I spent four months at alon and although most of the people there are nice and probably good the overall impression left a bad taste in my mouth. I could not believe that so many intelligent people could buy into this brainwashing. For a community that so worships Jesus there was far too much aggression and anger when “rebuking” (a word they loved to use and abuse) when they told me what I was
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I was a member of Alon Farm for almost two years. During my stay there I worked in the crèche/children’s home called Little Oaks for many months. For almost an entire year I worked half days, doing the afternoon shift. Whilst working there I witnessed first hand Alon’s methods of discipline. Firstly I would like to state that on entering the farm and viewing the child
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Hi Doug, I was glad to find out that you managed to get your friends out of there. It was a very brave thing to do. There is a site for ex-members of the Alon cult here www.beware-of-alon.com where other members and their family can share their stories. I'm sure yours can help others who were in the same situation.
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