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The way i see things is that these people didnt intentionally set out to hurt me and my family but instead meant well for us all. However it turned out  2 be disastrous.

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Hi G, no need to be nervous... welcome to the board and thanks for sharing your story. I agree that they have best intentions; I think most people do, in all churches. I think people get overly zealous about their beliefs because they're all deeply convicted into them and desperately want to share but we tend to suffocate people with our love when we smother it too thickly.

I think fundamentally we all love to share our beliefs and our stories. You possibly felt a need to share your story because it's simply a powerful thing to be heard and to be heard amongst people who can relate. So sorry to hear about your plight... it sounds like you've been through some terrible stuff and it's great to hear you've come through it with your sanity, and met some decent shoulders to lean on. Hope you and your kids are all doing well.

Make sure you drop in again.

Sharing and caring... I think I'm gonna puke at the thought of putting those two words together in the same sentence...lol.. but hey that's why youtube and myspace and the whole Net2.0 are so big and popular... we lurve to share.

Hi Gloria2, like moth said welcome to the board and thanks for shareing, its not always an easy thing to do, however it is part of the healing process to. and ditto re moth on glad that you seem to be at the healthier part of the journey and that your kids are all ok and not hurt by things that have happened in the past.

To Moth, you big gooey loving thing you, I really am glad that you are on this forum

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hi ive been a bit nervous about whether or not i should tell my story. ive been in 2 minds because i still believe in god but like you all have suffered because of the revivalists. The way i see things is that these people didnt intentionally set out to hurt me and my family but instead meant well for us all.

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I hope things are going well for you gloria. Would love to hear from you.

I'll say it again, I don't believe it's the intention of these church leaders to ruin people's lives. They are just doing it incidentally bu restricting the rights and part of our freechoice by locking us up into a sheltered life where the Revivalists are good and the Worldlies are evil people in need of our special recipe of salavation.