kBOY Wrote:
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> N O R T H
>
>
> “You’re only as sick as your secrets.”
>
> A very powerful statement and the reason for so
> much psychological PTSD within the fellowship, due
> to, first the abuse, then the shunning, isolating
> the victim with their 'secrets'.
>
> This compartmentalization left victims separated
> from the very help that true shepherding would
> have addressed, had not the abuse COME from the
> 'shepherding'.
>
> World 'turned upside down' indeed . . .

KBOY, I was thinking about my landlord and the fact that he came from a wealthy family. From the outside it seems that he is in with the JRS elite, but I wonder. What if he has given all his inheritance away to them and in the end he’s left with the property he’s been on all these years. What if he’s been working hard for a goal that will never come about.
Also, what if he’s the one guy that could bring down the TLWF because of all he knows and all he’s been asked to do. What if instead of living in Hawaii with the mucky mucks, he turns them all in.
I really liked my landlord as a person. I always had a feeling he wanted out but after all these years he didn’t know how. Well, for what it’s worth, I still pray to God. Not man, but God. That he would right the wrongs and atrocities that have happened.
Thanks for letting me share my thoughts.

Onion .... you are way too twisted for color TV!!

Liamthomasusa - I love you too.

NancyB Wrote:
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> Northerngate; I did experience to the max that I
> could tolerate... then what did I go and do?
>
> I fell into a the delusions of a narcissistic
> socio-path who pushed me to write a book about her
> - (sh-shh I was not supposed to tell that she
> created everything.) With me having a sign on my
> forehead that screamed vulnerable sucker use
> me! I felt comfortable befriend a person with
> the same kind of behavioral patterns used to gain
> control over people. It is uncanny!
>
> When I had to move out of state to get away from
> that woman I started realizing how much her
> control tactics were just like the Walk.
>
> Many of the people I grew up with in Wash Ia have
> lived their all their lives always had each other.
> Most did not get moved around to start new
> relationship in other "foreign bodies". My late ex
> got moved form here to there. ( another story) I
> saw thing sin CA that put me into a bad position
> of knowing too much and accidentally seeing too
> much. - The gas lighting was massive.
>
> I could be wrong but I think the bad stuff was so
> filtered out for the Wash Ia/ Shiloh core
> families, if you did not know is where JRS
> father's church was since I think the '30's. Those
> families are pretty much related and been in the
> church for 4 to 5 generations while JRS was
> growing out ( When not in CA) My family brought in
> a number of families to the Ia church that were
> related to us or very close friends. This was all
> way before Shiloh. So my position is very
> different from other forum members that post.
>
> Since my father-in-law was leader pushing me to
> "get my spirit right" ( I refused), I knew what
> was going on for quite few years after I left with
> my kids.
> I would see TLWF members ( my home town) at
> funerals now and then. any way I want them to know
> that I care about the lousy situation they got
> left with. I do have contact with maybe 2 dozen
> old church friends who have been trying to figure
> out what the H happened. I heard some one say "it
> happened all so fast- Shiloh shutting down.)
>
> And it will take a very long time to get their
> brains rewired if they chose. First accepting that
> they had been duped and lied to by leadership will
> be a shocking wake up call for them. The best I
> can do is to try to express how much I still care.
>
> I don't really know much except from the forum
> what went on in all the other groups.


NancyB, I'm sure that your old friends appreciate your love and concern. Or if they don't now, perhaps when the inevitable reality hits them, they will. Hugs!

An interesting link regarding the phenomenon known as "cult-hopping". Forewarned is forearmed.

[www.rollingstone.com]

I know of one ex-TLW member who left to do a stint deep within SCIENTOLOGY, only to jettison that for his current 12 TRIBES enlistment. I don't know if it will end there . . .

I heard that Bowman Littleton died in the orient, still searching for the "real" thing after he realized that this was not it. So sad.

ONION

I especially think all the guys should try bathing with a lovely new soap. ;-)

Too twisted for....

Luv, luv, luv!


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Reepicheep Wrote:
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> I heard that Bowman Littleton died in the orient,
> still searching for the "real" thing after he
> realized that this was not it. So sad.

I heard the same thing.

From October of 2018:

Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Posted by: Liamthomasusa ()
Date: October 30, 2018 03:03PM

I just read the Woodrow Nichols book... filled in and clarified a lot of information that had been cloaked in secrecy “need to know” .... I had just married one of the early Blix girls (1975)... I remember the whispered names and implications of secret relationships JRS had. I remember the phone call from Maryann Buckingham(1995/96) to my wife (now ex) stating she was going public about her first child being JRS’s son.... you see Maryann was living at Blix the same time my ex-wife had lived there... my ex knew what had been going on. There were many late night calls from G & M trying to bury the story.

It was soon after that drama I began to realize I no longer needed the affirmation of others and began thinking my own thoughts and found value in myself without affirmation from CLWF leaders. I no longer needed to believe in those that had been my “spiritual compass” .... imagine that!

I applaud Shalom for being able to find her inner strength to stand up and put her experiences in writing and share them on a public forum. I am so grateful that Onion is sharing her historical perspective and lending her fiery energy in putting together facts and a timeline....and believe me.... I know her fiery energy (lol).

I too am lending my energy and resources to bring all the chickens to roost so many more of the dearest loved ones can be free from the tyranny of CLWF.

Good