, I remember why I left in
> the first place. I don’t want you or anyone to
> know who I was. I’m embarrassed to say I was
> associated with this cult and I’m disgusted that
> you and I were likely in the same place at the
> same time breathing the same air and soaking up
> the same delusion.
> Well, Dr Buckungham, there are some new names
> below, not just for you, but because there should
> no longer be silence, because this cult should no
> longer be able to shut people up with its empty
> promises and empty threats.
> That’s not to say that many people in this cult
> are not kind and loving (however gullible), to
> varying degrees. That’s exactly why it’s also
> littered with sociopathic predators that will use
> any type of manipulation they see fit to further
> their agenda and to keep their power over people
> who will believe (anyone else will be shunned btw,
> convenient). I’ve seen first-hand how they
> alienate those who speak up, split families apart
> to thwart communication, bend the truth just
> enough so it’s hard to tell that it’s a lie. Rick
> Holbrook & Scott McDonald are only the ugly
> perverted tip of the iceberg. The perversion runs
> deep. While Gary & Marilyn covered up Rick abusing
> girls, John & Chris Sayer covered up Tony Flores
> abusing the boys. And don’t you doubt that John &
> Chris’s children won’t pick up that mantle…
> They’re in deep.
> But when you take a step back it’s farcical. When
> you read actual literature (and no, the bible and
> JRS twaddle do not count) and talk to normal
> educated people…you realize how silly it really
> is. No one would believe that crap, right? The
> lexicon that Shalom uses in her letters really
> brings me back. The way these words are used make
> me remember how gullible I really was, how I
> bought it.
> It’s like a novel “heart, ministry, shepherding,
> spirit, rebellion, apostolic company, mantle,
> anointing, the Word, prophecy, revelation”?! They
> use this vocabulary as Newspeak designed to be
> ambiguous, designed to be fantastical, designed to
> keep the proles from ever fully understanding the
> story (because, believe me they really don’t
> themselves, no one does). It’s designed to keep
> the mystery alive and give those who have the
> power even more control over their subjects,
> ultimately designed to keep money flowing into
> their corporations. JRS, Gary & Marilyn, Matt &
> Margo. These people have been living large on
> their flock for some time. Just look at some of
> their properties, it’s public information. You
> think they got these things from the sweat of
> their brow? Nope. They got it from the people
> that fell for the JRS fiction, the
> LRonHubbard-like fully immersive cosplay with real
> emotional and physical consequences. It’s a
> disgusting game that the people almost understand
> they’re playing. What the ones that stay don’t all
> understand (sometimes refuse to understand), is
> that it’s a zero-sum game. They don’t win until
> you lose… that’s how they win, someone loses, an
> example must be made. Someone has to be
> excommunicated, someone must split from their
> family, someone has to bend to the will of the
> elders, while you’re in it, they win.
> “The only winning move is not to play”
> I’m so glad it’s no longer a part of my life. I’m
> so glad my children will never meet the
> sociopaths. I’m so glad that their castle is
> crumbling because it’s built on a lie, because
> it’s built on the blood, sweat, and tears of
> people who were brainwashed into believing their
> drivel.
> I can only hope this continues and that the whole
> congregation wakes up, and that every person that
> has played a part in this fiasco has to go out and
> find a real job and find a real life, one where
> they have no control over other people’s lives,
> one where they must earn trust instead of having
> it anointed by a crackpot fantasy.
Well said!!!