? Apostate. how would you define Cherry's role? An enabler?
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QuoteapostateQuotecultmalleuszeusor, I can tell you one of the secret teachings is called "Honest to Whom" which is basically a justification for lying to "systemites" who, really, boils down to anyone who is not in their group. Indeed, it is one of the JC's most fundamental teachings that you must learn to lie to protect and defend the group. They start from the idea t
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QuoteFranQuotecultmalleus I am not sure if it has been mentioned or not in this thread so far (as I haven't had time to read all the posts in detail yet) but I think a significant point that may have been missed is that Dave disbanded the community over a year ago. We split up into smaller autonomous teams of which Xenophone and his wife was one. So, although you later felt that you wi
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QuoteapostateQuoteXenophoneQuoteapostateHey, Apostate, go back a couple of posts. I already answered the question as to what kinds of ariticles are in the restricted access, so your scare mongering is a bit flacid. There is no Anointed Apostle aricle. BTW Like you I am an ex JC. No scare mongering happening here Xenophone, so no need to be so defensive of a group that is obviously a cult. A
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QuotezeuszorAre you saying that McKay believes and teaches that he is one of the Two Witnesses? No. That is a quote from a review. Click on the link. Read the books. Decide for yourself.
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Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

QuoteXenophoneQuoteapostateDrats I wish I got to this site earlier. Interesting to see the "co-founder" of the Jesus Christians referring to himself as "co" something! I guess you have become more laxed Dave, and given some credit to someone else. One wonders who! Maybe you are being accepting of your wife's role in things these days. Good on you if you are. I a
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QuoteXenophoneQuoterrmoderatorxenophone said: IMO the way they view the outside world is like a bomb which will eventually explode. In other words, they believe that sometime (probably soon) society is going to turn on them dramatically and start persecuting them. . How soon and how does this relate to other group teachings about the end time? Is there a teaching about the Jesus Christi
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just noticed the Bergs mentioned and wondered if they are distant relation of the infamous David Berg?
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