Liam! So good to see you here. I love you and you were my best friend for a long time. (We cleaned alot of houses together:) This is just incredible what is happenning now. I know TLWF is trying so hard to sramble to “keep it together”. They may not have much to deal with as far as congregants...at least this is my hope. I have spoken to several that who have up until now been very involved.
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And apparently TLWF is not the only cult! Geez... (winking here) it is amazing and horrifying the similarities. Ugh. May life be free and fulfilled for all of the victims.
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So true. I do believe all of it is “rotten “ . Marilyn, Gary and JRS ... the whole basis of this fellowship has been SO FLAWED. I really don’t see how it can be redeemed with such a shady foundation.
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I agree with you Larry. I have been watching all that has been going on recently with Rick. I have watched it before. I wished in the past that “THIS WOULD BE IT!” Accountability and truth. It never was and sadly don’t think it will be now. I too think that Gary needs to take full responsibility for all that has gone on. COME ON! There is no way he couldn’t have known. I have been slightly hope
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Hmmmm. I am kind of confused! Aren't we all on the same page here? I get what Kboy is saying and also what the Moderator is saying (although I think you are kind of disrespectful to Kboy.) Our experiences in how we deal with life are all so different. There really isn't black and white (I wish there were). I do believe that we who were involved in TLWF were completely seduced to g
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Right?!!!!!
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I feel like this forum is so specific to "our" experience. In that commonality I think we could all agree that on a very important level we do agree...allowing each other what we didn't have in our past... the freedom to express our own opinions,feelings and viewpoints. It's not a place to push our own beliefs onto each other, but also a place to feel free to express them. S
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So well said Reveal!!!
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You are so right Onion! Life without being under a miscroscope is brilliant. I am so pleased that you and I and so many others are getting free. It’s hard to think that we invested so much of our lives in this bullshit...but so thankful that we aren’t now. We have so much life still to be lived!
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I want to share with you what I was going to post originally. I have some pretty strong feelings about what is happening now so got a little side tracked:) I was 15 years old when I came in to TLWF in 1970. I spent 40 years of my life in in it. I married and raised my child in it. I experienced all that you all have expressed. It was so incredibly messed up. My biggest regret is that I subjec
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I was in the church services in the Valley when this happened with Ric the last time. I remember thinking FINALLY there will be accountability for this mans terrible actions! Well I certainly was disappointed. Gary ended up "repenting" to us all because he had been a bad father to Ric. Geez. All of the words that Gary brought in and around this time were so harsh. I felt like I was g
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How do I start? I have been checking in on this forum for about 5 years. I didn't want to be one of those "bitter"ex members that cho se to live in the past. Just get on with life! Easier said than done. But I believe there should be accountability. I am happy to be here now with all of you courageous people. Everything that I have read here has so resonated with me. Story�
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