Reply #45: It appears your situation [View All]

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is more dire than my own. Living in Massachusetts and being raised here as well, I have not had to endure any nightmares regarding my beliefs. Growing up, I was raised a Catholic, until my confirmation, and then it was "goodbye, church!" I had--and have--no desire to becomes involved in that kind of organized religious group ever again.

When I learned of Barb's involvement, first with Joyce Meyer and then with this ultra-conservative bible group, I wasn't sure what to expect, but now I realized none of it is good. I thought perhaps it might be good for her to one extent and that was to get her out of a deep depression, but the narrow-minded thinking and intense intolerance have only aggravated her already deep seated low self esteem, and this is one reason I can not view the RRR as anything more than another cult. It might be larger than many other cults, but the thinking is definitely of that caliber. Any group that forces you to give up questions, to follow the rule of the church so rigidly and doesn't allow for any wavering of any kind can not be looked at as a church with any purpose other than to enslave the minds of its congregation.

I really hope you are able to get the hell out of NC as the oppression you're suffering from can only get worse as long as this regime is in office. My best wishes for that.