I have stayed anonymous..but I'm sure I'm known by many . Why do I stay anonymous? ... because I'll be accused of being " demonic "...or " possessed" by the Devil . The truth is I know what happened to me / us personally . God loves us all x If I ever have to stand up for what happened to us . I / we will .
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Esme . I am deeply sorry for what you experienced. The damage they have inflicted to SO many is truly awful . I hope you find a way forward to recover .
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Thank you ,Petitor and others for your clear explanations of the response to the open letter . Obviously no questions from the past or present have been answered . How is it possible that they have children as young as 9 sitting in their meetings listening to " death to self " sermons . Children who are still developing physically, psychologically and spiritually . Please ignore
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Please can you help to sort it . I have no idea how it's happened
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What they have done and continue to do is illegal
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Thank you ,Petitor, for your explanation and for the other explanations of the reply to the open letter . Beyond belief what they continue to say and do .So many people must be affected . No answers truly given to anyone about the past nor the present . What bothers me is how .. they can have children from age 9 involved in their meetings ? A child not yet fully developed emotionally, p
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We weren't born into it .However, we were " burnt out " within it . We gave time , 7 days a week . Health suffered . We gave " money " . We suffered because of the " death to self " preaching . Our bad treatment has been explained countless times in my posts . When we left ... no one came to check on our welfare ...or even ask "why "? To then be &quo
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Thank you , the Greek and Rensil . It is absolutely true what you say ...the more "attention " they gave to people .."the more damage was done " . To "control " who one marries is wrong . To " matchmake " people is wrong . " Dating normally" was " not allowed " ..in the " death to self preaching " .
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Your post , Atheist 101 , brings back so many memories of how genuine relationships were badly affected by the " control " of "leaders " . We also knew that wrong " match making " was going on . I , too , was an in - comer and I will never forget my own experience(previously posted) It is therapeutic , in a sense , to know that we weren't alone in how we
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I remember as a young person throwing out bags of clothes after a sermon on " vanity " and " death to self " . On my wedding day ... I wore no make-up ... didn't get my hair done ... wore the first dress I tried on . We had plastic flowers ... no reception ...no first dance .... no alcohol " obviously " . 19 people . My lovely bridesmaid had a " hired &
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Petitor . You have explained everything clearly . The open letter submitted by Alan Martin is au point . Will they reply ? Or will he be accused as being " demonic " ? I sincerely hope not . Many questions and more for them to answer .
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I am so sorry but I cannot think of any S.M.C. good . Can I ask how they can have a YOUTH group ....aged from 9 ??? Is that not too young for children to be ... directed by them ?
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Believe me your life hasn't "gone wrong " . I know many people who are in similar situations post Struthers . Some where " washed out " and " exhausted " ... others were totally " put off ". Most were recovering from having given so much of their life / time / money / effort .... only to be left feeling used / abused and traumatised .
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Am so glad to welcome new people to the forum . I pray that you will find your way forward post the trauma of Struthers . Yes, it is good to consider the Keswick convention . Struthers is so blinded and dangerous ... wanting to completely control the lives ( and no doubt finances and time of innocent people ) . It worries me that they have Youth meetings . Such vulnerable young people b
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It all happened and more . For me the purpose of this Forum has been for genuine people to share what did happen to them in Struthers . Before I found this Forum ...I felt " alone " ... in the sense that I thought that no one would believe me nor understand the trauma of experience. I questioned myself often. To have one's life directed and controlled was wrong . God do
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What you say ,Anonymous for now, is absolutely "spot on " . The sad facts are that anyone who challenges their authority ,or criticises or questions anything was and is deemed to be "The Devil " . The sad truth is that they are not " anointed " and should not be " venerated " as they want to be . That is like dictatorship . Every single person who h
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And ... if there had been "safeguarding " ... I would have contacted them with many questions .
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It is awful to read what others have gone through . I pray and hope you recover . In the 80's ... I don't recall any "safeguarding " in place . So many now ... who may have benefitted from that . I truly pray that justice will be done .
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Hello, I haven't posted for a long time . Some of the Struthers experiences I have read about recently are horrific. My experiences were clearly detailed in my previous posts . Have I recovered ? .... mmm . Thankfully we left the place and lived to tell the tales to our wonderful family . Have had experiences of " bumping into " Struthers .... " leaders " and
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Hello all , I have been silent for many years and I'm sorry for that . Reading the terrible things that are still going on in Struthers has made me want / need to reply . My factual tale is still on the forum,for those of you who haven't read it . The damage happened 37 years ago when my husband and I were members . I am thankful to say that we have lived a wonderful life,sur
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dear Happy SURVIVOR, I have read all your posts and feel , like me and many others, that you have been deeply disturbed and affected by your dealings with SMC. I too, felt your guilt....thinking that I had "WRONGED" people and had been "SNARED" to leave. However, these feelings are the evidence of the damage they have done. Happy Survivor, You have done no wrong. You have sim
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Welcome Bingo wings and thank you C Barb for your continual clarity and confirmation of Struthers goings on. Yesterday I read an article in The Daily Record (probably banned by Struthers) about the serious damage that members of an American religious cult have been causing in a South Lanarkshire Primary school. All the "grooming" of young vulnerable pupils is now under intense inves
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well done, Clive! Can`t thank you enough.
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am so very glad to be reconnected. This forum has to continue. It has helped so many people and will be needed to help others who eventually realise the truth about Struthers. Hope to hear something from OSCR soon. Hope everyone finds their way back .
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