I read somewhere that JRS’s PhD comes from some mail-order, unaccredited Bible school. Meanwhile, at Shiloh U, Gary Hargrave awards himself an honorary PhD. Rather unethical.
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Onion - Was the vault created to hide assets from Martha? Or possibly the Mine court case? Or both?
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NickleandDimed Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting link on brainwashing controversies. > > This is quite interesting. Indeed !!!!
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The forest was shrinking but the trees kept submitting to the axe because its handle was made of wood, so they thought it was one of them.
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This is an interesting read. A master’s thesis about ex- members who were raised in a cult, then exited after they became adults. It discusses the challenges of that transition.
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Happy June 4th everybody. Whatever this day means to you. Certainly a significant day in the history of this cult.
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Tknc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you for sharing and for your candor. For me, > the biggest hurdle is the language of the Bible > (no matter the translation) was so twisted, bent > and added upon my whole life, it's hard not to > just feel the weight of it all. I find no solace, > only reminders of what I left behind. I a
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I agree. It doesn’t look like she was “marginalized” at all. She said she would only post a few times then leave. And that’s what she did. There were several on-going threads going on at the same time, but it doesn’t appear that anyone was trying to suppress her.
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I guess one could say that Gary is a super-duper leader.
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Onion Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I do not but my very reliable source obtained the > information from family members on both sides of > the question - directly. He was involved in legal > research on the divorce of the mom and very > unsuspecting duped "father" He said the divorce > documents from early 90's tell most
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This statement from YouTube has been posted several times here: "The hardest day of freedom is better than the best day inside a cult." I have to disagree with this a bit. There were some good days in the LW cult and I’ve had some awful ones post-cult. I would say it is true for 95% of the days of my life. Life is much better now. I am so glad I left. I just wanted to say thi
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Hey everyone. Here’s a few of the RR rules for this forum. As a gentle reminder to us all (me included): Vitriolic posts that personally attack people, will not be tolerated and are grounds for banning the author from this message board. Any person that is here to cause trouble, start arguments and/or intimidate people, will be banned. ... It must be understood that no discussio
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There was one situation of sexual abuse that I was familiar with. It had to do with a sheep submitting themselves to an elder as their “designated relationship” and as “christ in the flesh”. The elder took advantage of the situation and coerced sex acts with this sheep against the sheep’s will. The person was devastated. G&M heard about it and thankfully removed the elder. At a meeting
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Bravo Larry.
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...and I hear all six kids were born during the same week. You’ve been very busy Mr. Changedagain. : )
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We are definately on the same side here. I think those old posts quoted above are accurate. The names are out there. There are other victims that were hurt much more deeply that I’d rather not name in public. I’d rather not be someone who increases their pain. Perhaps those victims (when they are ready) would join this conversation and give their testimony. I’m pretty sure some of them are re
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Like a lot of other churches, the LW has had plenty of pastors & elders abusing their authority over a person for sex. It has happened both male-elder to female-sheep and male-elder to male-sheep. Lives were really messed up by this. People were hurt deeply. LR, I won’t mention names, out of respect for the victims. But these things did indeed happen. And JRS and G&M worked hard to
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Nickel, PM sent.
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Here’s an interesting TED talk from a woman who left a cult. There are some differences from hers and the LW. But there are some significant similarities too.
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There’s an interesting short article in the 4/30/2018 issue of People magazine about the Branch Davidian cult in Waco Texas. Some guy named Charles Pace is attempting to rebuild the place. I guess the seeds of a cult are difficult to destroy. That got me to thinking about the Living Word and all the crazy teaching that has come over the years. I’ve never heard Gary renounce any of JRS’s m
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A good test of your “position thinking”. Remember: “Insecurity is the Satan of the Kingdom”
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If you are in the inner circle at TLW/CLW you get to hang out here.
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GR. They a desperately seeking validation. Anywhere they can find it.
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Excellent info here. Thank you. But shouldn’t it be “Pathetic History”? : )
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I was recently talking to someone and I was trying to describe the LW cult. I was trying to think of a more well-known cult the the LW is most similar too. Any suggestions? I came up with these two: William Branham The Branch Davidians But maybe there’s a group that is more similar.
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People who worship the “God in the sky” are often ridiculed. It is the “Christ in the Flesh” that really matters to LW leadership.
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Now THAT’S a true “Kingdom Proverb”!!!
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Ah yes, I have platform memories of Earth shoes and Binaca.
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Here’s a question: Besides the First Principles, we were also told in the LW that JRS was the one who started the act of “singing in the spirit”. I suspect that is not really true and that other early pentecostal groups were doing this long before 1951.
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