I didn't realize older members didn't have an Elijah....that it was mainly kids makes it even worse. I did dodge a bullet. I've always been grateful I didn't go through some of the more horrible abuses I suspected. I don't know what tipped the scales against me being given an Elijah. I may never know. I am glad.
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Yes. Apostles of greed, and addicted to power from my later research. Anyone with mansions, cooks... In Shiloh when I was working in the kitchen one lady said the Apostles had their own cook because they had to focus on spiritual things. MAybe a jet or access to a plane as well for travelling to all the churches? I thought that was weird. McDougal diet was hard to fix but to have a personal chef?
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Thank you for the listed older posts. It helps me have context. I am glad that things fell apart for the whole cult when Marilynn died. I have been haunted a long time because even at 15 I knew the Elijah/Elisha relationship was horrible and open to abuse. I was never given an Elijah thankfully. I worried about some of the kids I knew. I asked my "foster" mother in a bumbling way if sh
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Hello, I'm out of the cult TLWC and have been since I was 15. My parents got out when I was 18. I was never sexually or physically abused. I did have emotional, mental, and spiritual abuse. I want to connect to people from these times and places to compare memories and give myself closure. My grandma started her family attending TLWC in the 70s I think. My parents were 2nd generation wh
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Hi All, I've been reading the posts on here regarding Abraham Hicks and it's very interesting. I have heard quite a bit of their material and read a few books and now I am questioning the whole thing. It seems like powerful psychology, possibly NLP? I do wonder if there is any truth in the Law of Attraction. I'd like to think there is! I am really unsure about the whole channe
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