To audiovisionary: Welcome to the post, I too am new. I grew up in a home that listened to the tapes, and then later moved to Texas to attend a Thieme offshoot church. I feel like I have sorted out a lot of my spiritual beliefs ( through checking for myself in the Bible). And just plain prayer. But I still find myself wondering if random beliefs are from scripture or Thieme. It is so hard to expl
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Hi Cab 18, I too am new to this site. But it has been a blessing. There are a lot of folks here with a lot more Thieme wisdom than me, but here's my take. Or at least what worked for me. I think the hardest thing to do post Thieme is to realize Christ wants a personal relationship with you. That sounds really cliche, but what I mean is feel like you can talk to him about ANYTHING, in pr
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Yes I am very glad this site is here! It is very healing to read about others experiences. I wouldn't say that I am "healed" because I think the the way "bible doctrine" was pounded into me as a child, it becomes so ingrained in who you are it is a constant journey to separate what is from Thieme and what is from Gods word. I don't suffer from what some seem t
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Thanks for your welcome, I have spent so many years wondering about this stuff. I only recently decided to research it. I spent a few years hating Thieme, as I began to mellow with age I started wondering if maybe my perceptions as a child were misleading me into believing this church was not as bad as I thought, and it was just my parents response to it that was wrong. I took your advice and spe
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I grew up in a Thieme household. I was really surprised to find this forum. It feels so good to hear other peoples postings who were in the church, left, and have had similar experiences to mine. My experience, or my perception of it anyway is probably a little different because I experienced it as a child. Around the age of 8 my parents began listening to tapes. ( we lived in Arizona ) We had to
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