Lilith Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The > question Scott asked at the end was interesting, > basically after all of that what do you believe > now? For me, all religions are cults, nothing more > than business ventures for the sole purpose of > making money from a captive audience, and the more > they are entrapped and enslaved the
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "We're paying Rick some big salary to do > absolutely nothing." > > From the latest episode: > Just watched that. Wow, this thing turned into a category 5 shit show once the Gary and Marylyn party started. I left Coniah around 1982 (I think). So this was after my time. JRS was st
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puddington Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes. The YT videos are pretty amateurish. > Someone I know said “It’s like reading a book > report from someone who didn’t read the book”. > LOL LOL. I was going to say it was like someone doing a high school term paper trying to make sure they got a “C” but not willing to put in the effort for much
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JesusJesusJesus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hey! It's been awhile. I keep trying to put the > Living Word behind me, but it keeps popping back > up. :-) Today a relative of mine made an offhand > remark at her job that she had been part of a > cult. That other person replied, "Oh, the one in > Kalona? I just saw a video docum
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kBOY Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Posted by: slandjt () > Date: March 31, 2017 03:46PM > > With regard to the comments about the secret FB > group, it's called Alumni of the Barn, a reference > back to the early 70s when the San Diego church > was called Coniah Chapel and met in an old metal > barn. I also happen to know t
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good to hear from you, TheJewel. And thanks for > the recommendations. > > Your initial post in this forum (I think): > > Posted by: TheJewel > Date: January 05, 2016 04:35PM > > Hi, > > This is my first post here. I have read through > all the posts in this thread (
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Haven’t posted for a while but I just finished a book that some might want to take a look at. The title is “Uncultured” by Daniella Mestyanek Young. Daniella was born into the Children of God Cult apparently now called “The Family” and the book chronicles what she went through, how she got out and made a life for herself and career as an army officer and now a successful lecturer and author. I
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Reepicheep Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > changedagain Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > From January, 2016: > > > > Posted by: TheJewel > > Date: January 09, 2016 03:51AM > > > > I wanted to make a comment in answer to > someone’s > > post (too lazy to go back and hu
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > typer wrote: > The violent intercession is back, from what I > hear, online from the Shiloh group of about 40-60 > people. > > Like all the violent intercession in the > Walk/TLWF, it appears to have had the opposite > effect. In fact, I think the best way to > not have something ha
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rrmoderator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi everyone, > > No politics please. > > This thread topic is "The Living Word Fellowship, > The Walk, John Robert Stevens. > > Please stay on topic. Not trying to raise a ruckus with the moderator and I agree with your post but I will say this: that my experience with The Livi
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BTW, don't allow the monstrously evil act of one > Jones (Jim Jones) color your attitude toward all > Joneses. Most of the Joneses I've encountered in > my life tend to be good, decent people..albeit > with a few annoying quirks. They don't deserve to > be lumped in with this anom
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Reepicheep Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > CARe Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > Hopefully this link works for a video taken from a > drone of the burn. > > > > > Wow! Awesome video CARe. Thank you for sharing. I understand that the torched it on purpose to clear the land for something e
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > CARe wrote: > Sometimes I would briefly wonder why she was > always in his apt and wondered if she had a room > in his apt??? > > Perhaps a safe room where she could practice > putting on bras and taking them off? Just > speculating. Bummer. When I was in the San Diego (Coniah) ch
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Something doesn't seem quite right about paying > only $750 in taxes, while writing off $72,000 for > hairstyling. Perhaps it is just my "carnal mind" > undermining my faith in God's 'chosen one.' > Yeah...that's probably it. Ten days of repentance > was obvio
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Reepicheep Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well, no one could accuse most of us of being > apolitical. The cult inculcated us into a very > conservative mindset, including JRS occasionally > distributing material from the John Birch Society > to members during church meetings. I even remember > him saying from the pulpit that if George McG
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Reepicheep Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Luckily for me, I think somewhere in my being I > hoped that JRS' endtime predictions were not true. > I finished college. But I know many people, > including family members, who did not. F'ing cult. I was the same. For some reason, I sort of hedged my bet and went forward with m
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walknntalkn Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Look who's got a shiny new website: > > > Whoever had "Zionist podcaster" on your bingo > card, please collect your winnings! > > 9018 Balboa Blvd. is a UPS Store, by the way. I > wonder who he sends to pick up the checks? Someone should have reviewed his web design
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Reepicheep Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TheJewel Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------ > RD was a real weirdo. > > > Jewel, wasn't being deviant a requirement for > apostleship? Apparently so but I didn’t know that at the time I was part of TLW. I am amazed at some of the stuff I have learned here
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puddington Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Back in the 70’s, in the San Diego LW church > (Coniah Chapel), RD Cronquist brought a sermon > titled “Would You French Kiss Jesus?” That probably would have depended on how many beers, I had consumed:-) Seriously, Cronquist was preoccupied with the sexual stuff. I don’t remember that sermon but it sur
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kBOY Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting trends that will only continue with > Covid-19: > > "Only 6 percent of Americans possess a biblical > worldview, according to a new survey." > > > > * * * > > "Pastors worry most about reaching next > generation in local churches." > >
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kBOY Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting trends that will only continue with > Covid-19: > > "Only 6 percent of Americans possess a biblical > worldview, according to a new survey." > > > > * * * > > "Pastors worry most about reaching next > generation in local churches." > >
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A post from August 2018: > > Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John > Robert Stevens > Posted by: girls_turn_it_off > Date: August 16, 2018 01:09PM > > "Girls Turn It Off" was probably the most > influential piece of Living Word material for my > generation of
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Chachakitty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Had to share... so my nephew was at Shiloh helping > with getting more stuff out of the building prior > to it being torn down. > He said he was lifting 100# boxes of coins. Boxes > of pennies ... and other coins .. but boxes and > boxes of coins which were being taken to the bank > to cash
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Chachakitty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Huh I hadn’t read anything Re: Dan Rathers So I > just did > Interesting maybe? > I find myself asking “dan May have covered a lot > of cults but was he ever raised in one?” > Also , he is just using cults as a lever for > personally hating the president.. I think Dan Rather is right. Ha
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Interesting about the affairs and abuse. I was in the San Diego group at the time that JRS “excommunicated” Mel Bailey because he got caught in an affair of some sort. I am wondering if RD Cronquist was involved in any of that sort of thing. He had abusive tendencies in other ways. Just curious because he played mind games with a Girl I was going with during a relationship counseling session.
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typer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the Marianne being refered to is Marianne > Nagy. She was my wife's maid of honor when we were > married by David Cokas in the Valley on Sept. 25, > 1978. My wife was at Blix for a short time in > 1976-77; then we both worked at FineLine graphics > from early 1977 to about the end of 1978.
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NancyB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love digging deep for treasures. Here is a "gold > mine" I did not know existed to be dug up. Goes to > show how little of the future God revealed that > could come back to haunt the likes of JRS - well > worth the re-share. > > Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John > Rob
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People might find the column “Lexington” in the June 15 2019 edition of The Economist” interesting. It has an interesting commentary on the current state of the Southern Baptist Convention (this is how they they refer to their denomination, I believe). Apparently it is rife with sexual scandal, stemming from similar misuse of so-called shepherding principles as being discussed here. Worth a
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KUSI story here: Looks like they put a fence around the place. I probably haven’t been there for some 40 years.
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > p.s. it appears Hargrave has 'moved on' and is > now attempting to become an established > international ministry. Not a bad tactic--when you > fail miserably on one level, instead of > retreating, pursue something much greater. > "Leaving this realm, to move into another"..
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