Absolutely true, Rensil, that times have changed , as have teachings for Struthers? Never for anyone of the 70s 80s or early 90s would there have been a television..foreign holidays... or the freedoms of the things they seem to encourage/allow today. For the females there were white hats.... no vanity... no fashion.. no make-up... all these things were "demonic" and "of the world&q
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thankyou Rensil for sharing Lorna`s private message. Perhaps Lorna, if you want to "CLEAR THINGS UP" you should take a look at all previous posts on this forum and attempt to "clear them up too". How can Struthers leaders celebrate knowing how much damage and harm has been caused and never addressed? Celebration is a wonderful thing, but surely your Struthers leaders must ex
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I think we have to proceed to B also. I would also like to see the powerpoint first to ensure that safety is paramount. I consider SMC LEADERS to be dangerous, from experience... but we do have to get the truth across..
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DEAR seeking susan ... I agree.
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I believe that every person who has survived the Struthers experience wants justice, recognition of what happened, an acknowledgement of the wrong doing that has gone on and a reason as to why it ever was allowed to happen in the first place. Anonymously we are not getting a response from any of the Struthers leaders, because we know that they choose to ignore us, bury their heads in the sand and
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I continue to be glad when I read more posts and articles. It can never be dismissed nor forgotten what innocent people have had to endure and suffer under the guise of "spirituality" and "godliness" of the SMC leaders. I can only speak from what happened to me 25 years ago.. but the damage is still evident and tangible almost in the flashbacks, the dreams, the psychological i
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I may not come across as an intellectually spiritual person or as someone knowledgeable about spiritual things but I am a victim of Struthers teachings. Professional, as I am, I was vulnerably taken in by everything said, under the guise of God`s word. Maybe.. I am literal, certainly not gullible, but very genuine and a reasonably good person,I have been damaged for 25 years, since I left the pla
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thankyou for welcoming me. I have been reminded over the past few days of more hurts and questions. The financial one has always bothered me. How can the church be running and funding a school of excellence staffed by church members. So many members of the one family on the staff and all connected to SMC. To me , again , it is an unhealthy control of money and people. I worry about the children.
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I am so glad to have found this website and comforted ,in a sense, to discover that I haven`t been alone in trying to recover from my SMC experience. My husband was a long time member when I met him at work and joined in 1981. We were married there in 1986 and many times since, I have even questioned whether or not our marriage was valid! I was brought up Catholic. I was an ok person, happy go lu
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