Thank you for those links.
Forum: Former Cult Members and Affected Families

I know. I meant hugging them. That's all. I feel that they need love.
Forum: Former Cult Members and Affected Families

I really feel so bad about what the children experience. I think about the children I met at one of these communities every day. When I remember them, I long to hold them for a really long time. I suppose I know the feeling that accompanies the following words: "I have wanted to gather your people as a hen gathers her chicks under her wing" (Matthew 23:37).
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I'm sorry that I'm just writing this now, especially when there are new messages posted. This was the message I wanted to post, but see that it didn't go through ok. I wanted to respond to a previous statement about spiritual people not having to be religious. I think that when spirituality and religion go together, they form a beautiful union that improves the person�
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I just tried to post something. Did it go through?
Forum: Former Cult Members and Affected Families

I know what having repetitive thoughts that hurt you is like. I always pray for God's healing and peace. That has helped me a great deal. What concerns me is that many of these groups might really damage a person's relationship with God. I think more than emotional, psychological, physical damage, damaging someone's ability to feel God's love and trust in Him is the wors
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I do not know if you are still checking this forum, but I wanted to say that prayer always helps. I do not know how much your prayer life was affected by your experiences, but it seems to me that now you are free to develop a real relationship with God. A relationship that is strictly your own, and not what someone else tells you it has to be. From someone who is really concerned about y
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Hi, I wanted to know if anyone knew who wrote this: "I was a member of the Twelve Tribes. I joined because I honestly believed that I could live for God there, and that I would be taken care of. My experience with living at their farm would take hours to explain. I would just like to say that it wasn't good. I remember a big deal at a 'breaking of bread' ceremony. A brot
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