"It's easier to fool someone than to convince them that they have been fooled." -- Mark Twain
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"When the light bulb in the mind comes on and the spell is lifted and the healing comes, you realize the LW never was God, never can be God and never will be God." So true, LR. I know this light bulb personally. Talk about an "ah ha" moment !
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Lettruthcome. My heart-felt recommendation to you is to find another church quickly. If you examine the Rick Ross criteria for a cult leader, you will find that the person you are asking about fits those criteria. And he has been that way since at least 1983.
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is really depressing. What is the point of > bringing Satan down, if he keeps getting back up > and returning to his nefarious ways? It's just one > more thing I have to worry about in the coming > years. Maybe JRS forgot to puncture the skull, like a proper zombie kill.
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"Forget politics; the prime cause of division in America is the activity of unseen principalities and powers" WAIT ???!!! I thought Brother Stevens took Satan down when he died? That's what I was told in 1983.
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"Hot dog" Changedagain, that's beautiful ! Walk trivia for sure.
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My do-over would be my family. My parents, my siblings and my old close friends. Those relationships were trashed by the LW cult culture. A lot of those loved ones are gone now. For others, it was just too much shunning for them to take from me. Those relationships are permanently damaged. I cry when I think of the wasted years I spent in TLWF.
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Others might chime in here, but I don't think there was any direct connection. You might want to post your question on the RR Living Word/Walk forum.
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Yeah, Gary, I seek understanding and clarity as well. Like what in the f@#k was I thinking, getting sucked into a destructive cult like the Walk.
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When I think of Marilyn, I'm reminded of the evil, jealous queen in the Snow White story who said “Magic mirror, on the wall - who is the fairest one of all?” Except in Marilyn's case it was, "Who is taking the focus off of me? Those people have to go." When you got on her sh@t list, Walk life became very unpleasant.
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"We are living in the complete reality of His presence in His Kingdom." Darn, did I miss out on this?
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The empire of the Living Word continues to shrink. Most of the churches are starting to look like old western mining towns where the mining is almost done and most everyone has moved away. But a few folks remain, keeping the post office running and the local hotel open. An semi-ghost town atmosphere. What is interesting is that some of the senior leaders have been "retired" or
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Does anyone know if John Robert Stevens was an active member of the John Birch Society? Some of the Bircher ideas come up in some of his sermons and books.
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News flash: Harold Camping just admitted to a math error. The real date is Oct 21. Why is all of this so familiar to me? : ) At least he isn't blaming his congregation for not having enough faith to make it happen. That's what G&M typically do.
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