Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Date: March 09, 2020 12:50AM
changedagain Wrote:
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> A post from August 2018:
>
> Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John
> Robert Stevens
> Posted by: girls_turn_it_off
> Date: August 16, 2018 01:09PM
>
> "Girls Turn It Off" was probably the most
> influential piece of Living Word material for my
> generation of young women. It encapsulates much of
> my experience growing up in TLWF: women and girls
> are shamed, blamed, and worked to the bone. If a
> man looks at/touches/treats you inappropriately,
> it's your fault because you can't control your
> spirit. "Keep it in your shoe" as Marilyn would
> say. Constant hard work and submission is what
> makes a Woman of Valor, oh and knowing when to
> keep quiet. In that message, female members of the
> congregation were simultaneously robbed of all
> agency while also being told that everything is
> our responsibility and in our control.
>
> When I was a YASPer this tape was played to all
> the girls (I was also required to listen to this
> tape at the direction of my "shepherd" back home
> in San Diego). Similar to the way sex-ed is
> taught, boys and girls were separated. The girls
> were corralled into a room and sat around
> diligently taking notes and silently exchanging
> guilty looks. Who knows what the boys were
> doing... probably playing basketball, eating ice
> cream at Yottie's or goofing off at the
> Amphitheater. They definitely weren't being taught
> about controlling their spirits or their hands,
> that's for sure! Funny enough though, the boys
> knew the thesis of GTIO even if they never were
> forced to listen to it: whatever happens, it's the
> girl's fault.
>
> So now, as an *almost* 30 year old woman who's
> *almost* mentally recovered from 20 years of mind
> control, I like to imagine that Girls Turn It Off
> is in reference to all of us women collectively
> turning off that f*cked up tape and Marilyn's
> controlling voice in our heads!
Wow I am glad my wife and I “blew out” before that bit of crap was excreted.